Many forced to hire lawyers, file lawsuits to stop the process
(NEWSER) - The foreclosure mess gets messier: A growing number of people are finding themselves embroiled in a foreclosure fight even though they've never defaulted on their loans—in some cases, they didn't even have loans to default on. An extensive AP story looks at some of the cases, including a man who found himself listed as a defendant in the foreclosure case of a woman who had hit his car years earlier, a man who was forced to fight foreclosure even though he paid for his house in cash and had a copy of the cashier's check to prove it, and a woman who found her belongings ransacked, utilities cut off, doors padlocked, and even her parrot confiscated—even though she was up to date on her payments. More»