Foreclosures

Sharp rise in foreclosure notices

September 15, 2011 By Joe Sims

Home foreclosures grew sharply in August, a marked 33 percent increase after slowing to a trickle over the last year, making it the sharpest rise in four years.

Backbone: Schneiderman investigates Wall Street

May 17, 2011 By PW Editorial Board

Backbone. That is part of what's been missing over the past few years. Significantly, that may be about to change.

Housing crisis, with a New York twist

April 22, 2011 By Elena Mora

The foreclosure crisis which continues to ravage communities across the country is also harming working people in New York City, even though 64% of the city's 8 million residents live in rental apartments.

Banks agree to compensate foreclosure victims

April 14, 2011 By Joe Sims

Over a dozen banks will compensate victims for losses that occured as a result of mistakes on foreclosures according to an agreement reached with government regulators today.

Protestors crash “corporate criminal” breakfast

March 18, 2011 By Tony Pecinovsky

Protestors in St. Louis crashed an annual breakfast where corpoarte leaders, politicans and bank executives were meeting, demanding they be held responsible for wrecking the economy.