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Facing foreclosure? Know your options!
According to Harvard's Joint Center for Housing Studies, "the number of homeowners paying more than half their income on housing rocketed from 6.5 million in 2001 to 8.8 million in 2006... The number of homes entering foreclosure nearly doubled to 1.3 million in 2007 from about 660,000 in 2005."
If you're having trouble making your mortgage payments or are already in jeopardy of foreclosure, The Foreclosure Survival Guide compassionately gives you the practical information you need, step by step.
An essential tool for anyone at risk of foreclosure, The Foreclosure Survival Guide provides key information about:
Mortgages, including adjustable rate mortgages (ARMs);
Short sales;
Deeds in lieu of foreclosure;
Judicial and non-judicial foreclosure;
Credit counseling;
Liens, and
Using bankruptcy to deal with foreclosure.
The Foreclosure Survival Guide gathers all the information Attorney Stephen R. Elias has used to help hundreds of clients over 30 years of practicing law and shows you how to deal with foreclosure.
Like many hardworking people facing foreclosure in this rough economy, you deserve answers to your pressing questions. Thorough and easy to understand, The Foreclosure Survival Guide can help you stay in your home or walk away with money in your pocket.
Topics covered include:
Foreclosure: The Big Picture: What to Expect, Your Options: An Overview, How You Can Stay in Your House Payment Free, Why Foreclosure Doesn’t Have to Be So Bad Don’t Get Scammed by a Foreclosure “Rescue” Company;
Foreclosure Nuts and Bolts: How Much Time You’ll Have to Respond In or Out of Court?, Deficiency Judgments: Will You Still Owe Money After the Foreclosure?, Taxes;
Can You Keep Your House? Should You?: The Emotional Part of Foreclosure, The Economics of Foreclosure: What You Need to Know, When It Makes Sense to Keep Your House, When It Makes Sense to Give up Your House;
Negotiating a Workout: Do You Have Enough Time to Negotiate?, Working With a Nonprofit Housing Counselor, Basic Workout Options, Workouts for Government-Backed Mortgages, Special Protections for Service Members on Active Duty;
How Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Can Delay or Stop Foreclosure: Using Chapter 13 to Keep Your House, Using Chapter 13 to Delay Foreclosure, Coming Up With a Repayment Plan, An Overview of the Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Process, Will You Need a Lawyer?;
How Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Can Delay or Stop Foreclosure: How Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Helps You, Using Chapter 7 Bankruptcy to Keep Your House, Using Chapter 7 Bankruptcy to Delay a Foreclosure Sale, The Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Process: An Overview, Do You Qualify for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy? Will You Need a Lawyer?;
Fighting Foreclosure in Court: How Long Can You Delay the Sale of Your House? When It May Be Worth Fighting, How to Fight a Foreclosure;
If You Decide to Leave Your House: Let the Foreclosure Proceed, Sell the House in a Short Sale, Offer the Lender a Deed in Lieu of Foreclosure, Avoiding Deficiency Judgments, Income Tax Liability for Deficiencies;
How Long Can You Stay in Your House for Free?: When You Miss Your First Payment, After You Receive a Formal Notice of Intent to Foreclose, After the Sale, After You Get a Notice to Leave.
According to Harvard's Joint Center for Housing Studies, "the number of homeowners paying more than half their income on housing rocketed from 6.5 million in 2001 to 8.8 million in 2006... The number of homes entering foreclosure nearly doubled to 1.3 million in 2007 from about 660,000 in 2005."
If you're having trouble making your mortgage payments or are already in jeopardy of foreclosure, The Foreclosure Survival Guide compassionately gives you the practical information you need, step by step.
An essential tool for anyone at risk of foreclosure, The Foreclosure Survival Guide provides key information about:
The Foreclosure Survival Guide gathers all the information Attorney Stephen R. Elias has used to help hundreds of clients over 30 years of practicing law and shows you how to deal with foreclosure.
Like many hardworking people facing foreclosure in this rough economy, you deserve answers to your pressing questions. Thorough and easy to understand, The Foreclosure Survival Guide can help you stay in your home or walk away with money in your pocket.
Topics covered include:
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| Condition | New |
|---|---|
| Shipping Availability | This item ships within 1 to 2 business days. |
| Heavy | No |
| Format | Paperback |
| Author | Elias |
| ISBN | 9781413316261 |
| Edition | 3rd ed., 2011 |
| Publisher | Nolo |
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