Anthony Home Goes into Foreclosure -- Update: Anthonys to Keep Home

FystyAngel wrote:I just heard it reported on HLN that the house was originally $91,000 but NOW they owe $250,000. How is it that they owe more than twice what the house is even worth?

Fysty, I think whoever said that maybe didn't know what they were talking about.

Zillow.com says the home is worth $144,000.... and they refinanced the home after they assumed the loan in the amount of approximately $121,000.

However, according to zillow.com, there is another house on Hopespring Drive that also is estimated to be worth $144,000 and it sold for only $85,000.

I can't remember the amount now, but in KC's first bail hearing when her parents testified, Linda Drane-Burdick asked Cindy how much they paid for the house..... I just can't bear to go back and listen again in order to find out the amount....

George, Cindy learn of foreclosure from WKMG

posted by halboedeker on February, 23 2010 12:53 PM

The problems of George and Cindy Anthony were a top story at noon today.

WFTV-Channel 9 opened its noon newscast with the story that Casey Anthony’s parents could lose their home to foreclosure. Casey Anthony is charged with first-degree murder in the death of her daughter, 2-year-old Caylee.

“The Anthonys owe more than $115,000 on this house, plus interest,” WFTV’s Kathi Belich reported. “Bank of America foreclosure papers show the Anthonys have not made a mortgage payment on this house since May of last year. Five months after that last mortgage payment, the Anthonys went on a cruise.”

WFTV replayed scenes of the Anthonys facing off against protesters outside the house on Hopespring Drive. “The house is in Cindy Anthony’s house,” Belich said. (I think they mean Cindy Anthony's NAME rather than HOUSE)

WKMG-Channel 6 anchor Erick Weber said the Anthonys weren’t aware the bank had filed foreclosure papers until the station told them yesterday.

They didn’t realize what was coming if they didn’t make those mortgage payments?

WKMG reported that the Anthonys owe $121,000 on the home and were eight months behind in mortgage payments.

Cindy Anthony is on disability from a nursing job, and George Anthony is unemployed.

“The Anthonys say they’ll do everything they can to try to save the home where Caylee lived her entire life,” Weber said.

Could that mean more interviews are ahead?

In other Anthony news, WFTV reported that Zenaida Gonzalez’s attorneys had filed a list of expert witnesses that might be called in her defamation suit against Casey Anthony.

http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_tv_tvblog/2010/02/casey-anthony-george-cindy-learn-of-foreclosure-from-wkmg.html

Foreclosure Papers Filed On Anthony's Home

Posted: 8:00 am EST February 23, 2010
Updated: 6:04 pm EST February 23, 2010

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- Casey Anthony's parents may be losing their home on Hopespring Drive to foreclosure (read documents). It's the last place Caylee Anthony was seen alive and it has become infamous over the past two years for protests and fights.

The Anthonys face foreclosure despite the money that George and Cindy have made off the case, including getting paid $20,000 for an exclusive interview on CBS. And, even though they haven't made a mortgage payment since last May, five months after that they went on a cruise.

Over the last year and a half, the house has been the scene of some strange goings on. Cindy Anthony has squirted at people with a hose, the Anthonys have had shoving and shouting matches with protesters and Casey has been taken away amidst a mob scene, surrounded by people angry that she was allowed to live in the house she once shared with her daughter Caylee.

Inside, Cindy has said Caylee's room has been left exactly as it was the day she disappeared. Now, they might lose the house with all its good and bad memories.

Some neighbors feel it wouldn't be a bad thing.

“It's good if somebody would buy it. There's nothing wrong with the house. It's only if you knew. It's all in your mind,” neighbor Kevin Co said.

The Anthonys bought the house for almost $91,000 in 1989 (property appraiser's listing), but court records show the Anthonys owe more than $115,000, plus interest, partly because of a second mortgage.

Cindy is on disability from her nursing job and George has been out of work almost since Casey's first arrest. Their son Lee's lawyer said Lee moved in with them last year to help them pay their bills, but right after that is when they stopped making mortgage payments and Eyewitness News has heard he's moved out.

Neighbor Kevin Co obviously doesn't know all the details of the Anthony’s finances, but says he wouldn't feel sorry for them if it turns out they spent money on a cruise and other things instead of making their $785 per month house payments.

“That's not the right thing to do if that's the way they did it,” he said.

One neighbor, who didn’t want to be identified, said if the Anthonys put everyone else's property values in jeopardy by being irresponsible with their finances it's not going to endear them to anyone in the neighborhood.

Still, an Orlando real estate agent told Eyewitness News the intrigue could be a selling point for some and others might want to help the Anthonys.

“I think there are so many followers of the family that they would step in and try to help the family and one way of doing that is make an attempt to purchase the house,” Sarah Eagan explained.

Article:
http://www.wftv.com/news/22642148/detail.html

Foreclosure Documents:
http://www.wftv.com/pdf/22644089/detail.html

Video Report:
http://www.wftv.com/video/22649968/index.html

Details From Property Appraiser:
http://www.ocpafl.org/pls/webappI/get_parcel_by_addr?s_num=4937&s_dir=&s_name=hopespring&s_type=dr&DI_0=on&DI_1=on&DI_2=on&DI_3=on&DI_4=on&DI_5=on&DI_6=on&x=57&y=13

So on October 4, 1989, they purchased the house for $90,900.

They refinanced the home in May of 2005 for $121,160.

And they still owe more than $115,000 on the house.

IOW, they are upside down on this house.

I'm thinking they are looking to find some sympathetic soul to help them out... or either they want out of that house. And not because of what may or may not have happened to Caylee in that house. I believe they are just hoping for bigger and better, paid for, of course, by someone else.

Either way, the A's have a plan.... not paying their mortgage but spending on other things is by design.

Oh, BTW.... this is their second foreclosure. They apparently have no problem with walking away from their personal responsibilities. And my guess is if they didn't pay their mortgage, there's probably a good chance they haven't paid some of their other bills either.... like credit cards.

JMO

I can not imagine NOT paying my bills! WTH?

According to the 5:00 p.m. Fox 35 news report, Brad Conway has a condo in downtown Orlando that is going into foreclosure. He would make no comment.....

You just can't make up this stuff!!!

I'll post as soon as it hits the website!

Maybe Brad and the A's can get a group rate from an attorney who specializes in foreclosures.....

Maybe they should hire a qualified attorney to assist them. One that would work pro bono. Did I hear Bozo volunteer for this position?

Who's next to be foreclosed? Bozo, Lee, or Lyon? I have my money on Bozo.

I've been between a rock and a hard place and I've never neglected my mortgage...Seems that they need to learn how to pinch pennies and tighten their belts...needless to say stop traveling hither and yon to "aid" families of missing children...CA's new threads weren't purchased at a thrift store and Geo's earrings weren't cheap either...Ohhhh anyone know how much the tattoos
were??? Can you say BUDGET ???

George vows to stay in home despite foreclosure

posted by halboedeker on February, 23 2010 6:24 PM

“We’re not going anywhere,” George Anthony told WESH-Channel 2 about the foreclosure on his home.

Anthony didn’t appear on camera, but he talked to WESH’s Bob Kealing.

“They plan to work with the bank to get through this financial crisis,” Kealing reported.

That would be Bank of America, and the Anthonys haven’t made a mortgage payment since June 2009. Casey Anthony and her daughter, Caylee, lived in the home. Casey, the daughter of George and Cindy, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Caylee.

Brad Conway, the attorney for George and Cindy Anthony, told WESH that the foreclosure proves the couple never had a deal for a book or movie deal.

Conway told WESH “it’s the only house Caylee ever lived in” and “the couple can’t let it go.”

Conway said he plans to work a loan modification with the bank over eight to 12 months, Kealing reported.

WOFL-Channel 35 reported that Conway knows foreclosure firsthand. He owed $300,000 on a condo in downtown Orlando, but WOFL anchor Bob Frier said Conway didn’t want to discuss it. The condo went on the auction block this month.

WKMG-Channel 6 noted that it broke the foreclosure story last night at 11. WKMG’s Louis Bolden said neighbors’ reactions ranged from sympathy for the couple to relief that they might leave.

A neighbor told Bolden: “You don’t have money to pay for your home but you have to go on a cruise — that’s weird.”

The couple owes more than $121,000 on the home.

What’s next? An attorney who specializes in foreclosures told Bolden that the Anthonys have 20 days to respond to the bank’s notice. If they don’t, they could be kicked out in a month or two. If they do respond, they would go into mediation with the bank. But Bolden reported that another expert saw a loan modification as unlikely. Conway told WKMG that the Anthonys aren’t interested in a short sale.

How easy is it to sell an infamous house? WFTV-Channel 9’s Kathi Belich wanted to know.

“Caylee was last seen alive in this house. Investigators have not ruled out that she was murdered in this house,” Belich said.

An Orlando real-estate agent, Sarah Eagan, told Belich someone who followed the case might step in and buy, or the intrigue could prompt a sale.

In other Anthony news, WFTV reported that Zenaida Gonzalez’s lawyers filed a list of 54 expert witnesses in her defamation suit against Casey Anthony. The list is made up of investigators who worked on Caylee’s case, WFTV anchor Martie Salt said.

http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_tv_tvblog/2010/02/casey-anthony-george-vows-to-stay-in-home-despite-foreclosure.html

Does George still own his boat? He can sell that!!!!!!

The boat was financed by Kidfinders.... I don't think GA actually owns the boat.... but they could sell one of their cars, since they don't need them to go to work.....

They can sell both cars.

They can ride bikes. It's not like they travel to go see their daughter in jail.

Or,....................

George can get one of these, and get paid for cutting the neighborhoods grass.

Hahaha, Julie!!!!

Cindy can cook & sell chili.

i personally think that CA should try her hand at fictional writing..

she has that certain "way" about her.. great with stories!!

and GA could get a job advertising for mystic tan..

That's good too Randi.