Vacant homes have become a hazard to whole neighborhoods. Community groups are fighting everything from crime, to fire hazards to just keeping grass clipped.It turns out this is a problem for local governments too.
NEW YORK — A federal judge on Monday used unusually harsh language to strike down a $285 million settlement between Citigroup and the Securities and Exchange Commission, saying he couldn't tell whether the deal was fair and criticizing regulators for shielding the public from the details of wh
On any given day, the Cook County Jail holds hundreds of inmates picked up on criminal charges who also happen to be wanted for an immigration violation. Sheriff Tom Dart’s office keeps them up to 48 hours beyond when the criminal cases would allow them out.
Home prices around the country have fallen into a double dip. After declining around 30 percent from their peak, they started to rise a bit last summer with the help of a federal tax credit.But with that stimulus gone, prices are now sliding again to new lows.
A blonde with quiet features, Claire—a former mortgage broker—would have made for an unusual presence in the stolid environment of the bank, as she seems perfectly at home in the hip, eco-friendly salon where she cuts hair.
Call it what you will -- the new pet rock perhaps? -- but Cheryl Wharton of Newark, California is facing the mortgage crisis with an entrepreneurial and tongue-in-cheek spirit.
She invented this:
For those of you who missed the Vocalo.org/Facing the Mortgage Crisis "How Not to Lose Your House Party"‚ (I know, the Bears were on!) here is each session for your listening pleasure.
