Sacramento Metropolitan Area residents who have considered filing for Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 bankruptcy due to too much debt may be curious to know that U.S. courts have seen an exponential increase in law suits filed by debt collection agencies against individual debtors over recent months. Many people may…
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First Half of 2010 Reaches Bankruptcy Filings Highest Point Since 2005
The Sacramento bankruptcy attorneys at the Law Offices of Matthew D. Roy routinely keep track of bankruptcy filing statistics across the United States. The Real Time Economics Blog reported on July 2 that bankruptcy filings in 2010 have surpassed the record number bankruptcy cases filed in 2005. 2005 saw a…
Sacramento Area Homeowners to Possibly Take Advantage of Long Delay Between Foreclosure and Eviction?
As a Sacramento Bankruptcy Attorney I often take interest in matters that affect my clients in the Sacramento metropolitan area. According to an article published today in the New York Times, homeowners across the nation are beginning to take advantage of the increasing delay between eviction and the implementation of…
Sacramento Bankrutpcy News Alert
According to the Wall Street Journal, California and Arizona are responsible for between 36%-46% of the year to date increases in consumer bankruptcy filings across the nation. While bankruptcy filings in April have been marginally lower than the filings from March, they still remain 15% above the statistics from April…