As Seen On MSNBC, Fox News DC, The Wall Street Journal, and Good Morning America
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

Category: Foreclosures

Dilemma: Balancing Education, Career and Family Planning

Dilemma: Balancing Education, Career and Family Planning

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Now that I am finished with my graduate studies everyone’s giving me THE LOOK and THE QUESTIONS.  This has to be the longest running dilemma of my life but I kid you not, with each milestone, the questions begin.
“Soooo, when are you guys planning on having children?”
“You’re going to be pregnant by the end of [...]

Jingle Mail Revisted: Possible Bank Recourse And Borrower Consequences

Jingle Mail Revisted: Possible Bank Recourse And Borrower Consequences

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There’s been heavy talk recently around “walking away from foreclosures” and the devastating effect it’s having on banks and homeowners.  Jingle mail occurs when the borrower drops the keys in the mail and sends them back to the bank as final step in walking away from their home due to a rising mortgage and hard [...]

Get Your House Together: African-American Women and the Foreclosure Crisis

Get Your House Together: African-American Women and the Foreclosure Crisis

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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?

Worst Hit Foreclosure Zipcodes: Are you on the list?

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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 [...]