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Updated: February 20, 2012 8:42AM

Save your home class set for Skokie

The Neighborhood Community Foundation, will offer a free Save Your Home Foreclosure Prevention Workshop, in Skokie.

NCF, an independent, nonprofit organization based in Sarasota, strives to help residents develop a better understanding of the foreclosure process, legal rights, and available options and solutions to remain in their homes. The class will be presented from 7 to 9 p.m. Feb. 8 at the Comfort Inn, 9333 Skokie Blvd.

“Knowledge is power, and homeowners can more effectively fight foreclosure by knowing about the process and understanding how current events can affect their outcome”, says Michael Kartsounis, a foreclosure defense attorney who is one of the keynote speakers at the Neighborhood Community Foundation’s prevention workshops.

The Workshop will answer many questions and provide insight to guide homeowners to the next positive step, wherever they may be in the process.

During the workshop Kartsounis will share free legal advice about the most common types of errors and violations found in loan documents and provide a full explanation of the laws that protect homeowners when facing foreclosure eviction. In addition, homeowners will receive information from other non-profit agencies to help them properly assess a practical course of action for their needs.

Topics of the workshop include: Loan Modifications – Effective techniques that work;

Federal Foreclosure Programs – HAMP and HAFA; Loan Audits – How to identify paperwork fraud or loan violations; Lender paybacks – Are you eligible to receive one?

Buy more time in your home – Simple steps to postpone your move; Protecting against foreclosure predators; County agency resources; Real legal defenses; and Questions and Answers.

To register for the Save Your Home Foreclosure Prevention Workshop, visit www.Neighborhood-Community.org or call The Neighborhood Community Foundation at (877) 306-5299.