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Belonging Las Vegas | Bankruptcy
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Community stories for southern Nevada. Posts Tagged ‘bankruptcy’. Last week I blogged about Bobbi Giguere. The 41 year-old single mom who had the unusual opportunity to grill a Wells Fargo Exec in court about her stalled loan modification. Giguere had been working “through the system” for months, and getting nowhere (…well, she was actually headed somewhere….While Wells Fargo strung her along, the company was simultaneously moving to foreclose on her home…! Sep 24, 2009 Categories: Economy. Waiting for t...
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Belonging Las Vegas | Banks
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Community stories for southern Nevada. Posts Tagged ‘banks’. Where Are They Now? Looking in the rearview mirror at the “Giant Pool of Money”. Belonginglasvegas.org wants to hear from. How have your circumstances changed over the past year? Have things gotten better or worse? How are you coping with the changes in your life, or with changes you see in your neighborhood? Send us a little about your story, here. This past week, the Planet Money team revisisted many of the folks who they interviewed for that...
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“our neighbor left everything behind…” | Belonging Las Vegas
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Community stories for southern Nevada. 8220;our neighbor left everything behind…”. This entry was posted by Adam Burke on Thursday, August 6th, 2009 at 4:48 pm. Click here to cancel reply. Mail (will not be published) (required). Federal Making Home Affordable program. Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada. WP Cumulus Flash tag cloud by Roy Tanck. Requires Flash Player 9 or better. Marcy Kaptur says “When the bank comes to take it away…”. Waiting for the next McMansion to drop…. Bankruptcy filings up 64%.
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Marcy Kaptur says “When the bank comes to take it away…” | Belonging Las Vegas
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Community stories for southern Nevada. Marcy Kaptur says “When the bank comes to take it away…”. Stay in your homes:. Also, let’s play Wall Street Bailout:. This entry was posted by Adam Burke on Thursday, October 29th, 2009 at 9:43 am. Click here to cancel reply. Mail (will not be published) (required). Federal Making Home Affordable program. Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada. WP Cumulus Flash tag cloud by Roy Tanck. Requires Flash Player 9 or better. Waiting for the next McMansion to drop…. All conte...
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Belonging Las Vegas | Equity
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Community stories for southern Nevada. Posts Tagged ‘equity’. Where Are They Now? Looking in the rearview mirror at the “Giant Pool of Money”. Belonginglasvegas.org wants to hear from. How have your circumstances changed over the past year? Have things gotten better or worse? How are you coping with the changes in your life, or with changes you see in your neighborhood? Send us a little about your story, here. This past week, the Planet Money team revisisted many of the folks who they interviewed for tha...
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Saving the Dream? NACA throws down big in Vegas | Belonging Las Vegas
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Community stories for southern Nevada. NACA throws down big in Vegas. I spent the whole weekend covering the Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America’s event at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Here are the photos to prove it. Why are people coming in large numbers from Los Angeles to be a part of NACA’s loan modification event? Listen to the story here:. Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. Marcy Kaptur says R...
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Belonging Las Vegas | Denial
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Community stories for southern Nevada. Posts Tagged ‘denial’. How Did Economists Get It So Wrong? Paul Krugman’s recent article. From the New York Times Magazine:. It’s hard to believe now, but not long ago economists were congratulating themselves over the success of their field. Those successes or so they believed were both theoretical and practical, leading to a golden era for the profession…. Sep 03, 2009 Categories: Economy. Federal Making Home Affordable program. Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada.
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Belonging Las Vegas | Economy
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Community stories for southern Nevada. Posts Tagged ‘economy’. Seniors dipping into Social Security. Job losses have pushed seniors to claim early retirement benefits, the AP reports. And this snip from an article in the Money Times. For the time, in close to three decades, the Social Security will be compelled to dole out more in benefits than it collects in taxes during the next coupe of years. The reason is huge job losses and an increase in the early retirement claims from laid-off people. Leave it j...
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Newly poor in Nevada… | Belonging Las Vegas
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Community stories for southern Nevada. Newly poor in Nevada…. People are struggling across the country, and around the world…. This is the story of a chance encounter between two women. It was a moment that changed the lives of one family, very much for the better:. Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. Click here to cancel reply. Requires Flash Player 9 or better.
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Saving the neighborhood | Belonging Las Vegas
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Community stories for southern Nevada. Last spring, Neal Williams put bars in front of his door; he started saving money for security cameras. He joked that soon, there would be a retinal scanner to get in and out of the house. But the situation in his neighborhood is serious. Theft is on the rise…graffiti…broken windows…It all started going downhill two years ago, when foreclosures led to empty homes. Listen to their story:. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. As an online lily pad...