Congress takes action on home loan crisis (WTHR Indianapolis)
Indiana remains one of the states hardest hit by the sub-prime mortgage crisis forcing many homeowners into foreclosure.

INDIANA'S OLDEST COLLEGE NEWSPAPER (DePauw)
On the first day of school this year, I drove into Greencastle and felt like I was home. I had the same feeling of expectation that I still feel every time I drive into my hometown in northern Indiana.

Builders Bracing As Home Building Slowdown Hits Michiana (22 WSBT South Bend)
(WSBT) A new report from the National Association of Home Builders shows the number of new homes being built down 3 percent last month to their lowest level nationwide in 12 years.

Building a house in a week (Kokomo Perspective)
Seven days, $10,000, and hundreds of volunteers. That's what it'll take for the Realtors Association of Central Indiana (RACI) to build a Habit for Humanity house for two Bona Vista clients.

Nearly Four in 10 Mortgages to Minorities Were Subprime in 2006 (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)
Mortgage lending to minorities was down seven percent in 2006, according to a new analysis released today at the 3rd Annual Mortgage Lending Industry Emerging Markets and Diversity Conference outside Washington, D.C. The only exception was among African Americans, which showed an increase of 0.6 percent over the prior year.