Financing dries up for home builders
Monday Jul 21 | via Post Tribune
A slumping economy is forcing banks and other financial institutions to pull the reins on commercial lending, officials say, leaving many previously approved municipal housing projects in the dust.
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Group may sue to halt foreclosure sales
Sunday Jul 13 | via The Indianapolis Star
CROWN POINT, Ind. - A national housing activist group is threatening to legal action to force Lake County's sheriff to halt the sale of foreclosed properties.
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Lake County Council calls for moratorium on home foreclosures
Wednesday Jul 9 | via Post Tribune
As the mortgage crisis continues to force residents from their homes, the Lake County Council called Tuesday for a moratorium on residential foreclosures managed by the county.
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Housing slump benefits some
Saturday Jun 28 | via Post Tribune
Three years ago, Scott and Amy Abell decided it was time to move their growing family out of their Lansing, Ill., apartment and test the waters of home ownership.
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Furniture resale shop right for the times
Jun 12, 2008 | via Lincoln-Way Sun
With the economy teetering on the brink of recession, the timing for Patti Trewartha and Janet Ricketts couldn't have been better.
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