Foreclosure Resource Center

Introduction | Community Resources | Consumer Resources | Mitigation Toolkit

In 2008, the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, along with other regional Banks, created customized Foreclosure Resource Centers to provide local constituents and consumers with easy access to information on foreclosure-related resources. Each Bank has continued to enhance these centers to increase and improve content, which includes the addition of the Foreclosure Mitigation Toolkit, which provides detailed steps and information for localities seeking to develop foreclosure prevention activities of their own. The toolkit was recently expanded to include a Foreclosure Recovery Resource Guide to assist consumers who have gone through the foreclosure process.

Highlights

• Independent Foreclosure Review Payment Agreement
• Presentation: House Prices and Mortgage Performance in Jefferson County, Mo.
• St. Louis Fed Sponsors Forum on St. Charles County Foreclosures
• The Federal Reserve Conference of Presidents Mortgage Outreach and Research Efforts: Responding to the Foreclosure Crisis
• Loan Modification Scam Alert Press Conference
• Housing's Great Fall: Putting Household Balance Sheets Together

Research and Publications

Research

• Financial Literacy and The Effectiveness of Financial Education and Counseling
• Effect of Mortgage Foreclosures on Nearby Property Values
• Foreclosure Prevention Efforts
• Mortgage Defaults
• Where's the Smoking Gun? A Study of Underwriting Standards for US Subprime Mortgages
• Housing's Great Fall: Putting Household Balance Sheets Together

Publications

Bridges

A quarterly review of regional community development issues, projects and regulatory changes for lenders and community groups. | Current Issue

Suggested articles:

• Foreclosures - Lets Talk about the Solution Counseling at All Levels Works and Neighborhood Action Matters
• Implications of the New Pricing Data from the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act
  

The Regional Economist

A quarterly publication that addresses national and regional economic issues. | Current issue

Suggested articles:

• Eighth District States Weather the Foreclosure Storm
• The Federal Reserve Seeks To Protect Consumers

Review

A scholarly journal of articles about national and international economic developments. | Current issue

Suggested articles:

• Quick Exit of SubPrime Mortgages
• The Federal Response to HomeMortgage Distress: Lessons from the Great Depression

Central Banker

A quarterly overview of Fed policies, initiatives and news affecting financial institutions in the Eighth District. | Current issue

Suggested articles:

• Underwriting on Subprime Mortgages: What Really Happened?
• The Past, Present and Future of the U.S. Mortgage Market
• Subprime Crisis: Is There a Way Out?

Additional St. Louis Fed Publications

• Understanding the Subprime Mortgage Crisis (Supervisory Policy Analysis)
• The Mortgage Credit Partnership Resource Guide
• Foreclosure Survival Guide
• District Overview: Should Real Estate Prices Be Falling More in the Eighth District?
• Economic Hangover: Recovery Is Likely To Be Prolonged, Painful

Regional Reserve Banks

View additional foreclosure alleviation information from other Federal Reserve Banks across the country.