Foreclosure Services Firm Targets Wrong Home; Locks Changed, Valuables Missing, Home In Disarray

In Stockton, California, KXTV Channel 10 reports:

• Ruth Anderson came home to a mess after work recently. Somebody had turned her condo unit upside down, taking valuables and leaving the place in disrepair. "It was horrible. They took everything they needed or wanted," said Anderson. She called police. At first, Anderson couldn't get in because locks were changed and a notice left behind. The notice said her unit had been purchased by a bank at a foreclosure auction. "I'm not in foreclosure, I bought my home outright years ago," Anderson said.

• She was right. A company representing Homecoming Financial entered the wrong unit. It was supposed to inspect and re-key unit number 232. Instead went to unit 2 where Ruth Anderson lives. Field Asset Services (FAS), a national company working with banks to prepare foreclosed homes for sale, admitted fault, yet could not explain why valuables were taken from Anderson's condo. An investigation is underway. FAS is now trying to work with Anderson to settle her claim. Calls to FAS in Austin, Texas were not returned to News10 on Thursday.

To see the damage left in the propery owner's home, see Foreclosure Targets Wrong Home (watch video) (read story) (links no longer available).

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