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"The rent is too damn high," and more of us are being forced to pay it.

Fifth Third Bank’s eBus is making stops throughout Wake county. They have teamed up with Urban Ministries of Wake County and DHIC to provide job search assistance and financial counseling at Triangle locations this week: When: Saturday, September 28, 2013 Where: John Chavis Memorial Park Address: 505 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Raleigh, NC The […]

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The recent headlines on America’s housing situation paint a rosy picture. Home prices are rising. Housing stock is dropping. And even cities like Las Vegas…

There are clear signs that our country is beginning to recover from an unprecedented foreclosure crisis. Are you facing foreclosure? The administration has worked to reduce foreclosure by helping struggling homeowners make their mortgage payments more affordable so they can remain in their home. Andrea Risotto from the US. Treasury Department talks about the Making […]

Grammy Award-winning R&B artist R. Kelly is facing a $2.9-million foreclosure suit on his Olympia Fields mansion. The singer-songwriter, has failed to make monthly mortgage payments since June 2010 on the property on Maros Lane. The complaint was filed by J. P. Morgan Chase Bank a vivid reminder of the steep decline in residential property […]

Toni Braxton just can’t catch a break. After undergoing a very public bankruptcy in the late 90s and heart problems, Braxton is facing possible foreclosure. eurweb Read More

Jermaine Jackson could become homeless early next year, because the house he’s living in is going up on the foreclosure auction block. newsone Read More

Bank repossessions and foreclosure auctions hit record levels in the third quarter, RealtyTrac said on Thursday. 372,445 foreclosure auctions were scheduled in July, August and September, while 288,345 properties were repossessed by lenders over the same time period. Overall foreclosure filings edged up to 930,437 in the third quarter, a 4% increase from the previous […]

WASHINGTON — Under pressure to stem the foreclosure crisis, the Obama administration launched a plan Friday to reduce the amount some troubled borrowers owe on their home loans and give jobless homeowners a temporary break.