Housing Bulletin: Job Cuts May Spur More Foreclosures (Chicago Magazine)

United we fight foreclosure, says Daley (Medill News Service)

Free Foreclosure Prevention Help For Chicagoans (CBS-TV)

TARP transparency and judicial modification are steps in the right direction

Concerns about the performance of Alt-A and prime mortgages to take center stage in 2009

Second Half 2008 Foreclosure Filings

Local response to payday lending critical as lenders evade Illinois consumer protections

Treasury demands bank accountability, finally

TARP for CDFIs? As some banks scale back lending, Woodstock calls for federal money for community-based lenders

Shelters brace for more families (Chicago Tribune)

Consumer Groups Challenge Bank Using Government Money to Fund Refund Loans (Credit Union Times)

Foreclosures hit Evanston hard (Sun-Times New Group)

Payday lenders find fertile place on Web (Chicago Tribune)

Advocacy Group Warns Against Payday Loans (WGIL FM Galesburg)

Fed puts an end to retroactive rate hikes for credit cards

Chicago factory workers end sit-in (Los Angeles Times)

Bank regulator agrees to hold public hearing on high-cost, asset-stripping tax refund lending of Kentucky-based Republic Bancorp

Local foreclosure numbers far exceed expectations (St. Charles Sun)

EveryBlock Chicago and Woodstock Institute partner to deliver interactive block- level maps of foreclosures and lender-owned, vacant properties

Foreclosure homes invite crime (Augusta Chronicle)