The Wall Street Journal noted this morning that the “proportion of U.S. homeowners who owe more on their mortgages than their properties are worth has swelled to about 23%.”
Virginia is slightly above the national average at 23.8% and currently ranks 7th in the nation in the percentage of underwater homeowners.
The good news is that we’re [...]
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In this time of economic challenge elected leaders must come together to put Virginia First in bipartisan ways, working together for solutions and in this case to Help Housing Now. In that spirit, I am so encouraged to have working with me other fellow legislators, both D’s and R’s and House and Senate, and representatives [...]