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

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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…

If you are a Wells Fargo mortgage customer having challenges with payments, here is an opportunity to receive some help…

It seemed like another regular day in the life of the Mack family.  It was Saturday morning, and my mother had just cooked breakfast for my brother and me.  After cleaning the apartment, it was time for her to take us on the normal Saturday errands.  The post office, the dry cleaners, and the grocery […]

By: Trisha Ocona Francis While tens of thousands of Americans are losing their homes to foreclosure every day and the unemployment rate still remains high, many middle-class American homeowners have asked the question, “Where is my bailout?” Well, our voices have not fallen on deaf ears.  Thousands of homeowners will finally have access to the […]

We know foreclosures are disseminating our communities. The Charlotte Regional Realtor Association’s Housing Opportunity Foundation launched http://www.CarolinaHomePrograms.com at its Workforce Housing Forum this week at Central Piedmont Community College‘s Harris Center. CarolinaHomePrograms.com provides consumers with free, online public access to a wealth of home-financing resources. The site includes down-payment and closing-cost assistance programs, housing grants, […]

Black women have emerged triumphant in May’s official unemployment data, with a decrease of 10 per cent in unemployment from 13.7 per cent in April to 12.4 per cent in May.

Financial forecasters are reporting the recession is over, but the relief hasn't reached the homes of everyday people yet. A radio commentator mentioned recently that we need to brace ourselves because there will be another wave of foreclosures due to interest rates that are scheduled to reset in the next coming months.