The foreclosure factory: Metro Detroit is a nation center of the crisis

Foreclosure filings rise again

Data being released today shows another 12,564 foreclosure filings were made last month throughout Michigan, a 14.67% increase from February 2008. - 03/12/2009

Neal Rubin

Foreclosure law gets personal

A new ordinance in Westland gives evicted homeowners 72 hours to remove belongings from the curb.

For Westland Mayor William Wild, the nation's mortgage crisis hit close to home when a neighbor's belongings wound up at the curb. - 03/12/2009

House OKs bill to cut some mortgage costs

Twelve percent of U.S. homeowners were in foreclosure or behind on their payments in 2008, a survey reports.

WASHINGTON -- A plan to give debt-strapped homeowners a chance to lower their mortgage payments through bankruptcy courts won House approval Thursday. - 03/06/2009

Empty homes slowly decaying

A well-maintained home in the historic Boston Edison district of Detroit can be seen from the third-floor window of this 1919 colonial home that is currently on the market and in need of major renovation.

That empty home sitting idly next door may look fine on the outside but could hide a host of problems on the inside. Many foreclosures, even those that have retained their curb appeal, are concealing the effects of prolonged vacancy and neglect. - 03/05/2009

Metro Detroit foreclosures

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