Boston real estate foreclosures
The number of homes reaching the auction stage of the foreclosure cycle by banks holding the owners’ mortgages has increased for the fourth month in a row. (Run-on sentence???) Warren Group said the number of foreclosure auctions scheduled for April reached...Boston real estate foreclosures
Here’s an interesting quirk in our tax code. The current tax code requires a lender who forgives a debt to provide a Form 1099 to the IRS stating the amount the borrower has been forgiven. This disclosure applies whether it is a short sale, foreclosure, deed in...Boston real estate foreclosures
Letter to the Editor, today’s Boston Herald b>Yoon’s plan wrong plan City Councilor Sam Yoon’s proposal to buy back condos and homes when they are auctioned off by lenders appears to be another extension of public housing at the cost of Boston...Boston real estate foreclosures
I just choked on my Cheerios. City Councilor Sam Yoon yesterday called for a joint effort by city officials and nonprofit community developers to buy back condos and homes when they are auctioned off by lenders. The owners could stay on as tenants, possibly with the...Boston real estate foreclosures
In my quest to write as many grouchy entries I can in one day, let me just say this – don’t believe anything you read quoting data put out by ForeclosuresMass.com. I think they play around with the numbers, basically just so they can generate traffic to...