By John Schmeltzer Tribune staff reporter Published June 27, 2005 Microlending programs to start-up businesses, which suffered a setback in the Chicago area over the past two years, are making a comeback. Sources for the loans virtually dried up...
Daniel Immergluck and Geoff Smith This report shows that foreclosures have a significant negative effect on neighborhood property values. Although foreclosures have long been considered a problem associated with FHA loan programs, recent research has shown that the explosion...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Geoff Smith, Project Director (312) 427-8070 New Woodstock Institute Research Illustrates Devastating Impact Foreclosures Have on Neighborhood Property Values A new report by Woodstock Institute, There Goes the Neighborhood: The Effect of Single-Family Mortgage Foreclosures...