foreclosure

You fell behind on your mortgage payments and lost your home to foreclosure.That's the end of this financial nightmare, right? Not quite: Something called a deficiency judgment could come back and haunt you.

Expanded unemployment benefits were one of the most effective federal programs in preventing foreclosure in the wake of the Great Recession, according to a recent study, outperforming other efforts specifically designed to address the foreclosure crisis.

Declaring bankruptcy can be a surprisingly effective tool for saving a home in foreclosure, sharply reducing the likelihood the property will go to a foreclosure auction, according to a recent study.

Two tax protections for mortgage borrowers were extended for at least another year as part of the fiscal cliff agreement approved by Congress, while the mortgage interest deduction itself went untouched.