If you are a seller with a contract for deed for the sale of your property, there are state-specific rules regarding what actions you can take if the buyer of your property defaults. Typically, buyers ...

For years, we have read stories about the mortgage crisis — homeowners in foreclosure, subprime lending, and banks in distress. But in South Texas, there is another major mortgage problem that gets ...

Some people who can't qualify for a mortgage, turn to a thinly regulated arrangement called contract for deed. Similar to renting to own, it rarely results in a buyer taking possession of the home.

Q. My parents bought a home through a “contract for deed.” My sister's name was put on the deed, but the seller is carrying the loan through a mortgage company. My parents have been paying the loan to ...

Marisela Orozco (foreground) is letting her sister, Marissa, live in the house she thought she would own after making almost four years of payments. Marissa lives there today rent free, but pays the ...