Although mortgage default is behind most home foreclosures in the U.S., the number of foreclosures tied to delinquent tax payments is climbing. The National Consumer Law Center estimates that $15 billion of tax-lien foreclosures happened in 2010, the latest year for which data are available.
Tax Liens Trigger More Foreclosures
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