Burt Reynolds is facing mounting financial woes and a foreclosure lawsuit. According to Merrill Lynch Credit Corp., Reynolds has not made a mortgage payment on his home since September 1, 2010. This prompted the action of filing a foreclosure lawsuit against the actor, who now risks losing his 4-acre waterfront Florida estate. Merrill Lynch wants [...]

Foreclosures in the state of Ohio were down 33 percent in the month of April. This new report was released by a California-based foreclosure tracker and it found that 7,962 properties in the state received some type of action, default or repossession notice. These notices are down 33 percent from April 2010 and down 13 [...]

For the first time in a decade, the number of foreclosure filings have decreased in 2010 compared to 2009, according to information from the Ohio Supreme Court. The reports show that there were 85,483 foreclosure filings in commercial and residential properties in 2010. In 2009, there were 89,061 new case filings. Since the court began [...]

The foreclosure rate in Ohio in 2011 is off to a slower start than the previous year, but many are saying that this is not a sign that the market troubles are ending, only that the lenders that were ignoring guidelines while processing have now stopped doing so. Since January of last year, the foreclosure [...]

Lawyers are now required to look at every foreclosure document in Franklin County due to the fraudulent foreclosures that have been occurring across the nation. Some lawyers that are to be involved in signing all of the documents have asked the Ohio Supreme Court to prohibit judges from requiring them to do this. This new [...]