The Foreclosure Survival Guide: Keep Your House or Walk Away With Money in Your Pocket

Facing foreclosure? Know your options! According to Harvard's Joint Center for Housing Studies, "the number of homeowners paying more than half their income on housing rocketed from 6.5 million in 2001 to 8.8 million in 2006... The number of homes entering foreclosure nearly doubled to 1.3 million in 2007 from about 660,000 in 2005." If you're having trouble making your mortgage payments or are already in jeopardyof foreclosure, The Foreclosure Survival Guide compassionately gives you the practical information you need, step by step. An essential tool for anyone at risk of foreclosure, The Foreclosure Survival Guide provides key information about: mortgages, including adjustable rate mortgages (ARMs) short sales deeds in lieu of foreclosure judicial and non-judicial foreclosure credit counseling liens, and using bankruptcy to deal with foreclosure.