I wonder too whether this sign which says "Avoid Foreclosure" is >> another predatory technique or it's part of a policy to help people >> who've lost there houses. I know that the Philadelphia Unemployment >> Project And ACORN has housing counselors that help people in >> foreclosure. Perhaps they'd have some insight into this advertising > campaign.
It¹s certainly not a legitimate program to assist homeowners facing foreclosure. At best they are speculators taking advantage of the misfortune of others. At worst it could be a foreclosure rescue scam, a predatory technique, as you say, in which the scammers persuade the unfortunate homeowner that they are going to help the homeowner save their home, but instead the scammers strip all of the equity out of the house and the homeowner ends up on the street anyway. Very common in other parts of the country, haven¹t seen much of it locally. More likely speculators looking to buy cheap. Kimm On 3/25/08 6:53 PM, "Joe Clarke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Someone told me that, in fact, in may be legal to do this type of > posting in Jannie's district and that she had the law changed to allow > for this. There was in fact another one nailed into the maple by the > 48th street trolley stop. I had a photo of it taken, and I'm going to > ask them at Jannie's office whether this is OK? The crew chief did say > that Jannie's office approved/knew of this. I thought he was just > putting me on. > I wonder too whether this sign which says "Avoid Foreclosure" is > another predatory technique or it's part of a policy to help people > who've lost there houses. I know that the Philadelphia Unemployment > Project And ACORN has housing counselors that help people in > foreclosure. Perhaps they'd have some insight into this advertising > campaign. > I used the reverse lookup to see who is at that phone number and it > appears to be a New York land line, but no name or address. I guess the > New Yorkers are back looking for bargains. > > Joe Clarke > > > > _______________________________________________ > ucneighbors mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.asc.upenn.edu/mailman/listinfo/ucneighbors
