Foreclosures up in Northeast Georgia
(09/03/2010 10:53 AM)
For the first nine months of 2010, foreclosures in Barrow, Jackson, Madison and Banks counties are running ahead of 2009 at the same point. In neighboring Jackson County, foreclosures are up 10 percent year-to-date at 1,162, up 109 over 1,053 at the same point last year. More>>
Foreclosures impact kids, communities
(09/03/2010 10:53 AM)
Children could be prevented from realizing their potential in school and, eventually, the labor force as consequences from the problem of home foreclosures last for years, a pair of Federal bank officials say in a conference on neighborhood stabilization. More>>
Foreclosures spike, tied to joblessness
(09/03/2010 10:53 AM)
Foreclosures in Massachusetts soared by nearly 80 percent in July compared to the same period a year ago, according to new figures released yesterday. On the North Shore, the number of July foreclosures more than doubled in Beverly, Danvers and Salem and increased sharply in Hamilton and Marblehead, according to the report by The Warren Group, which publishes Banker & Tradesman. More>>
Report finds foreclosures harm people's health in California; Wash. small business health insurance program starts to ...
(09/03/2010 10:53 AM)
"A report released Wednesday found foreclosures have not only economic consequences, but create health problems for the people and families involved -- and those effects can ripple throughout a community. In a survey of nearly 400 residents in two Oakland neighborhoods particularly hard hit by the foreclosure crisis, the Alameda County Public Health Department and Causa Justa/Just Cause, a ... More>>
Area foreclosures up since last year
(09/03/2010 10:53 AM)
Foreclosures are increasing around the country this year, and the area is not finding itself immune to the trend. The number of homes entering foreclosure skyrocketed in 2007 and 2008 when the real estate market collapsed and subprime mortgage rates sharply increased. More>>