Eye Openers + Real Estate Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)

November 7, 2009

WCVI Study Finds Disproportionate Foreclosures in Latino, Black Communities

September 21, 2009

Save Our Trailer Parks from Immigrants!?

September 2, 2009

Pedro Espada Jr. Fires Aide Onix A. Sosa Over Real Estate Woes – NY

August 13, 2009

Immigrant Neighborhoods in New York Continue to Reel From Mortgage Forclosures and Job Losses

June 29, 2009

The single biggest event that caused the real estate debacle was the nationwide increase in immigration raids by ICE Agents from the DHS – (interesting commentary)

May 14, 2009

Golden Empire Mortgage Inc., a Bakersfield-based mortgage lender that has an office in Stockton, faces a Federal Trade Commission complaint that it charged Latino customers higher fees than non-Hispanics.

March 24, 2009

Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum on Monday sued a Miami company, alleging the company targets Hispanics facing foreclosure and charges them upfront fees to modify their mortgages. – Lincoln Lending Services LLC

February 16, 2009

With home sales plunging as the global financial crisis chokes domestic demand, Chilean real estate companies are offering apartments at what they say are cost prices at night — and even picking up buyers’ air fares as an incentive.

December 17, 2008

A Huntington Park businessman allegedly preyed on thousands of mostly Hispanic investors in a Ponzi scheme that promised 84 percent annual returns on real estate. Federal prosecutors say Milton Retana, a Salvadoran who owns Best Diamond Funding, got $62 million from investors. – California

November 18, 2008

Santa Ana leads a bittersweet real estate boomlet

October 27, 2008

Negotiating a real estate minefield – Finding a place to rent is no easy task in Mexico’s capital where some neighborhoods are like armed camps. Forget about aesthetics or heating, what if it’s narco-adjacent? And how long is the commute?

July 21, 2008

Broker convicted of immigrant loan fraud – targeted Hispanics – Denver

July 17, 2008

Nearly 300 black and Latino New York homeowners are getting a total of about $1 million from a California mortgage company because they were charged more than white customers for loans. – GreenPoint Mortgage bought by Capital One in 2006

June 26, 2008

Housing Foreclosures Close in on Hispanic Community

For Mexicans, Texas is prime property – Many coming north to buy real estate at bargain prices.

June 4, 2008

In Cuba houses never sell, just swap

In South Florida, Eviction Spares Few – (almost everyone in this article from the New York Times is Latino)

April 24, 2008

Former Realtor Targeted Hispanic Immigrants in Mortgage Fraud Scheme – San Diego

April 22, 2008

A New View of Vacant Houses – Immigrant Crackdown Changing Block for the Better, Pr. William Pair Say

April 16, 2008

Foreclosure scam targets mostly Hispanic families – California

January 28, 2008

Hispanic homeownership could fall during crisis