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Legislating Lower Foreclosure Rates?
An Illinois law intended to help reduce foreclosures is drawing cries of discrimination from some of the people it is trying to protect, according to the Chicago Defender newspaper. “Nearly 60 days after Illinois House Bill 4050 went into effect to supposedly protect consumers from predatory lenders, a coalition of Black and Latino city residents say the new law is actually destroying property values in select minority communities.” The law is a pilot program that is being applied in 10 Chicago zip codes chosen for their high foreclosure rates, among other factors. Also below
www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Now Homebuilders Face Foreclosure
in Illinois. “We’re in the worst housing recession in modern history,” Antonio B. Sales of new homes have suffered the biggest decline since records began in 1963. New-home sales plunged 26.4 percent in 2007, the industry’s biggest drop in four decades, the Commerce Department said. For millions of Americans facing foreclosure, the Federal Reserve’s interest rate cut this week was welcome news that could possibly help save thousands of homeowners from default by giving them the opportunity to refinance their adjustable-rate loan into a fixed-rate mortgage with a lower interest rate.
www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Legislating Lower Foreclosure Rates?
    An Illinois law intended to help reduce foreclosures is drawing cries of discrimination from some of the people it is trying to protect, according to the Chicago Defender newspaper. “Nearly 60 days after Illinois House Bill 4050 went into effect to supposedly protect consumers from predatory lenders, a coalition of Black and Latino city residents say the new law is actually destroying property values in select minority communities.” The law is a pilot program that is being applied in 10 Chicago zip codes chosen for their high foreclosure rates, among other factors. Also below
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Now Homebuilders Face Foreclosure
    in Illinois. “We’re in the worst housing recession in modern history,” Antonio B. Sales of new homes have suffered the biggest decline since records began in 1963. New-home sales plunged 26.4 percent in 2007, the industry’s biggest drop in four decades, the Commerce Department said. For millions of Americans facing foreclosure, the Federal Reserve’s interest rate cut this week was welcome news that could possibly help save thousands of homeowners from default by giving them the opportunity to refinance their adjustable-rate loan into a fixed-rate mortgage with a lower interest rate.
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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