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Blacks in Memphis Lose Decades of Economic Gains

Foreclosures and unemployment have destroyed black wealth and income and erased two decades of slow progress. Go to Source





Owners Bet on Raising the Rent, and Lost

Owners of apartment complexes in New York and San Francisco failed to replace rent-regulated residents with higher-paying tenants and fell into financial straits. Go to Source





Mortgage Data Leaves Bankers Uncertain of Trend

Mortgage loans in delinquency rose to 9.38 percent in the first quarter, but the experts weren’t sure the data could be trusted. Go to Source





Stall in Applications for Federal Mortgage Program

The number of homeowners enrolling in a program to lower their payments was flat in April, and some say the effort may be reaching its limits. Go to Source





Building Is Booming in a City of Empty Houses

Cities like Las Vegas, where thousands of new houses sit empty, are building what they do not need. Go to Source





In City of Homes That Sit Empty, Building Booms

Cities like Las Vegas, where thousands of new houses sit empty, are building what they do not need. Go to Source





Program Offers a Lifeline to Struggling Homeowners

Cook County has instituted a program that may ease the foreclosure crisis in the court system and help some people save their homes. Go to Source





Suburbs Unite in Quest for Federal Housing Aid, but Are Shut Out

Suburban cities, which have almost twice as many foreclosed homes as Chicago, were shut out of a second round of federal aid, but Chicago got $98 million. Go to Source





Eviction Agent Tells Homeowners It’s Time to Move

When a resident won’t leave a foreclosed house, a real estate agent comes knocking to persuade them to leave. Go to Source