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Using Chapter 13 Bankruptcy to Stop Tax Foreclosure Sale
As discussed in one of my prior posts, Chapter 13 Bankruptcy can be an effective way to save a home from foreclosure if you are behind on the payments to the mortgage lender. Foreclosures for back property taxes owing to…
Preventing Home Foreclosure Using Chapter 13 Bankruptcy
As discussed in one of our previous blog posts, Chapter 13 Bankruptcy can be a very powerful tool to solve a fairly wide variety of financial problems. One of the most common uses of Chapter 13 is to save a…
Lender Mediation Now Required Before Residential Trust Deed Foreclosure
On June 4, Governor Kitzhaber signed Senate Bill 558 which now requires mortgage lenders to offer a “resolution conference” with the homeowner before recording a “Notice of Default” to initiate a non-judicial foreclosure or before filing a lawsuit to initiate…
Be Careful With Short Sales and Loan Modifications
In an effort to avoid a foreclosure on a home, many homeowners look to short sales and loan modifications. While it is true that short sales and loan modifications can help prevent foreclosures, they can produce nasty surprises come tax…