The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) has a had a rough week. The Census Bureau dropped the organization as a community partner after a FOX News…
Got nine months to spare? That’s how long on average it takes to sell a previously owned home in Minneapolis, according to the latest Housing Supply Outlook from the Minneapolis Area Association of Realtors. The supply of overall…
Is it just us, or is time folding in on itself? It feels like November outside. The “Don’t Tase me, bro” video somehow reappeared to fight a water buffalo in a YouTube contest. And then…
A group of plaintiffs that includes the city of Minneapolis, the Family Housing Fund, the Greater Metropolitan Housing Corporation and three neighborhood organizations has announced it plans to file a lawsuit in Hennepin County today accusing a Roseville…
The city of Minneapolis will join with three north Minneapolis neighborhoods Wednesday to file a lawsuit against “a fraudulent real estate scheme” that has worsened the city’s foreclosure crisis, according to a press release from the mayor’s office.
The mayor’s…
Twin Citians are a proud bunch. We love to profess that our cities are a cut above just about any other cluster on the U.S. map. But there are towns that are beating out Minneapolis-St. Paul in one…
Mortgage fraud. Negative equity. Exotic loans. As the former assistant attorney general for the state of Minnesota and current attorney for the Housing Preservation Project, Mark Ireland has seen his fair share of…
It’s no secret that North Minneapolis has been hit harder by the mortgage meltdown than any place in Minnesota. While no neighborhood is immune to the housing crisis — million-dollar downtown condos are seeing foreclosures, and so…
Glarushia Davis blames “Minnesota Nice” — and herself — for falling prey to predatory lenders. A few years ago, she refinanced her mortgage in hopes of using the extra money to get new siding for…
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