Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Lea Uradu, J.D., is a Maryland state registered tax preparer, state-certified notary public, ...

Foreclosure is a complicated process that usually takes many months. Here are some of the steps involved in a foreclosure. Online sites that track foreclosures allow users to search for properties in ...

Madeleine Brand talks with Day to Day personal finance guru Michelle Singletary about what to do if you have trouble paying your mortgage. She highlights several steps homeowners can take to prevent ...

How exactly do the note endorsement processes described in Wells Fargo’s controversial Home Mortgage Foreclosure Attorney Procedure Manual work? On March 12, The Post broke the news of this manual and ...

There are many actions borrowers can take before facing foreclosure. Many find solutions to their difficult situations by short-selling their homes or simply walking away, an option the Obama ...

For example, if a property with a foreclosure judgment of $200,000 sells at auction for $225,000, the surplus funds would be $25,000. Surplus funds in Real estate refer to the remaining proceeds from ...

Foreclosure is a traumatic experience, financially and emotionally. “Some people chose to go that way; other people, it was forced upon them,” Mark said. “Regardless of how you get there, your first ...

Foreclosure auctions — a longtime fixture at courthouse steps in California and across the country — will be banned from downtown’s San Diego Superior Courthouse, starting Sept. 1. Trustee sales and ...