La Toya Jackson: Foreclosure looms on Las Vegas, Nevada, house

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La Toya Jackson — an older sister of the recently deceased “King of Pop,” Michael Jackson — is facing foreclosure on a 1,856-square foot condominium unit located on the 27th floor at Regency Towers inside Las Vegas Country Club in Nevada.

ReviewJournal.com reports that the singer/songwriter, who is perhaps more recognized for her famous family and two spreads in Playboy in the early 1990s, is in default with an unpaid balance of $750,000. She purchased the home for about $260,000 in 1996.

It’s possible that Jackson has no intentions of rescuing the condo from the auction block — she reportedly moved all of her belongings out of the residence back in August. Other reports indicate that Sept. 30 is the possible date for a future foreclosure sale.

La Toya, 53, is not the first or only Jackson to miss mortgage payments.

Michael was at the center of perhaps the most famous celebrity foreclosure story ever when his sprawling Neverland Ranch in Los Olivos, Calif., was teetering on the edge of repossession. He avoided foreclosure in the eleventh hour by selling a major interest in Neverland to a real estate investment company, Colony Capital, which entered into a joint venture with Jackson to renovate and re-sell it.

For what it’s worth, Dr. Conrad Murray — the man at the center of the investigation into Michael Jackson’s death — is also in danger of losing his 5,268-square-foot home in the exclusive Red Rock Country Club in Las Vegas to foreclosure.

Stay tuned to Foreclosure.com for more updates on La Toya’s foreclosure situation as it unfolds. To read about even more celebrity-related foreclosures click here.

Michael Jackson doctor Conrad Murray faces foreclosure on Las Vegas home

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Dr. Conrad Murray — the man at the center of the investigation into Michael Jackson’s death — could lose his Las Vegas, Nevada, 5,268-square-foot home in the exclusive Red Rock Country Club home to foreclosure, according to the Associated Press.

The report indicates that Murray “racked up a debt of more than $100,000 plus penalties since his last $15,000 payment in January” and could forfeit the two-story residence to the lender as soon as Nov. 2009.

Foreclosure, however, may be the least of his concerns at this time.

Murray was with Jackson at his home when he suddenly died last month at the age of 50 as a result of cardiac arrest. Speculation has run rampant that Murray, Jackson’s personal physician, may have possibly contributed to his death with a lethal dose of anesthetic Propofol.

It’s important to note that the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office has yet to release its official autopsy findings into the cause of Jackson’s death. Furthermore, even though his home and office have been searched by law enforcement officials, Murray has not yet been publicly named as a suspect in the ongoing investigation.

More on Murray’s foreclosure situation at 2426 Grassy Spring Place as it develops … stay tuned.

Las Vegas foreclosures for sale …

… are heating up the Nevada desert, according to an Associated Press report:

“In the Las Vegas area, home inventories are down nearly 10 percent since March, according to data from the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors. Last month, 4,702 homes were sold in southern Nevada, a record number; 74 percent were foreclosures. Las Vegas real estate agent Jonathan Abbinante said he has clients who are making three offers a day on homes they’ve never seen.”

It makes sense — Las Vegas was among several major areas that experienced tremendous (albeit inflated) home value increases during the real estate boom several years ago.

Now with a large inventory of distressed homes from which to choose and lower prices, the best foreclosure deals in and around “Sin City” are being gobbled up by speculators with cash to invest. And banks prefer cash over long-term loans because it helps balance their books quicker, squeezing first-time homebuyers out of the picture.

Indeed, it’s common for traditional buyers these days to be outbid by several different interested parties on bank-owned homes that are priced right. That goes for just about any desirable area, not just Las Vegas.

You’re best bet is to take action before it’s too late — real estate is moving despite what you may hear on the local news. And foreclosures are typically the first to go … the numbers don’t lie.

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