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A total of $1,067,110 in grants, awarded this year to address the foreclosure crisis, was returned recently by Holly Township, White Lake Township and Lake Orion village after “they didn’t feel they had the staff to deal with the complexities of the … [...]
Not long after a contractor in the Willow Oaks neighborhood lost several half-built homes to foreclosure, resident Mary Lewis began to notice a change at the abandoned construction sites. “It wasn’t even a conscious recognition about it going … [...]
Since last spring, when President Barack Obama announced his administration’s plan to prevent foreclosures, there’s been a crush of homeowners seeking help from mortgage servicers. Confusion and delays have plagued the entire program , but the … [...]
The Sherwood-based nonprofit food bank formed in June 2008 amidst a national wave of so-called “foreclosure pets” – animals that had to be abandoned because people lost their jobs and homes. Cat owners who are temporarily down on their luck may … [...]
But because of the economy, layoffs, and home foreclosures, he said, homelessness among families has risen about 9 percent this year, with even sharper increases in suburban and rural communities. HUD estimates that across the country, the count of … [...]
The housing foreclosure crisis nearly took with it a piece of U.S. history — the teenage home of famed African-American poet Langston Hughes. But those who were key to saving the Ohio house do not want to turn it into a museum. Instead, they want … [...]
Mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are suspending foreclosures and evictions for about … have prevented the housing boom and bust that put millions of homeowners into foreclosure and sucked trillions of dollars of equity wealth … [...]
By midnight, many roads in the region were snow-covered, while others were slushy and slippery. The interstates were generally sloppy but passable – most drivers on the highway between downtown Milwaukee and Mitchell International Airport were going … [...]
Much of that decline was blamed on the continued high level of foreclosure sales in the so-called “sand” states (California, Nevada, Arizona and Florida), which accounted for 33 percent of transactions across the country. Yet some housing-market … [...]
Since the 2000 census, the state has added 291,066 residents, a 5.4% population increase. Overall, the U.S. population stood at 307,006,550 as of July 1. The United States added 25.5 million residents, a 9.1% increase, since 2000. California (37 … [...]
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