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Weak Home Building Numbers A Drag On The Economic Recovery
(airamerica.com)
The budding economic recovery is getting little help from the home building industry, which normally creates jobs and boosts growth as a recession ends.
Submitted 4 months ago by lizchapman | 0 Comments |
Weekly Audit: Protect Consumers, Not Wall Street
(open.salon.com)
The economy is still getting worse. Foreclosures are surging above last year's epic highs and the unemployment rate marches upwards every month. As the misery grinds on, Wall Street lobbyists and... More
Submitted 5 months ago by lizchapman | 0 Comments |
Why loan modification scams are booming
(www.salon.com)
Sept. 24, 2009 | During the go-go years of the real estate bubble, shady mortgage brokers thrived, thanks to the sluggish response of regulators and law enforcement agencies. Amid the ruins of the... More
Submitted 5 months ago by raquelbrown | 0 Comments |
Fighting for Our Homes
(freespeech.org)
Fighting for our Homes is a short documentary about Americans who have lost their homes or are in danger of losing their homes to foreclosure. It tells the foreclosure stories of several American... More
Submitted 6 months ago by saramediaconsortium | 0 Comments |
The Destroyers to the Rescue?
(www.motherjones.com)
On the back of today's Mother Jones investigation into the government's $75 billion, largely taxpayer-funded foreclosure relief program—a program shaping up to be a massive bust yet doling out... More
Submitted 6 months ago by saramediaconsortium | 0 Comments |
Macomb County to profit from foreclosure crisis
(michiganmessenger.com)
Macomb County Commissioners are being asked to approve a contract on Aug. 27 which will provide the county with as much as a $250,000 windfall — from the foreclosure crisis.
Submitted 6 months ago by saramediaconsortium | 0 Comments |
House 'Under Water'? Do Like the Banks Do and Just Walk Away
(www.alternet.org)
Banks aren't taking possession of houses after foreclosure, creating a "shadow inventory" that may derail the recovery.
Submitted 6 months ago by saramediaconsortium | 0 Comments |
A Just Cause vs. an Unjust Eviction: Q&A with Karen Mims [VIDEO] | RaceWire
(www.racewire.org)
Last year, a speculator showed up to inspect Karen Mims’ home. That’s how Karen found out that her home of 12 years was getting foreclosed on. Fast-forward through a year of legal struggles and... More
Submitted 7 months ago by saramediaconsortium | 0 Comments |
Reversing the Damage
(www.prospect.org)
What will it take to resume credit flows to low- and moderate-income neighborhoods?
Submitted 7 months ago by saramediaconsortium | 0 Comments |
Don't Blame the Community Reinvestment Act
(www.prospect.org)
Homeownership rates and CRA enforcement soared in the 1990s, but sub-prime came later. CRA shouldn't be the scapegoat for the housing meltdown.
Submitted 7 months ago by saramediaconsortium | 0 Comments |
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