The use of credit scores as employment screening tools is a hotly debated topic. According to a 2010 poll by the Society for Human Resource Management, 60 percent of surveyed employers conducted credit checks for some or ...
Economics & Business
Nov 2, 2011
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Some 9 million American families lost their homes to foreclosure during the late 2000s housing bust, driving many to economic ruin and in search of new residences.
Social Sciences
May 6, 2015
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(PhysOrg.com) -- As we near the end of the year, Phoenix-area home prices have started to go up, but another wave of foreclosures is likely to hit soon. That's according to the author of the latest Realty Studies report from ...
Economics & Business
Dec 10, 2009
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Places with more diversity in types of housing are more stable and can weather a housing crisis better, say University of Illinois researchers.
Social Sciences
Nov 7, 2018
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Penn State Law Professor Marie Reilly, a bankruptcy and banking law expert, worries that the backlash over the current foreclosure crisis may be the "medicine that kills the patient." Laws and regulations ...
Economics & Business
Dec 21, 2010
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Despite signs of economic recovery across the country, the Phoenix-area housing market continues to be driven by foreclosures. Last month, almost two-thirds of the existing-home transactions in the market were either foreclosures ...
Economics & Business
Mar 17, 2010
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A little bit of good news is coming to the Phoenix-area housing market. Foreclosures accounted for just under 38 percent of the existing-home transactions in the area in March. A new report from the W. P. Carey School of ...
Economics & Business
Apr 20, 2011
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As the pandemic-ravaged U.S. economy braces for a likely wave of housing foreclosures, a new study shows that losing a home can have painful ramifications that extend far beyond the immediate financial damage.
Economics & Business
Jun 23, 2020
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(AP) -- A criminal investigation into mortgage swindlers who lured their victims with deceptive online ads is widening.
Internet
Nov 21, 2011
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Foreclosed homes dot the American landscape — they make up about one in 12 houses with under $1 million left on the mortgage. These foreclosures drive down home prices, both because they add to the housing supply and because ...
Economics & Business
Jul 20, 2010
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