Mortgage

St. Louis has the fourth-highest mortgage denial rate for Blacks in the U.S., according to a new study. Compared to the region’s overall mortgage denial rate, Black borrowers in St. Louis are about three times more likely to have their loan applications rejected.

Amid a long stretch of boarded-up store fronts in the Baden neighborhood, a coalition of equal-housing advocates rallied outside today to decry the…

Banks with $1 billion or more in assets would see dividend payments received for putting their money into the Federal Reserve’s bank, reduced to 1.5…

U.S. households have come a long way in regaining wealth lost in the Great Recession, but the pace of recovery remains uneven largely due to the housing…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Sept. 26, 2013 - The rules are changing for federally insured reverse mortgages designed to enable…

A new report says fewer homeowners in the St. Louis area are struggling to keep up with their mortgages.The St. Louis Post Dispatch, citing figures…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: Steven Peterson of Belleville is one of 4.2 million Americans who will find out in the next few weeks…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Jan. 18, 2013 - New rules for mortgage servicers announced Thursday by the federal Consumer Financial…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Dec. 13, 2012 - True to her ethnic heritage, my Irish grandmother was a storyteller. It was from her…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Dec. 10, 2012 - The political debate as we approach the fiscal cliff will unfortunately focus on what…