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Fannie Mae gets tough with 'strategic defaults'

Take a poll on strategic defaults at the bottom of this blog.

If you can afford to pay your mortgage, but you are contemplating a “strategic default” because your loan is worth more than your mortgage, you might think again.

Defaulting borrowers who walk-away from their mortgages who have the financial wherewithal to pay -  or did [...]

Colorado foreclosures: Hopeful signs, but crisis isn't over

“We’re making good progress,” Ryan [...]

Rising foreclosure filings worries experts

“I think people are much more sophisticated and aware of programs available to them than they were in the past,” Stephanie [...]

What happens in Las Vegas, shouldn't even stay in Las Vegas

Joel Stein, in the latest issue of TIME magazine, wrote the cover story of how Las Vegas gambled big and lost big on the real estate boom.

I couldn’t help think, once again, how much better off Denver is than Las Vegas. But I was shocked when I read about what appeared to me to be [...]

Foreclosure filings could hit 40,000 in Colorado this year

Foreclosure filings in Colorado could  hit or exceed 40,000 filings this year, officials said today, following a report that tracked more than 12,000 foreclosure filings in the second quarter.

“It is possible; it is not outlandish,” Ryan McMaken, who researched and wrote the second-quarter report for the Colorado Division of Housing. “The total for the mid-year [...]