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Organizing for America is calling YOU to take action and make your voice heard. If you had enough of how the banks rob you, crush your dreams and while you bailed them out by giving money which they used to give out bonuses for their CEOs and other employees who sold you predatory loans, you [...]
Homeowners in foreclosure are ready to take any tool that will prevent them from losing their homes. But unclear and unlawful methods will not solve their situation permanently. And as you might already figured out, foreclosure fraud can be found in each part of the country and Texas is not an exception. The Statesman reported [...]
A century has passed over the Williamson County Courthouse and those years brought lots of changes around the building. A nearly $10 million restoration four years ago gave a facelift for the 100-year-old building wiping away those years. However, little traces of of courthouses’s past remain. These memories were highlighted by Mickie Ross the county’s [...]
Austin area recorded a slight increase in foreclosure rates – on a year-over-year basis –in July, data released Tuesday from CoreLogic Inc. reveals. Foreclosures in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos area are up by 0.08% in July to 1.08%, up from 1 % in a year prior. The foreclosure rate for Texas is 1.48% for the [...]
Austin area foreclosures fell below the 1,200 milestone for the sixth consecutive month. However, analysts say the number of foreclosures are still high and there is no hope for the shadow inventory to shrink. According to recent statistics published by the Foreclosure Listing Service the upcoming Oct. 4 foreclosure auctions in Travis, Williamson, Hays and [...]
While the mortgage market struggles to survive Austin apartment rents went up by 10.1% or almost twice the national growth (5.36%). This means an average $911 paid perm unit per month, a recent report from Axiometrics Inc. shows. The same report highlights that Austin apartment rentals cost an additional $66 per month compared to Dallas [...]
Two weeks after the Austin-based Temple-Inland was sued for its role in the failure of Guaranty Bank from Austin, the corrugated packaging paper maker was bought for $4.3 billion. When the lawsuit occurred onlookers got worried whether it would kill the potential buyers’ interest, but in the end, International Paper Co. paid $32 per share [...]
The number of locals fighting against foreclosure is continuously growing. Now Gloria Harris is part of the group that gathered power to fight against banks and the wrongful foreclosure process. Her story begins in 2007. Gloria Harris co-owns the home on Lockwood Avenue with her elderly father. Working as a lunchroom assistant, she knew that [...]
The Austin-area recorded 1,873 single-family home sales in July 2011, according to the MLS’ (Multiple Listing Service) latest report, released on August 18 by the Austin Board of Realtors. This number is up 32% compared to the same period a year ago. However, on the median price for Austin homes dropped 11% from a year [...]