The IRE Resource Center is a major research library containing more than 23,250 investigative stories — both print and broadcast. Add to that more than 3,000 tipsheets from our national conferences on how to cover specific beats or do specific stories and you have a resource that no reporter or editor should be without. These stories and tipsheets are searchable online or by contacting the Resource Center directly (573-882-3364 or rescntr@ire.org) where a researcher can help you pinpoint what you need. Browse or search the tipsheet section of our library below. Logged-in members can view the tipsheets free online:
Search results for "foreclosure" ...
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10 Mortgage Default Stories You Can Do At Home
Track the foreclosure money trail with these great tips from Shanklin. See what neighborhoods in your community are at risk, and start searching for the inconsistencies (they're there)!
Tags: mortgage default; foreclosure; inflated values; subprime lending; loans
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Uncovering Financial Traps
Tiernen addresses the financial traps that are arising the the second wave of the financial crisis. He includes information on such traps as: foreclosure services; debt settlement; subprime credit cards; payday loans; uninsured overseas savings accounts; reverse mortgages and much more.
Tags: foreclosure services; debt settlement; subprime credit cards; payday loans; uninsured overseas savings accounts; reverse mortgages; consumer credit; consumer affairs; consumer fraud
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Consumer Investigations: Going Deeper and holding bad players accountable
This tipsheet is an exhaustive resource for covering the consumer beat. It includes story ideas, links to pertinent government agencies, links to consumer information and much more.
Tags: consumer investigation; automobile industry; finance; mortgage; sub-prime loans; foreclosure; Consumer Product Safety Commission;
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Consumer Investigations: Going Deeper and holding bad players accountable
This tipsheet is an exhaustive resource for covering the consumer beat. It includes story ideas, links to pertinent government agencies, links to consumer information and much more.
Tags: consumer investigation; automobile industry; finance; mortgage; sub-prime loans; foreclosure; Consumer Product Safety Commission;
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Consumer Investiagtions for Tough Times
This incredibly extensive tipsheet is a must-have guide to consumer investigations during the economic downturn. From quick-hits to long-form investigations, they've included it here. The tipsheet goes on to detail other information on doing your investigation - from parsing out tips to details on testing. The last several pages are a list of resources (websites and phone lists) for covering the consumer beat.
Tags: consumer investigation; better business bureau; debt consolidation; subprime mortgage scams; contractors; lottery; foreclosure; unemployment; credit counseling; consumer affairs
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Mortgage Meltdown: Foreclosures and Beyond
The author discusses some problems with popular sources for mortgage information, and then suggests better resources to use instead. The suggested resources include the Warrern Group and the Department of Revenue.
Tags: mortgage; housing; real estate; foreclosure
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Mortgage Meltdown: Resources for Fast-Paced Investigations in your Region
The author offers advice for reporters looking into trends in foreclosure and subprime loans. She discusses sources like Dataquick, RealtyTrac, Policymap and loanperformance.com, which collect and analyze home sales records.
Tags: mortgage; internet resource; housing market; finance; business beat; real estate; census
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Data for Tracking the Subprime Story
The author discusses how to find data reported under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act and query it to find information about high-interest loans. Maines also discusses how to tie the database results into a story about foreclosures in your area.
Tags: foreclosure; mortgage; housing; database analysis; HMDA
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Investigating Subprime Lending and Foreclosures: HMDA Data
Thompson describes how to use the federal Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) database in order to investigate subprime lending in your community. She explains what fields in the database will reveal subprime lending, and how to use an "update function" to count the subprime loans and apply a demographic element. The tipsheet ends with a list of helpful sources, such as the Consumer Federation of America and the State Licensing Board.
Tags: foreclosure; subprime lending; data analysis; Microsoft Access; queries
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Using CAR for covering housing foreclosures
At the 2007 CAR Conference, Jill Reipenhoff and Geoff Dutton shared various sources of information useful for investigations about home foreclosures. Some of the sources include the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, county auditors, and the National Delinquency Survey. The authors also share some examples of their own analysis on the topic.
Tags: property law; eviction; landlords; mortgage; real estate; data analysis; HUD; assessment