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Blog posts for October 2010

The poor are clever with money -- to a point

By Mike LaFontaine Spotted this statement in a profile of MIT professor and economist Esther Duflo in the The New Yorker (May 17, 2010). Dr. Duflo studies the economies of developing countries, but her observations offer a helpful insight for our...

Updated: 2 years 31 weeks ago | Under: awards, affordable housing, asset development, CDFI, Community Housing, donate, get active, Individual Development Accounts, economic opportunity, invest, mission, news, news media, publications, low income, poverty | Read More

Now THAT'S a loan modification!

By Ron Thompson It’s so nice to hear something good about loan modifications! You have no doubt heard about the mortgage loan modification/foreclosure mess spreading across the U.S. First, lenders battered by public and political pressure promised...

Updated: 2 weeks 5 hours ago | Under: awards, Community Facilities, Community Housing, donate, get active, invest, mission, news, news media, publications, Welcome Home Loans | Read More

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Home loans

I recently moved into a manufactured home and it took me a long time to get a loan. I ended up...

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Watch for workshops

If you like For Impact, they frequently do full-day workshops. I attended one hosted by the NH...

Re: "Seek first to understand": Stephen Covey left us a gift

Such an important book.

Such an important book. "Think Win-Win" was my favorite of the seven, and the one that has been the...

excellent point

and less money down doesn't help either, right?

Re: Poverty is no game, but it could be

high cost

even with interest rates.....low credit scores mean higher rates.........

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