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Posted July 23, 2007 in Press Releases
With Funds for Refinancing By Thaddeus Herrick Wall Street Journal Hoping to slow the quickening pace of home foreclosures, about a half-dozen states are setting up funds to help homeowners with high-risk subprime mortgages refinance to more-affordable... read more
Posted June 15, 2007 in Press Releases
Despite slight improvement, state is No. 6 in delinquent loans, report showsBy Denise Trowbridge Columbus Dispatch Troubles caused by subprime mortgage loans are still a sore spot in Ohio. The state had 19.9 percent of its subprime adjustable-rate... read more
Posted June 12, 2007 in Press Releases
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Posted March 27, 2007 in Press Releases
State's foreclosure crisis 'worsened substantially in 2006,' report's author says.By Ken McCall and William Hershey Western Star Foreclosure filings jumped by almost a quarter in Ohio last year, the largest increase in recent history, a new report... read more
Posted March 26, 2007 in Press Releases
Gongwer News Service Home foreclosure filings in Ohio continued to rise in 2006 with nearly 80,000 new filings, a 23.6% increase over the previous year, according to a Policy Matters Ohio report released Monday. Last year's foreclosure... read more
Posted March 20, 2007 in Press Releases
Chicago Tribune By Tim Jones CLEVELAND -- This is the city where John D. Rockefeller made his fortune, where fullback Jim Brown bowled over hapless defenders and where the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame bestows cultural... read more
Posted February 27, 2007 in Press Releases
An expanding industry merits expanded state attention The Akron Beacon Journal The payday lending industry has expanded rapidly the past decade, doubling in size since 2000. Ohio mirrors the story. In 1996, there were 107 payday businesses... read more
Posted February 27, 2007 in Press Releases
The Toledo Blade By Robert Vitale ONE harbinger of so-called payday loans is a languid economy in which poorer consumers consistently find themselves with too much month left at the end of the money. How ironic, then, that... read more
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