foreclosures

The foreclosure rate in many parts of the country is going down, but in Jersey it's going up.

The Justice Department says Capital One has agreed to pay $12 million to resolve allegations the bank violated special protections in federal law for members of the military.

The New Jersey Residential Foreclosure Transformation Act was approved this week by the Assembly Appropriations Committee, aimed at reviving the stagnant economy and increasing home ownership.

Are abandoned properties a problem in your area? If so, a measure headed to the full New Jersey Assembly could be the solution.

Mortgage foreclosures are way up in New Jersey and across the country, compared to a year ago.

Affordable housing advocates accuse Governor Chris Christie of diverting $75 million of a federal foreclosure settlement to the general fund to help balance the state budget.

More and more homeowners in New Jersey are opting against foreclosure and turning to the short sale instead.

Existing home sales fell in March as the economy's housing sector struggle continues.

A group of U.S. nonprofit housing advocates has filed a discrimination complaint against Wells Fargo, accusing the nation's largest mortgage lender of failing to maintain and market foreclosed properties in black and Hispanic neighborhoods.

A lot of foreclosed properties - that had been "frozen" in legal limbo since the beginning of last year - are about to come back onto the market.