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Arizona Dem Gov Candidate Had House Foreclosed

Property records show Fred DuVal failed to make mortgage payments on Phoenix condo

Democratic Arizona gubernatorial candidate Fred Duval / AP
October 21, 2014

Arizona property records show that a condominium purchased by Democratic gubernatorial candidate Fred DuVal was foreclosed less than a decade after it was bought.

DuVal, along with his parents, Merlin and Carol DuVal, purchased a unit in a Phoenix, Arizona, condominium complex in October 1983, according to County of Maricopa property records. Documents show that the family took on debt of over $44,000 for the purchase.

Just seven years later in 1990, the DuVals received a notice that the property was being foreclosed after they failed to make their mortgage payments.

On Dec. 21, 1991, the DuVals were notified that the property would be sold at a public foreclosure auction to the highest bidder. They still owed $41,832.51 from the initial $44,000 for the property, according to a copy of the notice of trustee’s sale obtained by the Free Beacon.

At the auction on March 22, 1991, the property was sold for $47,593.

The city of Phoenix has among the most foreclosures in the country, and DuVal has said during his campaign that he would do more to help individuals avoid foreclosure.

"Our state has been sitting on federal money that should have gone to homeowners in trouble," DuVal wrote on Facebook. "When I am governor, I will take action to help Arizonans in trouble--especially when the relief funds are sitting in our bank account."

The DuVal campaign did not respond to a request for comment.

Published under: 2014 Election