Events, Conferences and News
Upcoming events and conferences sponsored by the Federal Reserve

Consumer Workshops

• November 7, 2009, Dallas: The combined efforts of the U.S. Treasury, the national Hope Now Alliance, NeighborWorks America, and the City of Dallas will provide a free opportunity for borrowers to meet face-to-face with foreclosure prevention experts including loan servicers and nonprofit HUD-approved counselors at the Dallas Convention Center. Details»

Conferences

• Recovery, Renewal, Rebuilding: A Federal Reserve System Foreclosure Series
  A recap of the series of forums focused on the aftereffects of the foreclosure crisis and solutions for community recovery, rebuilding and preparing for the future. Materials from these forums are now available online.
• Review presentations from the 2007 Preserving Homeownership conference held at the Dallas Fed.
  

News

• October 28, 2009: Decline in D-FW house prices slows, national survey says. Read more
• October 23, 2009: KERA The Economy Project: Facing the Mortgage Crisis. Read more
  
• October 23, 2008: Houston PBS: Facing the Mortgage Crisis. Read more
  
• October 23, 2009: Grant from Wells Fargo boosts effort to rehab foreclosed homes. Read more
  
• October 20, 2009: Ike aftermath skews home sales figures. Read more
  
• October 19, 2009: Foreclosed homes get new purpose, leased to potential buyers. Read more
  
• October 19, 2009: Dallas-Fort Worth foreclosures may be slowing, but 2009 on track to be worst year ever. Read more
  
• October 16, 2009: Foreclosure filings surge in Austin area. Read more
  
• October 15, 2009: Housing counselors try to help prevent foreclosures, ease stress. Read more
  
• October 8, 2009: Fort Worth-Arlington foreclosure rate rises. Read more
  
• September 18, 2009: Habitat for Humanity to flip foreclosed homes. Read more
  
• September 17, 2009: Fighting mortgage scams: governments team up. Read more
  

Consumer Information Resources available to consumers facing foreclosure FR Board of Governors 5 Tips for Avoiding Foreclosure Scams Foreclosure Resources for Consumers Filing a Bank-Related Complaint Other Consumer Information Facing the Mortgage Crisis. People. Connections. Resources 2-1-1 Texas: Connecting People and Services NeighborWorks Foreclosure Hotline 888-995-HOPE You May Be Paying Too Much for Your Mortgage (FRB Boston) Find a HUD Counselor Making Home Affordable Research Publications Papers, articles and data, including work by the Federal Reserve Neighborhood Stabilization Program Seismic Effects of the Bankruptcy Reform Lending in Low- and Moderate-Income Neighborhoods in California: The Performance of CRA Lending During the Subprime Meltdown Southwest Economy, Dec. 2008, "Why Texas Feels Less Subprime Stress than U.S." A Snapshot of Mortgage Conditions with an Emphasis on Subprime Mortgage Performance Residential Foreclosures in Texas Banking & Community Perspectives, Issue 2, 2007, "Preserving Homeownership: Addressing Foreclosure" Economic Letter, Nov. 2007 The Rise and Fall of Subprime Mortgages Profitwise News and Views The Home Ownership Preservation Initiative

Community Resources Local and national resources, directory of service and best practices in the area of foreclosure assistance State Texas Foreclosure Prevention Task Force Texas Dept. of Housing & Community Affairs Texas Attorney General Legal Assistance for Low-Income Texans National Neighborhood Stabilization Program Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan National Community Stabilization Trust NeighborWorks ® America Hope Now StableCommunities.org Foreclosure Mitigation Toolkit for Communities Resources for community leaders to assess their foreclosure situation, reduce preventable foreclosures, provide support to troubled homeowners and stabilize neighborhoods. Go to Toolkit» Counselor Information Counselor Q&As Making Home Affordable Summary of Guidelines Foreclosure Intervention and Default Counseling Classes Online Foreclosure Basics Training for Counselors Freddie Mac Free Webinars

Foreclosure Maps Dynamic U.S. Maps and Data Foreclosure Needs Score by ZIP code Bexar County Clerk Foreclosure Site Dallas Morning News Houston Chronicle Policy & Regulation Information affecting financial institutions and regulatory updates Loan Modification Regulation Z (Truth in Lending) Federal and State Agencies Announce Pilot Project to Improve Supervision of Subprime Mortgage Lenders Federal Financial Regulatory Agencies and CSBS Issue Statement on Loss Mitigation Strategies for Servicers of Residential Mortgages Regional Reserve Banks Efforts in other Reserve Bank Districts to alleviate foreclosures Federal Reserve Community Affairs websites