To update our previous post, Governor Hickenlooper has reinstated five of the ten public trustees who resigned or retired last month after reports by The Denver Post revealed apparent abuses of public funds by certain trustees. The five reappointed trustees include those in El Paso, Jefferson, Larimer, Weld and Douglas Counties. In addition, the
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Signs Suggest New Wave of Foreclosures
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While The Denver Post recently reported that completed foreclosure sales were at a five-year low in May of this year, and an informal survey by this office of various metro and mountain county public trustees confirmed that, based on filings for the first half of 2012, foreclosures are expected to be generally lower this year…
Increase in Foreclosures Leads to Greater Scrutiny of Public Trustees and Process
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Posted in Foreclosure, Real Property
The dramatic rise in the number of foreclosures filed in Colorado during the last five years has led to increased scrutiny of both the foreclosure laws and the actions of Colorado’s public trustees. As detailed in an April 4 post in this blog, proponents of ballot Initiative 84 had sought to correct perceived problems in…