All Entries in the "Foreclosures" Category
Bailout Fallout Hits Close To Home
I’ve spent the most part of today asking myself why be anxious today? After all I’ve been doing pretty well because I tend not to get caught up in the daily financial news. Yes, this is a personal finance blog, but the breaking news around the bailout, latest bank failures, number of foreclosures [...]
Get Your House Together: African-American Women and the Foreclosure Crisis
photo credit: joelogon
If you ever wanted to understand how the recent sub-prime mortgage crisis has affected African-American women, then this post is for you. Chances are you’ve heard about the mass foreclosures across the nation and even the phenomenon known as Jingle Mail. We’ve read scores of articles about families foreclosing [...]
Worst Hit Foreclosure Zipcodes: Are you on the list?
CNN’s article Foreclosures: 100 Worst Hit Zip Codes certainly got my attention. I continue to be amazed at the steady increase of foreclosures across the nation. I keep asking myself, didn’t anyone think this would all come back to bite them in the arse later? How do you take on a [...]
