Read more homeowners stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/18494/homeowners.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:07:07 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74298/dems-use-tarp-funds-to-aid-jobless-homeowners.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDemocrats in Congress want to direct some of the remaining billions in the Wall Street bailout funds to struggling workers and homeowners—a plan that puts them at odds with the White House, which aims to put the TARP balance toward deficit reduction. The change in Congress comes as unemployment...http://www.newser.com/story/74298/dems-use-tarp-funds-to-aid-jobless-homeowners.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Nov 2009 7:44:13 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70899/banks-yanking-homeowners-last-hope-short-sales.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs banks get healthier, they're getting stingier with one of the few remaining lifelines for underwater homeowners—short sales. To keep home sales moving in leaner times—and to get bad loans off their ledgers—lenders would forgive the difference between the outstanding mortgage balance and the purchase price. Such...http://www.newser.com/story/70899/banks-yanking-homeowners-last-hope-short-sales.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 03 Oct 2009 14:30:36 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70442/bofa-severs-ties-with-acorn.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBank of America has cut off ties with ACORN’s housing assistance arm following revelations that employees of the community organizing group gave ill-advised assistance to videographers posing as a pimp and prostitute. ACORN Housing has worked with BofA—among other banks—since the '90s to help homeowners in danger of...http://www.newser.com/story/70442/bofa-severs-ties-with-acorn.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 28 Sep 2009 9:08:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70244/mortgage-scammers-prey-on-strapped-homeowners.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMortgage brokers who made a mint during the housing boom setting up homeowners in toxic loans are now profiting from a different sort of shady deal. So-called foreclosure rescue firms are proliferating across the US, taking money upfront and promising to negotiate with homeowners’ banks for better interest rates. Instead,...http://www.newser.com/story/70244/mortgage-scammers-prey-on-strapped-homeowners.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 24 Sep 2009 19:50:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63547/plunging-property-taxes-bleed-government-coffers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFrom New York and Los Angeles to devastated Rust Belt towns, falling home prices are leaving local governments in a pinch, the New York Times reports. Desperate for extra cash, homeowners are petitioning assessors in droves to lower their property taxes and match property values. “It’s worthy of a Dickens...http://www.newser.com/story/63547/plunging-property-taxes-bleed-government-coffers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 04 Jul 2009 16:17:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62495/congress-weighs-wider-home-tax-credit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith the tax credit for first-time homebuyers set to expire in November, congressional efforts to increase it and broaden its reach are ramping up, reports USA Today. Chris Dodd, who leads the Senate Banking Committee, supports a proposal to raise the credit to $15,000 and extend it to all...http://www.newser.com/story/62495/congress-weighs-wider-home-tax-credit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 22 Jun 2009 9:00:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60568/f-i-wish-id-refinanced-my-house.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMany homeowners are kicking themselves for not refinancing sooner now that mortgage rates are climbing, ABC News reports. “I was going to save $325 a month, and that covers all kind of things, from gas to groceries,” lamented one. “$325 is a lot of money.” And it’s money, economists say,...http://www.newser.com/story/60568/f-i-wish-id-refinanced-my-house.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 31 May 2009 14:02:25 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59856/new-foreclosure-legislation-may-not-be-enough.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCongress’ Hope for Homeowners plan was aimed at fighting the foreclosure epidemic, and it’s been a success for exactly one person. Now, lawmakers have put “patches” on the legislation—but some worry the fixes aren’t going to do the job, ProPublica reports. Instead, it needs “some major, wholesale changes, since...http://www.newser.com/story/59856/new-foreclosure-legislation-may-not-be-enough.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 22 May 2009 12:45:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58361/13k-flee-as-calif-fire-rages.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tag13,575 people have fled their homes as a wildfire that has consumed 1,300 acres rages in Santa Barbara, Calif., the Los Angeles Times reports. Another 13,000 are on alert, Bloomberg adds. Officials are unsure how many homes have been destroyed, but it’s in the “dozens.” “Today is...http://www.newser.com/story/58361/13k-flee-as-calif-fire-rages.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 07 May 2009 15:05:34 CDT