Bill Radke talks to Mark Pearce of the State Foreclosure Prevention Working Group, which released a report that said that loan modifications have helped prevent foreclosures.
A new report from state banking regulators says homeowners who got recent mortgage modifications are less likely to wind up back in default. Reporter Amy Scott talks about how it might affect the housing market with Steve Chiotakis.
Reporter Eve Troeh reports from inside the recovering neighborhoods around New Orleans five years after the region was destroyed by floods in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
The population of New Orleans is about 80 percent of what it was pre-Katrina thanks to a growing population of so-called YURPS: Young Urban Rebuilding Professionals who showed up to help bring the city back and stayed.
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were on the hot seat this week, as government officials debated their future. Reporter Mitchell Hartman talks with Tess Vigeland about what Republicans and Democrats want to see happen to the mortgage giants.
The economic recovery seems to be sputtering. We learned that manufacturing is once more in the doldrums and claims for unemployment benefits are increasing again. The silver linings in these clouds are kinda hard to come by. But we found one. John Dimsdale reports on mortgage rates.
Mike Lane wanted to make sure his girls learned the value of work and money early on — so he made them landlords of a treehouse in the backyard. Marketplace's Josh Rogosin pays them a visit.
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are trying to recoup $150 billion, so they can pay back the government. They're employing something called "buy-backs" to do just that. Marketplace's Alisa Roth explains.
