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About The Default News

Since 2007, Annemarie du LeBohn has provided resources and insight into the mortgage default and real estate industry. In 2010 she established Le Bon Publishing Inc. as the parent company of a few independent news source. Its mission is to make it easier for consumers, investors and real estate professionals to gain insight into the mortgage default and real estate industry. Traditionally, it has been difficult to find information about the foreclosure process. Usually insight was available only in a few ways: 1. The lien holder, but it’s difficult to reach decision maker 2. Credit clinics, yet they require a fee for service 3. Counseling agencies, many don’t have specific details for each lien holder Le Bon Publishing has mobilized its resources, contacts and trade associations to give homeowners and real estate professionals quality information that was usually only available to industry insiders. We believe that providing insight into the foreclosure and real estate process creates a triple bottom-line benefit (social, economic and environmental) for all stakeholders – homeowners, lenders, real estate professionals, municipalities. Le Bon Publishing keeps you informed through three divisions: Blog - The Default News, provides commentary, free foreclosure resources per state and links to nearly 80 companies that manage bank-owned/REO listing – enabling you to directly search their property listing.

Occupy Wall Street, Homeowners Ally to Fight Foreclosure

Here’s a well resourced article found on BNET. Drawing inspiration from the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement, homeowners facing foreclosure are fighting back. Their weapon of choice: protest. In La Puente, Calif., for instance, Rose Gudiel recently backed down OneWest … Continue reading

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Re-Stringing HARP

Federal regulators unveiled a major overhaul of HARP (an underused mortgage-refinance program) which was designed to help millions of Americans whose home values have tumbled. (Source: Wall Street Journal) Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Subscribe to the comments on … Continue reading

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Weekly Economic Summary; October 3 – 7, 2011

Many thanks to Jaril Tudio, from Bank of America, for providing the following information. Last week the jobs report came in better than expected with 103,000 jobs created in September. Another surprise in the report was the significant upward revisions, … Continue reading

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AREAA Conference; The American Dream

Asian Real Estate Association of America (AREAA) started their inaugural conference with the Yin Yang, a symbol; polar opposites that complement forces interacting within a greater whole, as part of a dynamic system. On the positive side, AREAA’s goal is … Continue reading

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2011 “5 Star” Conference

In this crazy mortgage default industry there are many, many, many ways that agents and suppliers can become edcucated about the foreclosure/REO process. There are conferences, seminars, coaching groups, trade associations, certification courses and accredited courses. As for conferences, a … Continue reading

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Community Outreach: The Mortgage Default Connection

Recently I hosted a webinar for The Force, a division of DS News. The webinar featured the following four leaders within the mortgage default industry, and together we talked about Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), and how their sector is embracing … Continue reading

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Hope from New Orleans

Admittedly after listening to the debt ceiling debate I needed a ray of hope to restore faith in our governmental leaders. I wondered, could they put aside personal and political goals to improve the greater good, to create a higher … Continue reading

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