Tag Archives: housing market

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Obama Pushes Proposal to Help Underwater Homeowners

The president urges Congress to provide mortgage relief to homeowners

President Obama on Wednesday called on Congress to make it easier for millions of homeowners…

By Joyce Jones

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In the News: Cornel West and Princeton Part Ways; Tyler Perry Backs Kim Kardashian Casting and More

A few noteworthy headlines around the Web

See what’s going on in the world with today’s compilation of news around the Web

By Sade K. Muhammad

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Earl G. Graves Jr., President & CEO of Black Enterprise

When A Homeownership Dream Becomes A Nightmare

By now, you’re all familiar with this story. It’s the one about how too many…

By Earl "Butch" Graves Jr.

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Preparing for the Marathon To Rebuild Our Wealth

Based on the racial divide in the economic gap, a lot has to be done to rebuild our buying power

While America dealt with the Great Recession of 2007-2009, overwhelming numbers of minority households suffered…

By Derek T. Dingle

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WATCH: One-on-One With Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner

In an exclusive interview on 'Black Enterprise Business Report,' Editor-in-Chief Derek Dingle sits down with the nation's CFO

In an exclusive interview, BLACK ENTERPRISE Editor-In-Chief Derek T. Dingle talked with the nation’s chief…

By Derek T. Dingle

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Money Matters: Should I Ditch My Home?

Maintain your mortgage payments (if you can) even if you're "underwater"

I don’t have equity in the home I bought three years ago. When is it…

By John Simons

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