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‘Makeover’ House Faces Foreclosure

Posted by DFO

Feb. 17, 2009 8:25 a.m. • 21 comments

Item: Idaho ‘Extreme Makeover’ house faces foreclosure/SR

More Info: A North Idaho man whose family received a house from the “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” television program three years ago is facing foreclosure. Eric Hebert put the house up for sale last year and said the maintenance had become too expensive and time-consuming as he raised his late sister’s 11-year-old twins, Keely and Tyler. The Coeur d’Alene Press reports Hebert used the house as collateral for a loan from Wells Fargo & Co., and he can no longer make payments. As of Feb. 11, Hebert still owed the bank nearly $400,000.

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