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Tip of the Day: Go to the Library (2/19/09)
Today’s Tip of the Day is about finding free resources in tough economic times. Gerald Brooks – Director of Marketing and Public Relations for St. Louis Public Library – talks about some of the resources that you can find at your local area St. Louis Public Library. Free resources are also available at St. Louis [...]
Continue reading...Beacon-omics 101: Is this fair?
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Click here to read a St. Louis Beacon content on the fairness of the TARP and proposed economic stiumulus package.
Continue reading...Beaconomics 101: Foreclosures remain at the heart of the economic crisis
Monday, January 12, 2009
Beacon-omics 101: Foreclosures remain at the heart of the economic crisis By Mary Delach Leonard, St. Louis Beacon. Recessions don’t take a holiday, and Tuesday’s numbers on home sales were more proof of what economists have been warning: This is far from over. According to the National Association of Realtors, sales of existing homes in November fell 8.6 [...]
Continue reading...New from the St. Louis Beacon – The bailout hasn't trickled down to Main Street where the foreclosure crisis is far from over
Friday, October 17, 2008
October 17, 2008 By Mary Delach Leonard, St. Louis Beacon Three alarming facts about failing home loans are worrying Karen Wallensak of Catholic Charities who works with troubled homeowners on the front lines of the foreclosure crisis. Wallensak, executive director of the agency’s Housing Resource Center in St. Louis, speaks in a calm, reassuring voice even when [...]
Continue reading...St. Louis Beacon – There's A Scammer Born Every Minute
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
July 30, 2008 Originally published by The St. Louis Beacon on Wednesday, July 30, 2008: By Mary Delach Leonard, Beacon staff For American homeowners drowning in mortgage and consumer credit debt, here is a grim warning from law-enforcement agencies: There are sharks in the water. * On Monday, Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon announced “Operation Stealing Home” to [...]
Continue reading...What is the real story of the mortgage crisis?
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
July 9, 2008 This one short film sums up lot of what I am learning about the Mortgage crisis. Most of the people in trouble are not New Home Buyers – they are people just like you who needed a new roof etc and refinanced When people get into trouble, they freeze – feel ashamed and many [...]
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Thursday, February 19, 2009
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