Tiffany Edwards thought she was running out of time to persuade her lender to work out a new loan so her growing family could stay in their Tampa home. ...more

November 28, 2008

Homeowners facing foreclosure could find help in an unlikely place - the company that insures their mortgage. ...more

November 26, 2008

Gov. Charlie Crist says he's contemplating an emergency freeze on foreclosures for the holidays. ...more

November 25, 2008

Gov. Charlie Crist says he's contemplating an emergency freeze on foreclosures for the holidays. ...more

November 24, 2008

Mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are suspending foreclosures for about 16,000 households during the holiday season. ...more

November 20, 2008

Bargain hunters continued to snatch up foreclosed properties during the third quarter, marking the first quarter in three years that Tampa Bay has seen a yearly increase in home sales. ...more

November 19, 2008

Our neighbors put a "for sale by owner" sign in their front yard. In an effort to help them understand the reality of their home's value, we provided a comparative market analysis. ...more

November 15, 2008

In an era of double-digit utility rate hikes, Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative customers might rest a little easier knowing they won't be zapped with a double-digit hike next year. ...more

November 14, 2008

The number of homeowners caught in the wave of foreclosures in October grew 25 percent nationally over the same month in 2007, data released Thursday showed. ...more

November 13, 2008

The American public, with great reservation, agreed to a $700 billion bailout to prevent a national financial catastrophe. A portion of that money has been spent, but everyone seems to be haggling over what to do with the rest of it. Most of the ideas are bad ones, and our leaders must protect the public from wasting the bailout money. ...more

November 13, 2008