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• Ways to Trace Every Business

  Campbell walks through the steps to investigate a business, outlining the paper trail that all businesses must create - from a business license to Uniform Commercial Code filings to liquor licenses. Litigation filings also provide a wealth of information about businesses.

  Tags: backgrounding business; licenses; trademark; articles of incorporation; UCC; Uniform Commercial Code filing; credit reports; mortgages; liens; professional license; litigation; courts; EDGAR; Securities and Exchange Commission; SEC; Federal Trade Commission; FTC; Financial Industry Regulatory Authority; FINRA

  By Ronald Campbell

  2009

• Housing

  Kessler covered the story of defective chinese drywall for the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. His presentation explains how we went about the story. He also discusses using CAR and social network analysis to look at questionable mortgage/land deals.

  Tags: drywall; housing; data; CAR; computer-assisted reporting; shipping data; builders; SNA; social network analysis

  By Aaron Kessler

  2009

• What's next in housing? CAR for real estate

  Grotto explores the potential for CAR stories in the midst of the current housing crisis. Suggests looking at the redevelopment of public and low income housing. He talks about the new strategy of mixed-income developments in Chicago. Grotto details where to go for housing data. Grotto lists key documents when doing housing stories: master ground lease; restrictive covenants; leasehold mortgages; quick claim deeds; regulatory and operating agreements.

  Tags: public housing; low-income housting tax credit; LIHTC; HOME block grants; recorder of deeds;

  By Jason Grotto

  2009

• Mortgage Meltdown: Foreclosures and Beyond

  The author discusses some problems with popular sources for mortgage information, and then suggests better resources to use instead. The suggested resources include the Warrern Group and the Department of Revenue.

  Tags: mortgage; housing; real estate; foreclosure

  By Binyamin Appelbaum

  2008

• Mortgage Meltdown: Resources for Fast-Paced Investigations in your Region

  The author offers advice for reporters looking into trends in foreclosure and subprime loans. She discusses sources like Dataquick, RealtyTrac, Policymap and loanperformance.com, which collect and analyze home sales records.

  Tags: mortgage; internet resource; housing market; finance; business beat; real estate; census

  By Erin McCormick

  2008

• Data for Tracking the Subprime Story

  The author discusses how to find data reported under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act and query it to find information about high-interest loans. Maines also discusses how to tie the database results into a story about foreclosures in your area.

  Tags: foreclosure; mortgage; housing; database analysis; HMDA

  By John Maines

  2008

• Investigating Subprime Lending and Foreclosures: HMDA Data

  Thompson describes how to use the federal Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) database in order to investigate subprime lending in your community. She explains what fields in the database will reveal subprime lending, and how to use an "update function" to count the subprime loans and apply a demographic element. The tipsheet ends with a list of helpful sources, such as the Consumer Federation of America and the State Licensing Board.

  Tags: foreclosure; subprime lending; data analysis; Microsoft Access; queries

  By Tisha Thompson

  2008

• Home Mortgage Disclosure Act: Working with new race/ethnicity categories

  Paula Lavigne discusses how to use HMDA data to analyze lending variations by race and ethnicity. Lavigne discusses the recent changes in Race/ethnicity reporting requirements and how to best analyze the data.

  Tags: HMDA: mortgage; lending; data analysis; race

  By Paula Lavigne

  2007

• Using CAR for covering housing foreclosures

  At the 2007 CAR Conference, Jill Reipenhoff and Geoff Dutton shared various sources of information useful for investigations about home foreclosures. Some of the sources include the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, county auditors, and the National Delinquency Survey. The authors also share some examples of their own analysis on the topic.

  Tags: property law; eviction; landlords; mortgage; real estate; data analysis; HUD; assessment

  By Geoff Dutton; Jill Riepenhoff

  2007

• Property, mortgages and foreclosures

  The authors explain how paper and electronic records from property transactions, mortgages, property taxes and foreclosures can provide essential information for reporters on that beat. The authors refer back to their own experience using those records to offer tops about finding and understanding similar data.

  Tags: real estate; property; taxes; Home Mortgage Lending; mapping; Census; demographics

  By John McCormick; David Jackson

  2006