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Foreclosure is Next for Family After Their "Extreme Makeover"

The team from the popular ABC reality series “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” might provide worthy families with a new home, but yet another family who appeared on the show has learned that they don’t guarantee you’ll keep that new home forever.

Five years ago, the Wofford family of Encinitas, California received their new home. However, they now say that after struggling to pay their bills for two years, they’re now faced with foreclosure. Dr. Brian Wofford, a widower and father of eight, said that many people believe that you get the mortgage when you get the house, but that isn’t the case.

The Woffords are not the first family to appear on the show that has faced serious financial troubles after their home makeover. Last year, the Harper family of Atlanta, who received the biggest house to date on the show, along with the money to pay taxes on it for 25 years, faced foreclosure after taking out an ill-advised $450,000 loan using the house as equity. At least four other families featured on the show have either had to sell or lose the homes they received. ABC may be considering changing the rules to the show in order to prevent future disasters.

There is still hope for the Wofford family. Their bank, OneWest, has promised them loan modification papers. But if they don’t go through, the bank will auction off the house.

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