They help Americans make the biggest purchase of their lives, using financing that can last for decades. Should they have to pass a test to keep practicing? Ken Brown is a manager at Homewise , a Santa Fe, New Mexico-based housing counseling center. Foreclosure News

City housing programs helping Academy Street to bounce back

December 19, 2018 admin

More than three years ago, Wells Fargo donated to the city a duplex at 825 Academy St. that had gone through bank foreclosure and which the mortgage company no longer wanted. The dilapidated two-family house continued to be an eyesore while the city worked on rejuvenating a dormant housing program. Foreclosure News

Divided Decade: How the financial crisis changed housing

December 18, 2018 admin

Ten years ago, the economy broke, and today America is a much different place. For the past year, Marketplace has been reporting on how the 2008 financial crisis changed America. Foreclosure News

12 housing markets where foreclosures are spiking

December 6, 2018 admin

Foreclosure activity is down nationwide from a year ago, but certain local housing markets tell a different story. Overall, there were 66,401 properties with foreclosure filings in October, a jump of 21% from the previous month's all-time low, but still a 4% decrease from the same period last year, according to Attom Data Solutions. Foreclosure […]