Real Estate

Countrywood Neighborhood Sale

Submitted by April Dawn, Journalist

Friday, September 21st, 2012, 11:04am

Every year, yard sale bargain hunters flock to Cordova, Tennessee for the annual Countrywood Neighborhood Sale sponsored by the Countrywood Neighborhood Association.

On Friday, September 22, the huge yard event will draw crowds from all over the Greater Memphis area and from neighboring states.

Last year the sale was a huge success. More than 200 residents participated

Rain or shine, the participating vendors will sell their almost brand new or slightly used items from furniture to clothing and televisions to motorized vehicles to make a buck. Not to mention the local economy benefited as people booked hotel rooms for a few days to stay and visit the grand city of Memphis to shop it’s local stores and dine in local restaurants.

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Meeting can offer hope to homeowners in trouble

Submitted by Jeramia Trotter, WMCTV.com

Friday, August 10th, 2012, 3:38pm

Meeting can offer hope to homeowners in trouble

(WMC-TV) - Homeowners who are in danger of losing their homes to foreclosure or who owe back taxes might be able to find some relief thanks to a government program.

“It’s not uncommon for these two homeowner issues to be linked given that, at its core, being delinquent on a mortgage or a tax bill can be a matter of financial education and budget planning,” said Shelby County Trustee David Lenoir. “That is not the case with everyone, and my staff recognizes that. But for many those tools can be options to just not paying a debt and that’s empowering.”

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Help available this weekend for delinquent Memphis property taxes

Submitted by Steve Crain, WMCTV.com

Thursday, July 26th, 2012, 10:15am

Information provided by Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP

The third of five scheduled tax clinics to assist Memphians delinquent in paying their city property taxes will be held from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m., Saturday, July 28, 2012, at the Frayser Community Development Corporation (CDC) at 3684 North Watkins St.

The clinics, jointly sponsored by Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP, the law firm charged with collecting delinquent city taxes and the City of Memphis Treasurer’s Office, are designed to help property owners better understand the tax process and to work with delinquent taxpayers to develop a plan to pay their delinquent taxes. In Memphis, municipal property taxes are due June 1 of each year and become delinquent after August 31.

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HUD, city work to help Memphians buy homes

Submitted by Jeramia Trotter, WMCTV.com

Friday, June 15th, 2012, 3:36pm

HUD, city work to help Memphians buy homes

(WMC-TV) – Later this month, the city will team up with the federal government to help prospective homebuyers find the house of their dreams.

June is the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s National Homeownership Month. To help celebrate, a Homeownership Housing Expo will be held at the Raleigh Springs Mall on Saturday, June 23 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.

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Consumers in credit trouble not seeking counseling

Submitted by Andy Wise, Chief Consumer Investigator/Andy's Restaurant Scorecard

Monday, June 6th, 2011, 3:49pm

Exploding interest rates, reckless spending, 5-figure debt. For thousands of credit card users, the writing was on the wall.

Now, it appears they're ignoring the writing on their card statements.

Despite federal regulations passed two years ago that require card-issuers to print the toll-free numbers of credit counseling agencies on every credit card statement, the National Foundation for Credit Counseling said its member agencies have only received 150,000 calls generated from credit card statements.

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