Each year, the Department of Finance sells the liens of properties that have unpaid debts — including property taxes, water bills, and other charges — that can result in an increased financial burden for families already behind on their bills. Once a tax lien is sold, a third-party collection agency can add fees and high […]
Free Seminars and Info for Homeowners, Future Homeowners, & Tenants! Register to learn about: First-Time Homebuying , Credit repair opportunities, Down-payment and closing cost grants, Lowering property taxes, Paying off a water or property tax lien, Insuring your home, Avoiding foreclosuree, Protecting yourself from real estate scams Plus! City agencies and community-based nonprofits will be […]
Free Seminars and Info for Homeowners, Future Homeowners, & Tenants! Register to learn about: First-Time Homebuying , Credit repair opportunities, Down-payment and closing cost grants, Lowering property taxes, Paying off a water or property tax lien, Insuring your home, Avoiding foreclosuree, Protecting yourself from real estate scams Plus! City agencies and community-based nonprofits will be […]
Reverse mortgages allow homeowners 62 and older to tap into their home equity while remaining in their homes. This product is a useful and necessary resource for many senior homeowners with incomes that are insufficient to cover their living expenses. In ideal cases, reverse mortgages are not due and payable until the borrower dies or […]
Homeowners can have liens placed on their property from city debts, most commonly unpaid property taxes and water and sewer charges. NYC periodically sells unpaid debts to private bidders, who can then add high fees and interest to the amount owed and bring a suit for foreclosure based on the higher amount. Before the lien […]
A Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM), commonly known as a reverse mortgage, is a combination financial and actuarial product that allows the homeowner to borrow money with a mortgage that does not come due until the homeowner passes away, sells the property, or defaults on paying property charges (property taxes, homeowner’s insurance, water, etc.). If […]
Data is essential to understanding the state of affordable homeownership in New York. We use data visualizations, maps, and more to identify and assess existing and emerging neighborhood needs and to create innovative programs to help middle- and working-class homeowners. Are you a reporter working on a story or a policymaker who needs help understanding […]
Seven years ago Deonarine Persaud and his wife paid off the mortgage on the single-family house in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn, that they’d acquired in 1989 for $120,000. Shortly after, however, their health started to fail. Persaud had a heart attack, and his wife had to retire early from her job as a nurse because she […]
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Thousands of homeowners in the five boroughs may be surprised to know their outstanding debts to the City will soon be sold to private investors. The City’s annual tax lien sale on May 12, 2016, can be lucrative for both the government and investors — but it can also be devastating for many homeowners. Purchasers […]
