home repossession

Lender processing delays reduced the number of U.S. homes taken back by banks in the first three months of the year. But new data suggests foreclosure activity may be starting to creep higher, as lenders make progress tackling a backlog of pending foreclosure cases.

If you're the kind of person who hates to clean for company, perhaps you might see a subplot in the actions of an Ohio man who bulldozed his $350,000 house rather than surrender it to a foreclosing bank. According to WLWT Channel 5 in Cincinnati, Terry Hoskins, who lived in the rolling hills east...