What's new

What's New?

Please note: Many of the What's New links are to newspaper articles, some of which expire after a limited time, usually one to two weeks. If you would like an article after the link expires, contact the newspaper directly. Some articles require Adobe Acrobat Reader. Click on button below to obtain it:

Some Fear Commercial Property Loans Will Be Next Stage in Downturn (8/22/08)

Burdened by Mortgages, Lehman’s Options Narrow (8/22/08)

WHAT TO WATCH FOR IN THE NEW CENSUS INCOME AND POVERTY NUMBERS (8/21/08)

EMPIRE JUSTICE CENTER LAMBASTS FANNIE AND FREDDIE’S ACTIONS AGAINST NEW YORK’S STRONG SUBPRIME LENDING LAW (8/21/08)

Prescriptions for Fannie and Freddie (8/21/08)

Regulator Will Help Borrowers at IndyMac (8/21/08) FDIC Press Release

Investors Shun Chicago Region Foreclosure Auctions, Says New Report (8/21/08)

Fannie, Freddie Bailouts May Hinge on Debt Rollover (8/20/08)

No End in Sight (8/20/08)

Some Say Bailout of Housing Giants Is Inevitable (8/20/08)

Fannie Mae Lender Announcement on Purchase of New York “Subprime Home Loans” (8/19/08)

Fed's Lacker Clashes With Paulson on Fannie-Freddie Strategy (8/19/08)

KOHL, FEINGOLD, MOORE CALL ON FEDERAL RESERVE
TO INVESTIGATE RACIAL DISPARITIES IN HOME LOANS (8/18/08, posted 8/20/08)

Details of Mortgage Lending Reform Bill Signed by Governor Paterson August 5, 2008 (8/5/08)

Fannie's Perilous Pursuit of Subprime Loans (8/19/08)

U.S. Says Many Apartments Violate Law on Disabled (8/19/08)

Fannie, Freddie fall on renewed bailout fears (8/18/08)

Brighton's Premium Mortgage Corp. growing in a shrinking industry (8/18/08)

New York should tax the rich to aid the poor (8/17/08)

Morgan Stanley Tapped To Assess Fannie, Freddie (8/15/08, posted 8/19/08)

Housing assistance providers see bill as positive, impact yet to be seen (8/7/08, posted 8/19/08)

Paterson defends new mortgage law (8/15/08)

Audit finds Rochester Housing Authority controls effective despite lack of certain policies (8/15/08)

The Debt Trap: Home Equity Frenzy Was a Bank Ad Come True (8/15/08)

UPDATE: New York Law Addresses Subprime Fraud and Foreclosures (8/14/08)

NAR Says Foreclosures Contributing to Rise in Home Sales (8/14/08) Sales statistics by metro area

Freddie Mac Embargoes New York Subprime Loans After State Passes Foreclosure Reform (8/13/08, posted 8/15/08) Freddie Mac Bulletin

Collateral Damage: The Municipal Impact of Today’s Mortgage Foreclosure Boom (posted 8/15/08)

Treasury Releases Blueprint for Stronger Regulatory Structure (March 2008, posted 8/15/08)

Mortgage Insurers' Losses Mount; Problems Feed Fears That Squeeze on Loans Could Worsen (8/14/08)

Study shows intense poverty in Rochester (8/14/08) Complete report.

The Predators’ Ball (8/9/08, posted 8/14/08)

Editorial: State Legislature finally passes lead bill (8/12/08) See Empire Justice press release

Fannie Mae Increases Incentives for Loss Mitigation Alternatives (8/11/08)

Citi Publishes Report on 2nd Quarter U.S. Mortgage Lending Data and Foreclosure Prevention Efforts (8/11/08)

Guest editorial: Preparing for a cold, tough winter (8/10/08)

Empire Justice Urges Federal Reserve to Strengthen Credit Card Regulations (8/4/08, posted 8/12/08)

Beth Castro Named Director of Community Development at OCC (7/30/08, posted 8/12/08)

Empire Justice Updates Its Foreclosure Report, Curbing the Mortgage Meltdown (8/5/08, posted 8/12/08)

Lead-paint bill may pass Senate today (8/8/08)

More pain at Fannie - $2.3 billion loss (8/8/08)

Foreclosure crisis: The $4 billion fix (8/7/08)

Freddie Mac’s Big Loss Dims Hopes of Turnaround (8/7/08)

ATTORNEY GENERAL CUOMO STOPS BUFFALO APARTMENT COMPLEX OWNER FROM DISCRIMINATING AGAINST PEOPLE RECEIVING FINANCIAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE (8/4/08, posted 8/7/08)

Paterson to sign housing crisis bill (8/5/08)

At Freddie Mac, Chief Discarded Warning Signs (8/5/08)

Insurers may need to report denials; Data could show redlining trends (8/4/08)

Housing Lenders Fear Bigger Wave of Loan Defaults (8/4/08)

Report: Monroe County has most foreclosures in upstate (8/1/08)

Foreclosures linked to subprime fraud in New York State report (7/31/08) Full report.

Mortgage Fraud Hits Rochester Hard (7/31/08)

New NCRC Study Shows Racial Disparities In High-Cost Lending Remain Entrenched (7/31/08)

Troubled homeowners need money, not counseling (7/31/08)

President Bush signs massive housing bill (7/30/08)

Federal Reserve publishes final rule on Regulation Z changes re: higher-priced mortgages (7/30/08)

Editorial: Housing bill a costly rescue (7/29/08)

Group Discusses Mortgage Crisis (7/16/08, posted 7/30/08)

Housing Organizations Receive nearly $600K in Grants (7/29/08)

Paulson Pushes 'Covered Bonds' In Housing Fix (7/29/08)

Housing Bill Relies on Banks To Take Loan Losses (7/28/08)

FORECLOSURE ACTIVITY UP 14 PERCENT IN SECOND QUARTER (7/25/08)

Mother, 53, Kills Self Before Foreclosure (7/24/08)

Older Cities Hold On to More People, Census Shows (7/10/08, posted 7/29/08)

Rescue mortgage-finance giants, but with accountability (7/15/08)

Fed Sets Rules Meant to Stop Deceptive Lending Practices (7/15/08)

Federal Reserve Board approves final rule for home mortgage loans (7/14/08) Final rule

Consumer Testing of Mortgage Disclosures: Summary of Findings (7/14/08)

By Large Margin, Senate Votes to Help Homeowners and Overhaul Loan Agencies (7/12/08, posted 7/15/08)

Treasury Acts to Shore Up Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (7/14/08)

Fannie, Freddie and You (7/14/08)

Government as the Big Lender (7/14/08)

Analysts Say More Banks Will Fail (7/14/08)

U.S. Weighs Takeover of Two Mortgage Giants (7/11/08)

Latest census data show pockets of growth in Rochester region (7/10/08)

Blame bad mortgages on lying lenders (7/8/08)

Pace of Housing Rescue Slows, as Foreclosures Rise (7/2/08, posted 7/10/08)

Vacant Homes Spread Blight in Suburb and City Alike (7/1/08, posted 7/10/08)

Fed plans new rules to protect future homebuyers (7/8/08)

Mortgage Fears Depress Shares at Two Agencies (7/8/08)

Loan Pains Turned Site Into a Hit (7/8/08)

Youngstown, facing problems similar to Buffalo's, shrinks by design (7/8/08)

Buffalo wants to tear down its abandoned homes (7/7/08)

Neglected homes and vacant lots leave Buffalo residents angry
Who owns thousands of these dangerous properties? City Hall. (7/7/08)

South Wedge will have new look with rebuilt River Park Commons (7/4/08)

Mortgage ruling could shock U.S. banking industry (6/30/08, posted 7/8/08)

Banks vs. Consumers (Guess Who Wins) (6/5/08, posted 7/8/08)

Bush: Housing deal possible with 'less politics' (7/1/08)

Guidance on Other Real Estate(7/1/08)

A Beacon of Sanity in Subprime (6/27/08, posted 7/3/08)

The Bank of America Housing Bailout Bill (6/27/08, posted 7/3/08)

FHA Mortgages Increase Among Home Buyers (6/27/08, posted 7/3/08)

Nationwide Insurance Pushes to Include Flood Coverage in Home Policies (6/27/08, posted 7/3/08)

Homeowners Fight for Their Mortgage Rights (6/26/08, posted 7/3/08)

Renters Join Ranks of Nation's Homeless (6/26/08, posted 7/3/08)

Illinois to Sue Countrywide (6/25/08)

Poughkeepsie copes with housing fallout (6/25/08, posted 7/3/08)

A YEAR INTO THE MORTGAGE MELTDOWN, NEW REPORT ANALYZES HOUSING MARKET CRISIS AND FEDERAL RESPONSE (6/25/08, posted 7/3/08)

Over the horizon, a housing recovery (6/23/08, posted 7/3/08) Download full report here.

In Confronting the Foreclosure Crisis, a Bill Strikes a Balance (6/22/08)

Agenda for Albany: Reach out to owners in danger of losing their homes (6/20/08)

Agenda for Albany: Law would spare kids from lead poisoning (6/20/08)

Governor, Leaders Agree on Sub Prime Loan Bail Out (6/19/08) Governor's press statement

GOVERNOR PATERSON ANNOUNCES REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS TO ASSIST HOMEOWNERS FACING MORTGAGE DEFAULT AND FORECLOSURE (6/19/08)

Hundreds indicted in mortgage fraud probe (6/19/08)

Bush admin threatens veto of Senate housing bill (6/19/08)

Homeowner help in Albany; Guv's bill would provide relief to those struggling, and future buyers (6/19/08)

Schumer: Upstate foreclosure help likely (6/19/08)

Housing rescue clears first Senate hurdle (6/19/08)

N.Y. Chief Judge Unveils Program to Deal With Dramatic Rise in Foreclosures (6/19/08) See full report.

Editorial: A good housing bill (6/19/08)

State Legislature must act now on foreclosure crisis (6/17/08, posted 6/19/08)

New Yorkers need relief from subprime crisis (6/16/08, posted 6/19/08)

Paterson, Senate Near Deal on Foreclosures (6/18/08)

Senate presses ahead on housing (6/18/08)

Anatomy of a Meltdown: The Credit Crisis; A Washington Post Three-day Report on the Housing Crisis (6/15/08 to 6/17/08)

How City is Losing Fight Against Blight (6/8/08, posted 6/19/08)

The Mortgage Professor; Barriers to Reducing Needless Foreclosures (4/26/08, posted 6/19/08)

M&T sues German bank (6/17/08)

Foreclosure filings in New York increase 25 percent (6/16/08)

Foreclosures affect Monroe County (6/15/08)

Foreclosures and the Election (6/15/08)

Ohio Couple Facing Foreclosure Petitions State Judiciary For Constitutional Right To Free Court Appointed Counsel (6/15/08)

Think First, Bail Out Later (6/15/08)

Rochester-area home sales down 11 percent from 2007 (6/14/08, posted 6/17/08)

OCC’s Dugan Takes Aim at HOPE NOW’s Workout Claims (6/11/08, posted 6/17/08)

ECONOMIC (IN)SECURITY: The Experience of the African-American and Latino Middle Classes (June 2008, posted 6/17/08)

Foreclosure crisis looming in western New York, experts say (6/13/08)

ALBANY'S UNWISE MORTGAGE 'FIXES' (6/13/08)

How to Curb Big Builders’ Big Appetites (6/13/08)

OCC Survey Finds Bank Underwriting Standards Tighten (6/12/08)

The Great Seduction (6/10/08, posted 6/13/08)

Lawmakers wrangle over foreclosure proposals (6/11/08)

Protect kids from poison (6/11/08)

Comptroller Dugan Unveils New OCC Mortgage Metrics Report (6/11/08)

State Affordable Housing Bill OKd (6/5/08, posted 6/12/08)

Editorial: Pass Housing Bill (6/1/08, posted 6/12/08)

A New Approach; Nonprofit Plans its First Mixed-income Community (6/1/08, posted 6/12/08)

Capital in Chaos: The Subprime Mortgage Crisis and the Social Capital Response (June 2008)

Proceed with caution; Lawmakers must ensure they don’t make housing problems worse (6/10/08)

SEC `Scarlet Letter' Drive Hurts Asset-Backed Market (6/10/08)

Bank of America Is Firm on Countrywide Buyout (6/8/08)

ATTORNEY GENERAL CUOMO ANNOUNCES LANDMARK REFORM AGREEMENTS WITH THE NATION’S THREE PRINCIPAL CREDIT RATING AGENCIES: Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s, and Fitch Agree to Change Fee Structures, Obtain Due Diligence Information for the First Time, and Create Due Diligence and Lender Standards for Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities (6/5/08, posted 6/6/08)

About 1 in 11 Mortgageholders Face Loan Problems (6/6/08)

Bank of America wins approval to buy Countrywide (6/6/08)

Federal Reserve Board announces approval of Bank of America's proposal to acquire Countrywide Financial Corporation (6/5/08)

HSBC tightening mortgage practices; HSBC overhauling mortgage, credit practices (6/2/08, posted 6/6/08)

Lead Poisoning Disproportionate Among Blacks and Latinos (5/29/08, posted 6/6/08)

Wanted: State's Mr. Fixit (6/5/08)

Foreclosure Victims Share Difficulties with Countrywide (posted 6/5/08)

Banks fear overreaction to mortgage crisis (6/1/08)

The Housing Trust Fund (6/1/08)

Mortgage-Broker Study Finds High Fees Charged (5/30/08) Full report.

Loan crisis may cut affordable housing; Foreclosures ousting renters, group warns (5/28/08) Full report.

Mortgage Turmoil Contributes to Rental Affordability Woes (4/30/08, posted 6/3/08)

For A New Thrift: An Appeal to Prospective Colleagues (posted 6/3/08)

New York slow to act on housing crisis (5/27/08)

Loan Auditor: Supervisors Covered Up Bad Loans (5/27/08)

Senate Leaders Agree on Housing Aid (5/20/08)

Teeing Up the Next Mortgage Bust (5/19/08)

Rochester-area housing market showing some life (5/17/08)

Fannie Mae Announces Single National Down Payment Policy;
Replaces Policy Regarding Markets Where Home Prices are Declining (5/16/08, posted 5/20/08)

Special Video Report: Renters in Foreclosure (posted 5/20/08)

FORECLOSURE ACTIVITY INCREASES 4 PERCENT IN APRIL
(5/14/08, posted 5/20/08)

Properties, Units, and Tenure in the Foreclosure Crisis: An Initial Analysis of Properties at the End of the Foreclosure Process in New England (5/8/08, posted 5/20/08)

HALT, THE GOVERNOR’S INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE TO HALT ABUSIVE LENDING TRANSACTIONS REPORT AS OF APRIL 30, 2008 (posted 5/20/08)

New York Senate considers bill to reduce foreclosures (5/13/08)

Global Pool of Money Got Too Hungry (5/9/08, posted 5/13/08)

Senator’s Ties to Real Estate Draw Criticism (5/9/08)

House OKs controversial housing plan (5/8/08)

Can $15 billion and some paint save your 'hood? (5/8/08)

Will Taxpayers Be On The Hook For Subprime Crisis? (5/8/08)

Rochester home values look good in "Money" magazine (5/8/08)

Bush’s Threat Provokes House Skirmish on Housing Bill (5/8/08)

Wave of Lawsuits Over Losses Could Hit a Wall (5/8/08)

Bank of America Announces Home Lending Guidelines (5/8/08)

NY Assembly OKs foreclosure moratorium (5/7/08)

CREDIT ON ICE AS HOUSE PRICES FALL, SOME BANKS ARE FREEZING THEIR HOME EQUITY OFFERS (5/7/08)

Chairman Ben S. Bernanke's speech on Mortgage Delinquencies and Foreclosures at the Columbia Business School's 32nd Annual Dinner (5/5/08)

Opinion: Fast action needed to curb foreclosures (5/6/08)

Doubts Raised on Big Backers of Mortgages (5/6/08)

BofA may lower Countrywide deal price: analysts (5/5/08)

GOVERNOR PATERSON CALLS FOR FEDERAL AND STATE ACTION TO ADDRESS THE MORTGAGE CRISIS (5/1/08)

Rise in Minorities Is Led by Children, Census Finds (5/1/08)

Fed Cuts Rate but Hints About a Pause (5/1/08)

Mortgage Turmoil Contributes to Rental Affordability Woes (4/30/08)

How the State can Stabilise Housing Market (4/29/08)

ANALYSIS OF SUBPRIME MORTGAGE SERVICING PERFORMANCE (April 2008, posted 5/1/08)

NCH REPORT CALLS FOR ACTION TO BREAK THE
FORECLOSURE TO HOMELESSNESS CYCLE (4/23/08, posted 5/1/08)

1 in 33 Homeowners Projected To Be In Foreclosure Within The Next Two Years (4/16/08, posted 5/1/08) Complete report.

Homes facing foreclosure more than doubled in 1Q from 2007 (4/29/08) RealtyTrac press release.

Countrywide loses $893 million in 1Q on rising loss reserve (4/29/08)

Waiting (Too Long) for Relief (4/29/08)

Panel to Look at Foreclosure Practices (4/29/08)

Bank of America to pledge mortgage aid (4/29/08)

Servicers Increase Focus on Modifications; Foreclosures Jump 35 Percent in First Quarter (4/28/08)

Triple-A Failure; The Ratings Game (4/27/08)

Bank of America Announces Home Lending Guidelines (4/22/08)

Foreclosures to affect 6.5 mln loans by 2012-report (4/22/08)

NY adds funds to affordable housing during subprime crisis (4/20/08)

As HUD Chief Quits, a Look at Close Ties (4/18/08)

Weathering the Storm: Stabilizing Communities in the Wake of Foreclosure, a NeighborWorks Symposium (posted 4/18/08)

No, Larry, CRA Didn’t Cause the Sub-Prime Mess (4/14/08)

Subprime Borrowers Needlessly Overpaid for Brokered Mortgages (4/8/08, posted 4/15/08)

$700 million set for upstate revival (4/10/08)

Housing Aid Advancing in Congress (4/10/08)

White House Presents Plan To Aid Subprime Borrowers (4/10/08) Additional FHA Secure program information

4 city areas in plan to rebuild, sustain homeownership (4/7/08)

Mortgages can be modified, payments can be altered (4/7/08)

Some lenders won’t help homeowners in trouble (3/30/08, posted 4/4/08)

Progress of Bush administration's Hope Now questioned as foreclosures, frustrations mount (4/3/08)

In Senate, Agreement on Housing (4/3/08)

Housing Accord Puts Builders First; Strapped Homeowners Offered Little Aid (4/3/08)

Monroe County Foreclosures Account for 10 Percent in NYS (4/3/08)

Federal Reserve Announces Dynamic Maps and Data on Nonprime Mortgage Loan Conditions (4/1/08)

Non Profit Group Warns of Mortgage Crisis (4/1/08)

Federal Reserve announces public meetings on the notice by Bank of America to acquire Countrywide Financial. Comment period extended to April 29, 2008 (3/27/08, posted 4/3/08)

Doubts Greet Treasury Plan on Regulation (4/1/08)

Put the Housing Back in HUD (4/1/08)

Some U.S. homes worth less than their copper pipes (4/1/08)

Treasury spells out regulatory overhaul plan (3/31/08)

Foreclosure Machine Thrives on Woes (3/30/08)

Middle class Long Islanders turning to food pantries (3/30/08)

Report: Mortgage crisis yet to peak in New York (3/29/08)

LI leads state in subprime foreclosures (3/28/08)

Subprime Mortgage Meltdown in NY (3/28/08) (Need MP3 audio player to listen to story.)

Empire Justice Center Report: Curbing the Mortgage Meltdown in New York (3/28/08)

Democrats, Bush Square Off Over Housing Relief; President Resists Wide-Scale Assistance (3/20/08)

Ontario County regional growth hot spot (3/20/08)

Fannie, Freddie Cleared To Buy More Mortgages (3/20/08)

Bush Backs Fed’s Actions, but Critics Quickly Find Fault (3/18/08)

Home Sweet Investment (3/18/08)

Foreclosure family camps out (3/17/08)

Speech by Chairman Bernanke: Fostering Sustainable Homeownership (3/14/08)

The $200 billion bail-out for predator banks and Spitzer charges are intimately linked (3/14/08, posted 3/18/08)

Subprime Shakeout Affects Rochester (3/6/08)

Report: Minorities Hit by Foreclosures (3/6/08) Press release. Download report here.

Spitzer: Restrict housing lenders (3/5/08)

New York Fed Announces Closing of Buffalo Branch, Effective October 31 (3/5/08)

Foreclosures up in suburbs; experts blame rise in layoffs (3/5/08)

Avoid the mortgage you can't really afford (3/5/08)

Clouds Gather Over Countrywide (3/4/08)

Spitzer to Present a Plan to Reduce Foreclosures (3/4/08)

Fed Chief Says Lenders Need to Write Off Mortgage Principal (3/4/08)

Thirty-Five Percent of Chicago Area Mortgages in Foreclosure in 2007 Were Originated Just One Year Earlier (3/4/08)

Divisions Persist over Home-Loan Assistance Effort (3/4/08)

OCC to Require Loan Level Data from Major Servicers (3/3/08)

Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Reach Landmark Agreement on Appraisal Practices (3/3/08)

Statement of FDIC Chairman Bair on Encouraging Servicers To Report Loan Modification Efforts to HOPE NOW Alliance (3/3/08)

Cities Seek Help with Foreclosed Homes (3/2/08)

Second-mortgage issues join resetting rates for 1-2 punch (3/2/08)

Buffalo sues lenders over abandoned houses in foreclosure (3/1/08)

The Growing Chasm Between Words and Deeds (12/2007, posted 3/4/08)

Bipartisan Spirit Falters in Fights on Debt Relief (2/29/08)

Housing bailout is a bad idea (2/29/08)

Facing Default, Some Walk Out on New Homes (2/29/08)

Home Ownership, Subprime Loans, and Poverty (posted 2/29/08)

Fiscal Policy Institution Presentation before the New York State Economic and Revenue Consensus Forecasting Conference (2/27/08) Global Insight Mortgage Report mentioned in presentation (11/27/07)

State at risk in subprime crisis (2/28/08)

Paulson Dismisses Mortgage Rescue Plans (2/28/08)

Help hard to get for troubled U.S. home owners (2/27/08)

Fannie Proposes Ban on Lenders' In-House Appraisers (2/27/08)

MASSACHUSETTS ATTORNEY GENERAL MARTHA COAKLEY OBTAINS PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION AGAINST SUBPRIME LENDER FREMONT INVESTMENT AND LOAN (2/26/08)

The Current U.S. Recession and the Risks of a Systemic Financial Crisis (2/26/08)

Foreclosure Aid Rising Locally, as Is Dissent (2/26/08)

Foreclosure bill faces Senate test (2/25/08, posted 2/28/08)

Subprime loans defaulting even before resets (2/20/08, posted 2/28/08)

Earlier Subprime Rescue Falters (2/13/08, posted 2/28/08)

Some Cities Are Spared the Slide in Housing (2/15/08)

Metro Areas Show Greatly Mixed Home Price Performance; Half Show Gains (2/14/08) Metro area and state prices, including upstate NY

Different take on home sale prices: Home Prices Fall in 77 U.S. Metro Areas, Realtors Say (2/14/08)

Housing Downer: Economic Woes Require Targeted Government Action (2/13/08, posted 2/15/08)

Speaker: Housing market buoyant (2/14/08)

Predatory Lenders' Partner in Crime: How the Bush Administration Stopped the States From Stepping In to Help Consumers (2/14/08)

Empire Justice Center 2008 Budget Testimony on Economic Development & Taxes (2/12/08)

CITY HALL: City sets meetings on new housing policy (2/12/08)

N.Y. Governor Takes Aim at Subprime Lenders (2/7/08, posted 2/12/08)

Housing Funds Get Environmental Focus in New York (2/2/08, posted 2/12/08)

Many Struggling Homeowners Still Not Getting Help (2/12/08)

Feds Announce Plan to Delay Foreclosures (2/12/08)

Mortgage Crisis Spreads Past Subprime Loans (2/12/08)

Bankers group puts focus on foreclosures (2/12/08)

Countrywide debuts subprime 'workout' plan (2/11/08)

Senate Democrats, NYS Banking Department and Financial Institutions Join Forces to Help New York Borrowers Protect Their Homes (2/10/08)

ESL to fill 'big hole in the cityscape' (2/8/08)

Creators of Credit Crisis Revel in Las Vegas (2/8/08)

Loss Mitigation Lacking for Seriously Delinquent Borrowers: State Banking Supervisors (2/7/08) Download full report.

HOPE NOW: 545,000 Borrowers Aided in Second Half of 2007 (2/6/08) Download full report.

There are several ways to battle the subprime blues (2/3/08)

New Book: Revisiting Rental Housing; Policies, Programs, and Priorities (2008)

NCRC Proposes Public Private Partnership to End Foreclosure Crisis (1/30/08) Read policy recommendation.

FBI Investigating 14 Companies for Mortgage Fraud (1/29/08)

Mortgage crisis hits hardest for city's poorest (1/25/08)

National Foreclosure Mitigation Counseling (1/25/08)

370, 000 Homeowners Aided In Second Half Of '07 (1/18/08)

MBA Study: Industry Initiated More Than 235,000 Loan Modifications and Repayment Plans in 3rd Quarter (1/17/08) Complete report.

City home assessments up 12% (1/16/08)

New York’s “Keep the Dream” Program Expanded to Reach More Homeowners With Risky Mortgages (1/13/08, posted 1/17/08)

A closer look at reverse mortgages (1/8/08, posted 1/17/08)

Citi to Announce Big Cuts and New Investors (1/15/08)

Baltimore Finds Subprime Crisis Snags Women (1/15/08)

Home to Roost: As other politicians respond to sub-prime crisis, Lew Fidler explains why he saw it first (1/14/08)

Foreclosure and Beyond: A report on sheriff's sales, Cleveland and Cuyahoga County, 2000-2007 (1/13/08)

Borrowers Seeking Help May Feel Lost at Sea (1/12/08, posted 1/15/08)

Fannie Mae reinstates "declining markets" guidelines starting January 15 (12/5/07, posted 1/15/08)

As housing crisis deepens, cities fight lenders over abandoned homes (1/7/08, posted 1/15/08)

BofA to buy Countrywide (1/11/08)

Cleveland sues 21 banks over subprime mess (1/11/08) Defendants' foreclosure filings.

Feds seem to favor Countrywide buyout (1/11/08)

Fed Chief Signals Further Rate Cut (1/11/08)

INSURERS MAINTAIN RECORD PROFITS IN 2007 BY OVERPRICING POLICIES AND UNDERPAYING CLAIMS (1/10/08) Full report here.

NYRL's Steering Committee issues a press statement on Gov. Spitzer's State of the State address, regarding subprime lending and foreclosures crises (1/9/08, posted 1/11/08)

Press Release: Spitzer State of the State Message Brings Message of Hope and Unity (1/9/08, posted 1/11/08)

Do you owe more than your house is worth? (posted 1/11/08)

Responsible Lending Coalition Lauds Assembly on Proposed Measures on Subprime Mortgage Crisis (1/6/08, posted 1/11/08)

Housing: No room for bulls (1/10/08)

Paulson: No simple solution to housing crisis (1/7/08, posted 1/10/08)

The Community Reinvestment Act: A Welcome Anomaly in the Foreclosure Crisis (1/7/08, posted 1/8/08)

Baltimore Is Suing Bank Over Foreclosure Crisis (1/8/08)

Lender Tells Judge It ‘Recreated’ Letters (1/8/08)

Where Workers Go, Do Jobs Follow? (12/31/07, posted 1/8/08)

Silver proposes mortgage bailout (1/4/08)

Lawsuit contests foreclosure fees from Queens firm (1/4/08)

Assembly leaders propose $180M subprime relief package (1/3/08)