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Foreclosure seminar being held Wednesday, June 18 in Fort Worth
The Fort Worth Star Telegram announced a foreclosure fair today in Fort Worth. The full announcement is here. Homeowners facing possible foreclosure can get help at a Homeownership and Foreclosure Prevention Fair set for 5-8 p.m. today at Texas Wesleyan University...
Fort Worth neighborhood faces more foreclosure
The quiet neighborhood, where residents say homeownership is as much a dead end as the cul-de-sacs at each end of the street, is at the heart of the subprime-mortgage crisis.More than half of the 56 homes on Ronay Drive have been posted for foreclosure at least once...
Arlington Convention Center to Host Foreclosure Information Event
The Arlington Convention Center will house a free event to educate homeowners on foreclosure today, Monday, June 9, 2008 in Arlington, TX. An event is scheduled today to help homeowners avoid foreclosure. The free Homeownership Preservation Event will be from 2 to 8...
U.S. foreclosures set first quarter records
For the first six months of 2008, foreclosure postings in the Dallas-Fort Worth area were up 20 percent from the same period last year, according to statistics from Foreclosure Listing Service Inc. of Addison. More than 25,000 North Texas homes have been faced with...
Senators reach deal on foreclosure legislation
Key senators announced Monday [May 19] a bipartisan agreement on the broad elements of a plan to avoid foreclosures and speed the refinancing of mortgages for roughly 500,000 troubled homeowners without taxpayers footing the bill. Read the rest of the here. With...
Bush’s Bankruptcy Legacy: Three Years And Nearly 1.5 Million Bankruptcy Filings Later
On the eve of the three-year anniversary of president Bush’s controversial bankruptcy bill becoming law, data show that in the last two years nearly 1.5 million individuals filed for personal bankruptcy. The new data further questions the merits of the Bankruptcy...
City of Vallejo, California Declares Bankruptcy: Will More Cities Follow?
Rarely do cities of a decent size declare bankruptcy, but that is exactly what the city of Vallejo, California, home to more than 100,000 people is doing. Hurt by falling property tax revenues, a stagnant economy and the failure to renegotiate key deals with unions,...
Polygamist Compound Removal Cases to Test State Civil Justice System
It's all over the national news and is an especially hot topic here in Texas. The legal ramifications on Texas Family Law and other areas of Texas Law may be far reaching. Here is an excerpt from John Councils article at Texas Lawyer: Tom Vick is looking for about...
Bankruptcy Trustee Sues McDermott Will for Malpractice
A bankruptcy trustee for Saint Vincent's Catholic Medical Centers of New York has sued McDermott, Will & Emery for legal malpractice, charging that partners at the Chicago-based law firm "put their personal relationships and selfish economic concerns above the...
What is the role of the filed attorney in a chapter 13 case?
The filed attorney performs the following functions in a typical chapter 13 case: Examining the filed financial situation and determining whether chapter 13 is a feasible alternative for the debtor, and if so, whether a single or a joint case should be filed. ...
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