• Font Size    

Most Popular Videos Featured On KDKA.com

Mayor Luke Ravenstahl, Wife Split
E-mail

Close Window E-mail This Page

Tarentum Man Close To Saving Property

Required fields are marked with an asterisk(*)

The information you provide will be used only to send the requested e-mail and will not be used to send any other e-mail communications. Read more in our Privacy Policy

Send E-mail

   Print     Share +   
May 27, 2009 10:04 pm US/Eastern

Tarentum Man Close To Saving Property

TARENTUM (KDKA) ― A Tarentum man who lost his granddaughter and home to a fire in January has new hope that he will be able to preserve the land where his former home stood and make it a memorial.

Banks were ready to foreclose on Doyle Calhoun's home a month ago unless he paid off his mortgage along with nearly $30,000 in fees.

A Florida company called Ocwen Loan Servicing has agreed to write off all fees and extra charges and agreed to allow Calhoun to pay off the note using insurance money from the fire.

The company's vice president told KDKA's Marty Griffin that the company has worked with more than 90,000 families to avoid foreclosure.

Paul Coches with Ocwen told Griffin the Calhoun case broke his heart and took personal interest in getting it resolved.

Doyle Calhoun is expected to formally sign off on the deal Thursday.

"You hear the horror stories and you see the bailout money going to these corporations and glad to see it's actually expressed an interest in the average person, a common man like Doyle Calhoun," Larry Willis, Calhoun's attorney, said.

After a lot of cleanup, the destruction that was on Calhoun's land is gone and now fresh grass has been planted and there is a small cross in the middle of the lot.

There may be angels soon and perhaps a fountain, but there will never be another home built there – it will always be the Calhoun place.

(© MMIX, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.)

Featured Slideshows On KDKA.com

You need the latest Flash player to view video content.
Click here to download.

Click here to bypass this detection if you already have the latest Flash Player.

KDKA Investigators

Top News Stories

© MMIX, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.