How timely that just as President Bush was announcing a deal to help homeowners struggling with their mortgage payments, new data were released showing that foreclosure starts set a new record.
When you apply for a mortgage, one of the first things the lender will look at is your credit score.
From Faith Etheridge's tidy office in Frederick, you can see the national foreclosure crisis unfold. And, sometimes, you can see a particular foreclosure stopped.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson spoke last night in Prince George's County, hit hard by the mortgage foreclosure crisis, to express dissatisfaction with President Bush's plans for coping with it and to mobilize efforts to target Wall street.