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foreclosure: A Dubious Top 10: Oregon Foreclosure Update - 04/30/09 02:42 PM
Well, our fair state is used to finding itself included in Top 10 lists, but here's one we would have preferred to have been excluded from. According to RealtyTrac's U.S. Foreclosure Market Report for the first quarter of 2009), Oregon now has the 10th highest foreclosure rate in the country.
We still have quite a ways to go before catching up with the number one culprit, Nevada -- where one in every 27 housing units received a foreclosure filing (that's more than five times the national average). In Oregon, one in every 153 homes received a foreclosure filing. Two of our … (0 comments)

foreclosure: NeighborImpact Schedules Another Foreclosure Class - 04/13/09 11:44 AM
Last week, I wrote about an extremely worthwhile workshop I attended designed for struggling homeowners who might be facing foreclosure. I mentioned that the organizer, NeighborImpact, would hopefully be scheduling future workshops.
I just received word from workshop presenter Kenny La Point that another workshop is indeed in the works. It's April 22 from 5:30-8 p.m. at the NeighborImpact office in Redmond (2303 SW 1st St., across from the Redmond airport).
Folks who'd like to learn more about how the foreclosure process works and how to best work with your lender if you're having trouble paying your mortgage (or even if you … (0 comments)

foreclosure: NeighborImpact Addresses Foreclosure En Masse - 04/07/09 10:08 PM
Last Saturday, I attended a free two-hour workshop for struggling homeowners in search of information on the ins and outs of foreclosure. It was the first such workshop hosted by NeighborImpact, the Redmond-based nonprofit group that provides a number of home-related community services to residents of Deschutes, Crook and Jefferson counties.
Up until now, NeighborImpact's Housing Center has primarily provided one-on-one mortgage counseling via two HUD-certified foreclosure counselors: Kenny La Point, who works with residents of Bend, Sunriver and La Pine; and Selef Spragg, who works with residents of Redmond, Sisters, Prineville and Madras. But as I learned from their manager, … (3 comments)

 
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