Ask Donna Dodson how she's doing. "Stressed" is her reply. The house where she lives on Piper Road is moving toward foreclosure. She was served with the official papers in April. ...more

July 19, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY - Pasco residents on the brink of losing homes have gained an ally to try to steer clear of foreclosures and scam artists. The Florida Bar and Florida Legal Services have teamed up to create a new service called Florida Attorneys Saving Homes, or FLASH. ...more

July 12, 2008

Pasco residents on the brink of losing homes have gained an ally in trying to avoid foreclosures and scam artists. ...more

July 12, 2008

The process of property foreclosure. ...more

June 27, 2008

In early 2006, Tampa developer Ed Oelschlaeger was at the height of his career. ...more

June 21, 2008

Another high-profile proposed development faces foreclosure. Bank of America has started foreclosure proceedings against the waterfront site of the ambitious New Port Tampa Bay project, according to documents filed last month in Hillsborough County Circuit Court. The 52-acre site is at the corner of West Shore Boulevard and Gandy Boulevard. The plan called for a marina and 1,200 condo units and shops. The developer, Tampa-based EchoGroup Inc., put plans on hold in November and said the company would either start the project when the real estate market improved or sell the land. ...more

June 20, 2008

While the federal government has been sending income tax rebate checks to stimulate the economy, another proposal in the works would offer a $750 tax credit to entice people to buy houses. ...more

June 5, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY - With the federal government in the midst of sending out income tax rebate checks, another proposal in the works would offer a $750 tax credit to entice people to buy houses. Greg Armstrong, president of the West Pasco Board of Realtors, recently spent a week in Washington, D.C., with a delegation lobbying for various bills such as the $750 credit to home buyers. ...more

May 31, 2008

Joe Lents hasn't made a payment on his $1.5 million mortgage since 2002. That's when Washington Mutual Inc. first tried to foreclose on his home in Boca Raton. The Seattle-based lender failed to prove that it owned Lents' mortgage note and dropped attempts to take his house. Subsequent efforts to foreclose have stalled because no one has produced the paperwork. ...more

February 22, 2008

The Tampa Code Enforcement Division likely will start fining owners of two New Tampa houses that are in foreclosure and the subject of a lawsuit by a group of South Florida investors who say they were defrauded into overpaying for the houses. ...more

December 12, 2007