Vinia Hall is 103 years old. She lives with her daughter, who is 84 years of age. Chase Manhattan had foreclosed on her property and sent the sheriffs to her house to evict her. When the sheriffs arrived at her home, they were moved by her plight. They refused to evict Vinia and her daughter. News circulated throughout the world via television news stories, internet articles, and newspaper stories about her situation. An online petition was started to keep her in her home. It had more than thirty three thousand signatures on it.
Due to the huge media coverage Chase Manhattan Bank has reconsidered evicting Vinia from her home. They have renegotiated her mortgage and worked out a payment schedule that she and her daughter can afford.
Six Hundred Thousand United States Foreclosures During the Third Quarter of 2011
Vinia’s problem is simply one story out of the more than six hundred thousand homes foreclosed during the third quarter of 2011. Her case was an exception to the rule. The large majority of individuals who’s homes are foreclosed on are eventually forced out of their homes. Most mortgage modification applications are unsuccessful.
If your house is facing foreclosure there are legal remedies available to protect you. The foreclosure defense lawyers at the Law Offices of Schlissel DeCorpo have been helping our clients stay in their homes for more than two decades. Should you receive a letter from your financial institution or a summons and complaint, you need to contact a qualified, experienced foreclosure defense lawyer as soon as possible. In response to foreclosure lawsuits we file written answers with the court and opposing counsel. We submit a variety of legal defenses including defective mortgages, predatory lending, defective foreclosure lawsuits and a variety of other real estate defenses. We attend foreclosure court conferences on behalf of our clients and we seek to put pressure on the financial institutions to work out mortgage modifications.
We discuss all types of foreclosure options with our clients. Some of the options involve filing a Chapter 7 bankruptcy or Chapter 13 bankruptcy. When you file a Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 bankruptcy, foreclosure lawsuits are frozen and eventually eliminated. All other debt collection activity also comes to a halt. Call us for a free consultation. We can keep you in your home! Our phone numbers are 1-800-344-6431, 516-561-6645 or 718- 350-2802.
