Real Estate & Property Law

New web content on foreclosures
There is now new content here on our AGO website regarding foreclosure!  ... This fall, the Consumer Protection Division will be sending out an official letter to homeowners facing foreclosure warning them about foreclosure rescue scams...

Answers to questions about a foreclosure rescue scam mailing
A couple weeks ago you may remember reading about how the Attorney General?s Office Consumer Protection Division sent out over 14,000 letters to homeowners to educate them about foreclosure rescue scams...

August Spotlight: Foreclosure
Last week, President Bush signed into law the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008, a sweeping housing rescue package that promises help for homeowners facing foreclosure, and provides temporary assistance to struggling mortgage finance companies Freddie Mac and Fannie...

Minnesota lawmakers consider three foreclosure bills
The proposed bills would work together to address the deepening foreclosure crisis in Minnesota...

New Massachusetts Law Creating 90-Day Right to Cure Default on Mortgage Loans
On May 1, 2008 the new Massachusetts foreclosure law will go into effect. Most importantly for homeowners facing foreclosure is the new 90-day right to cure mortgage defaults before foreclosure...

Bush's Plan For Foreclosure Rescue
President Bush's long-awaited foreclosure rescue plan might prove to be too little, too late for most struggling homeowners.

How to Stop Home Foreclosure
Bankruptcy can Stop Foreclosure

What is comparative negligence and strict liability in tort law?
A. comparative negligence
B. seller sells to buyer
B. defense of ...

Can collection agency call me for my mother debt that she never had?
Get an Attorney - quickly. Do not talk to the collection people. Do not tell the...

Can I legally stop my kids grandmother from harassing me?
Hello and thank you for your question.
You need to file for a Civil Harass...

How to get compensated for or compel redmiation iwhen government action renders private land useless?
It may be possible for you to demonstration that the county's action constitutes...

Need urgent answer. Never signed Truth in Lending Disclosure docs - docs at closing had different terms and rates than what we had originally signed up for in the Loan Application. Signed closing docs as assured it would
you have three days to change your mind after closing a re-fi...

Countrywide Financial Corp.
allegedly charged borrowers improper foreclosure fees.

South Carolina Firm
Recalls Frozen Meat and Poultry Products

Kitec
Majestic Plumbing to Pay Homeowners $475,000

Comcast
facing lawsuits from BitTorrent Throttling

Katrina Insurance
Homeowners Awarded the Maximum

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco
Facing Potential Class Action