Oct 28 Watch Foreclosures on the Rise in Big Cities A new report shows that 133 out 206 American metropolitan areas had an increase in foreclosure activity this summer. Ray Suarez explores the spread of the foreclosure epidemic with Patchwork Nation director Dante Chinni and Rick Sharga of Realty Trac. Continue watching
Oct 20 Watch Boston Firm Offers Homeowners a Second Chance After Foreclosure For those who have lost a home they could have afforded at market rate, Boston Community Capital offers an avenue to regain ownership. Paul Solman reports. Continue watching
Oct 19 Watch Boston Group Helps Homeowners ‘Stand Up, Fight Back’ Against Foreclosure Paul Solman reports on a Boston non-profit group that is helping families and homeowners stay in their homes in the face of foreclosure. This is the second in an occasional series on the mortgage crisis. Continue watching
Oct 14 Watch Faulty Paperwork Prompts Deepening Foreclosure Problem Foreclosures are mounting and attorneys general have launched an investigation into claims of faulty lender paperwork. Paul Solman reports. Continue watching
Oct 14 Watch ‘California Is a Place’ Still Reeling From Recession Filmmakers Drea Cooper and Zack Canepari looked at California foreclosures through a different lens by concentrating on the crisis in some off-beat places. Continue watching
Sep 02 Watch East Coast Residents Move Inland as Hurricane Earl Approaches As Hurricane Earl approached the East Coast, residents and tourists were warned to take precautions. In some areas, residents boarded their homes and businesses before they evacuated. Jim Lehrer has more. Continue watching
Aug 30 Watch News Wrap: Obama Calls for Small Business Assistance In other news Monday, President Obama called for new action to help the sluggish economy and urged new assistance for small businesses. In Pakistan, thousands of refugees began to head home as flood waters receded in some areas. Continue watching
Aug 11 Watch U.N. Humanitarian Official on Global Effort to Aid Flood Victims in Pakistan The United Nations announced a goal to raise $460 million for Pakistani flood victims. More than 300,000 homes have been destroyed and 14 million people have been affected by the three-week-old disaster. Gwen Ifill speaks with John Holmes, U.N. under-secretary… Continue watching
Aug 02 Watch Pakistan’s Floods Leave Millions Displaced Widespread floods have driven more than 2 million Pakistanis from their homes while more than 1,000 have been killed. Jonathan Miller of Independent Television News has the latest on the continued devastation. Continue watching
Oct 03 Wouldn’t mortgage-backed securities gain value if homeowners could refinance their homes? Question/Comment: This is what I don’t get: If the problem is that the mortgage-backed securities hold little value because a lot of people are unable to pay their mortgages, wouldn’t those securities gain value if homeowners were allowed to refinance… Continue reading