Michael Corkery, THE NEW YORK TIMES MIAMI (The New York Times)—In September, Susan Rodolfi celebrated an unusual anniversary: five years of missed mortgage payments. She is...
by Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Researchers studying the affects of public policy on the racial wealth gap estimated that the...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist A new economic analysis by the New York Federal Reserve Bank found fewer foreclosures, bankruptcies and credit card delinquencies....
(Reuters) – New U.S. single-family home sales fell only slightly in January despite big declines in the snow-battered Northeast while supply rose to its highest level...
Josh Boak, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. home sales struck a snow drift in January, plunging to the slowest pace in nine months. The...
(CNN) – Owning a home is key to unlocking the American dream, but it’s much harder to achieve if you’re black or Hispanic. That’s according...
COREY WILLIAMS, Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Chris Mathews’ crew showed up this month to demolish one of the thousands of vacant homes destined for demolition...
Dionne Searcey and Robert Gebeloff, THE NEW YORK TIMES (The New York Times)—The middle class that President Obama identified in his State of the Union speech last...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist About 800,000 homeowners whose mortgages were backed by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) could save $900 annually on mortgage costs,...
(NBC News) – As rents soar and the supply of rental housing remains constrained, 2015 could be the tipping point, pushing more renters to home ownership....
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist The groundswell for criminal justice reform has become nearly daily headline news. Demonstrations spanning the nation and many parts of...
Lucia Mutikani, REUTERS (Reuters)—U.S. home resales tumbled to a six-month low in November after two straight months of strong increases, underscoring the uneven nature of...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “Every American lives in safe, decent, affordable and energy efficient housing on fair terms.” – National Urban League 2025 housing...
JOSH BOAK, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. housing market cooled off in September, as home prices rose at an ever slowing pace. Prices...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist When it comes to assessing the nation’s housing industry, one key measure that all housing industry stakeholders take note of is...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The rebound in U.S. home values over the past couple of years has placed many homeowners in a better position to...
JOSH BOAK, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Don’t blame the millennial generation for lackluster home sales. They are increasingly ethnically diverse, more educated and less...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist Each year the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University assesses the nation’s housing outlook. The recently-released The State of the...
JOSH BOAK, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — City living has been a blessing for Tim Nelson. The Phoenix lawyer moved downtown a few months ago...
Media Veronica Clemons Wells Fargo 704-715-5145 Veronica.c.clemons@wellsfargo.com Nicole Kenney NAACP 202-478-6409 nkenney@naacpnet.org Latraviette D. Smith-Wilson National Urban League 212-558-5433 lsmithadv@nul.org DES MOINES, Iowa – May 29,...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – As the housing market recovers a new report by the Urban Institute shows that Black borrowers “have...
George E. Curry NNPA Columnist When I interviewed Marie Johns, then the outgoing deputy secretary of the Small Business Administration, a year ago, she said the...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist In an unconventional move, legislation designed to reshape the nation’s $10 trillion housing finance market was released on Sunday, March...
Media: Lisa Westermann 415-222-6236 Lisa.b.westermann@wellsfargo.com Wells Fargo Celebrates Military Saves Week; Offers Free Financial Education Webinars SAN FRANCISCO, February 21, 2014 – In an ongoing effort to support military...
ALEX VEIGA, AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — U.S. homeowners are doing a better job of keeping up with mortgage payments, a trend that has...
