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More than 90,000 notices of default were recorded against residential and commercial property owners in Nevada in the last 12 months, according to a statement released by the Administrative Office of the Courts, which oversees the Nevada Foreclosure Mediation Program state lawmakers established in 2009.
The average homeowner doesn’t think about so-called “strategic default” on their mortgage until equity falls to 62 percent of the home’s value, a study from the Federal Reserve Board showed.
Tyree Brown, the homeowner who complained that Wells Fargo Bank blindsided him with a foreclosure during loan modification negotiations, has won the first round in court.
Representatives of the Southern Nevada Mortgage Fraud Task Force gathered Thursday morning at the Lloyd George U.S. Courthouse to announce the regional results of a nationwide takedown dubbed Operation Stolen Dreams.