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Don’t Wait to Get Help
In this video, St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley encourages those facing financial hardship or anyone who fears losing their home to seek assistance. Tax-payer funded, HUD-certified housing counselors offer services at no charge, and can assist someone facing foreclosure with discussing options with their lender. For information or to connect to resources, call the [...]
Continue reading...Get Help to Save Your Home – Today!
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Today HOPE NOW will host Save Your Home in St. Louis. The event will be from 2 p.m.-8 p.m. at the America’s Center–more details from their flyer are below. Don’t miss this opportunity to meet with your lender face-to-face–it’s free! At the event there will be: -The opportunity to meet one-on-one with your lender to [...]
Continue reading...Get Help to Save Your Home
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Next Wednesday, 11/4, HOPE NOW will host Save Your Home in St. Louis. The event will be from 2 p.m.-8 p.m. at the America’s Center–more details from their flyer are below. Don’t miss this opportunity to meet with your lender face-to-face–it’s free! At the event there will be: -The opportunity to meet one-on-one with your lender [...]
Continue reading...“Planet Money” Reports: Six unemployed people for every available job
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
NPR’s “Planet Money” blog recently crunched the newest unemployment numbers, with less-than-encouraging results. The blog took into consideration America’s 15.1 million unemployed people (as of September), and the 2.4 million available jobs (as of the last day of August). The result: all of this computes to about six unemployed people for every available job. Despite [...]
Continue reading...Foreclosure filed every 13 seconds
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Reuters reported yesterday that an American home falls into foreclosure every 13 seconds, a disturbing statistic that demonstrates the intensity of the current recession. The report goes on to emphasize what we’ve seen in the St. Louis community: the driving force behind foreclosures is not the terms of the loan, but a lack of income [...]
Continue reading...Credit Card Reform Act Might be off to an Earlier Start
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
In May of this year, Congress passed the Credit Card Reform Act. The law is meant to protect American consumers from high credit card fees, increases in interest rates without warning, and unfair billing practices. The law will not actually take effect until February 2010, but many lawmakers are urging for the law’s start date [...]
Continue reading...The St. Louis Beacon Reports on the STL NACA Event
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Recently the St. Louis Beacon reported on the results of the “Save the Dream Tour,” held by NACA (Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America). The four-day event, aimed at helping financially troubled homeowners, was in St. Louis July 31st to August 3rd at the Chaifetz Arena. The Beacon spoke with Sherre Waggoner of Maplewood, who attended [...]
Continue reading...Lessons from the Task Force meeting – seek help early!
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
KETC attended the monthly meeting of the Metro St. Louis Foreclosure Intervention Task Force last week. The goal of the Task Force is to improve the difficult housing situation faced by our local community and to bring together housing counselors and bank representatives. The group engaged in (often passionate) discussion about the mortgage crisis. One issue [...]
Continue reading...St. Louis Business Journal: St. Louis foreclosures increase 32%
Friday, September 11, 2009
Yesterday the St. Louis Business Journal reported that St. Louis foreclosures increased 32% in August (compared to July); however, the number of foreclosures is down 17% compared to August 2008. To read the full article, click here. The crisis continues, and we’re continuing our efforts in connecting people with the resources they need during these [...]
Continue reading...The Partnership of the Fed and Channel 9
Monday, August 31, 2009
Since the beginning of Facing the Mortgage Crisis, the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis has been an invaluable partner in our work, providing people with the information they need to get through this crisis. Recently Eighth Note, the St. Louis Fed’s publication, featured an article about their relationship with Channel 9. The article talks [...]
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The St. Louis Beacon posted a new segment in their Job Talk series earlier this week. This report describes GO! Network and its work to help unemployed professionals in St. Louis. The economic downturn has led to unemployment among groups who have never before had to worry about paying their bills on time. Among them [...]
Reverse mortgages are a complicated product and aren’t appropriate for everyone. In our final video of the series, Buz describes the basic considerations that seniors must make when determining if a reverse mortgage is right for them. We hope you’ve enjoyed these videos. A huge thanks to Buz Zeman for talking with us. Additional information on reverse [...]
The explosive popularity of reverse mortgages and the flood of advertisements that followed have spread a number of misconceptions about reverse mortgages. Buz addresses a number of them in this video, explaining what reverse mortgages are and aren’t. He also talks about popular scams and how to avoid them. Look for the final video of [...]
Several weeks ago, Lauren had a conversation with Buz Zeman of Housing Options Provided for the Elderly (HOPE), an organization that counsels seniors on mortgages and other housing issues. Buz said that he has had to devote much of his time lately to explaining reverse mortgages. Though this sort of loan is not new, it’s [...]
In this video, St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay suggests that anyone facing foreclosure or in trouble with their mortgage seek assistance and determine if they are eligible for the Refinance and Loan Modification program. More information can be found at www.makinghomeaffordable.gov.
In this video, St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley encourages those facing financial hardship or anyone who fears losing their home to seek assistance. Tax-payer funded, HUD-certified housing counselors offer services at no charge, and can assist someone facing foreclosure with discussing options with their lender. For information or to connect to resources, call the [...]
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- The Beacon’s Series on the St. Louis Area Foodbank
- Good News in March Unemployment Numbers
- Lessons from the Wright Family on Seeking Help
- Staring a Business – Upcoming Workshop from the Urban League
- New Employment Resource from Ready, Aim, Advocate!
- Walking Away from Underwater Mortgages
- Beacon: Foreclosure Struggles Linger in St. Louis
- From the Beacon’s Job Talk: GO! Network
- Reverse Mortgage Considerations
- Job Talk from the St. Louis Beacon
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