Monroe County foreclosures set yet another record
Tuesday Nov 24 | via Pocono Record
For the third consecutive year, Monroe County has set a new foreclosure filings record - this time with two full months remaining in 2009. Comment?
Paul Muschick: A judge didn't hold back when Shirley...
Thursday Nov 19 | via The Morning Call
A judge didn't hold back when Shirley Matthews appeared before him Tuesday to be sentenced for stealing from a Monroe County man instead of helping him save his home from foreclosure, as she was hired to do. Comment?
Women's group to meet at J.R.'s Oct. 15
Sep 26, 2009 | via Pocono Record
Stroudsburg Business and Professional Women's Club, which meets the third Thursday of every month, will gather at J.R.s in East Stroudsburg on Oct. Comment?
Foreclosures credited for reduction in probation cases
Sep 25, 2009 | via Pocono Record
Local juvenile probation placements are down 20 percent this year, and Monroe County Chief Probation Officer Steve Houloose thinks he knows why: Record home foreclosures. Comment?
I-Team: Foreclosure Rescue Scammer Arrested
Sep 23, 2009 | via MSNBC
Her victims call her a predator. Our cameras were rolling as police arrested the target of an I-Team investigation. Comment?
Fattah's Emergency Mortgage Assistance Plan for the ...
Wednesday Dec 9 | via The South Mississippi Sun Herald
A $3 billion emergency mortgage assistance program for unemployed homeowners -- authored by Congressman Chaka Fattah and based on a successful Pennsylvania program that Fattah helped create as a young state legislator -- is on the verge of passage in the House of Representatives. Comment?
A better forecast on mortgage, credit delinquencies
Wednesday Dec 9 | via Philly.com
After three straight years of dramatic leaps in mortgage delinquencies, the tide should finally turn next year, according to a new forecast by TransUnion, the credit-reporting company. Comment?
Economy entering sluggish recovery
Tuesday Dec 8 | via The Daily Times
WASHINGTON -- Now that the Great Recession appears over, the economy looks to be entering a Rocky Recovery, in which much of the nation will continue to struggle well into 2010. Comment?
Analysis shows economy entering sluggish recovery
Tuesday Dec 8 | via Springfield News Leader
Washington -- Now that the recession appears over, the economy looks to be entering a rocky recovery, in which much of the nation will continue to struggle well into 2010. Comment?
Pennsylvania AG files suit against 4 loan modificati...
Thursday Dec 3 | via Mortgage Fraud News
Pennsylvania Attorney General Corbett announced lawsuits against four loan modification businesses accused of deceiving consumers about "mortgage rescues" Consumer protection lawsuits were filed today against four loan modification or "mortgage rescue" businesses, along with their officers, who are accused of deceiving Pennsylvania consumers ... Comment?
More suffering seen for valley
5 min ago | via Las Vegas Review Journal
Mary Riddel, associate professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and interim director of the Center for Business and Economic Research, said virtually every sector of the local economy shed jobs this year, and that Las Vegas' economy will lag any national recovery. Comment?
HSBC moving its N. American center back to N. Y. City
57 min ago | via Buffalo News
HSBC North America Holdings will move its legal headquarters from Illinois back to New York City in January, as the British banking giant refocuses its U. S. strategy on basic banking and credit cards, not consumer finance. Comment?
Hunt to close Sarasota, Fla., office
1 hr ago | via Buffalo News
December 17, 2009, 7:20 AM / Hunt Real Estate Corp. said this week that it is closing its traditional brokerage in the Sarasota, Fla., market at the end of the year and transferring its business there to rival Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate. Comment?
Neighbors say Michael Jackson tribute no thriller
8 hrs ago | via Hometown Life
She thinks it's art, conveying a message of love too often lost in the commercialism of the holidays. Comment?
Canton considers new blight ordinance
8 hrs ago | via Hometown Life
A new blight-fighting ordinance stemming from a wave of home foreclosures could be in place by late January in Canton. Comment?