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Banks Face Short-Sale Fraud as Home ‘Flopping’ Rises (Update2)

Banks Face Short-Sale Fraud as Home ‘Flopping’ Rises (Update2) Two Connecticut real estate agents found a way to profit in the U.S. housing bust: Buy low, sell fast. Their tactic was also illegal. Read more on BusinessWeek

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What to do with house? Wife left, cannot afford house. Foreclosure, deed in lieu, shortsale?

I owe about 25,000 more on house than it’s worth in northern Illinois. The payment is half of my income I have been paying it but cannot keep doing this though. Should I try a deed in lieu of foreclosure, foreclosure, bankruptcy, short sale? Wife is currently on mortgage, how would she be removed from [...]

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