- Flood ins. dropped by 40% in Fargo area
The number of flood insurance policies in the Fargo area dropped by 40 percent in the past year, Federal Emergency Management Agency officials say.March 29, 2013 - Isanti County -- how to help the 'new poor'
The foreclosure crisis has hit Isanti County, about an hour north of the Twin Cities, particularly hard. It's put a great deal of pressure on local governments and nonprofit groups to provide assistance to residents who are in bad financial shape, even as many of them are too proud to accept it.September 22, 2010 - U.S. Bank customers use federal mortgage relief plan
Minneapolis-based U.S. Bank is now helping about 25 percent of the borrowers eligible for a federal plan to reduce their mortgage payments.January 19, 2010 - Saving foreclosed homes in north Minneapolis
A Minneapolis program designed to fix up and resell foreclosed properties has been so successful, officials hope to expand it.December 7, 2009 - The good and the bad in the housing market
Home sales went up 10 percent in October, because of the federal government's tax credit for first-time home buyers. Some say the tax credit should be extended to keep the recovery on track.Midmorning, December 1, 2009 - Obama administration increases pressure on lenders
The Treasury Department says it may fine mortgage companies that aren't doing enough to make permanent loan modifications under the government's $75 billion mortgage relief program.November 30, 2009 - Lawsuit to block foreclosures in Minn. dismissed
A federal judge has dismissed a class action lawsuit filed by a group of homeowners who sought to block foreclosures in Minnesota, but their attorney said the case still led to significant progress.November 10, 2009 - Minnesota foreclosure sales drop in third quarter
The number of foreclosed homes sold at sheriff's auctions in Minnesota fell during the third quarter of the year.November 4, 2009 - Minnesota has highest foreclosure rate in Upper Midwest
Foreclosures in Minnesota dropped ten percent in August, but the state still reported the highest rate in the Upper Midwest.September 21, 2009 - Police arrest seven protesters at foreclosed home
Police arrested seven people Friday outside the foreclosed home of Rosemary Williams, a Minneapolis woman who has publicly refused to leave the property for months.September 11, 2009 - High court upholds mortgage lenders' registry
The Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled 6-1 that the Mortgage Electronic Registration System, or MERS, did not violate Minnesota law by failing to disclose which lenders actually owned a homeowner's mortgage.August 13, 2009 - GMAC may reopen negotiations with Rosemary Williams
A Minneapolis woman who has vowed to resist eviction from her foreclosed home may have another shot at reaching an agreement with her mortgage lender.August 13, 2009 - Inspired by Williams, second homeowner vows eviction fight
Rosemary Williams' public battle to stay in her foreclosed home has inspired at least one other Twin Cities woman, who now vows to resist eviction from her own home in Robbinsdale.August 12, 2009 - Metro housing market continues to improve
The Twin Cities housing market showed mixed signs of improvement in July, according to numbers out today.August 12, 2009 - How the real estate bubble continues to shake up housing
A new report from the Congressional Oversight Panel warns that toxic assets tied to bad loans remain on the balance sheets of many small banks, and could trigger further economic instability.Midmorning, August 12, 2009
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