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'Serious money': Community Loan Center hits 100k mark
The Brownsville Herald, Texas via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNov. 8—The Community Loan Center, which provides low-interest, low-fee, small-dollar personal through employers loans as an alternative to predatory payday and auto-title lenders, last month ...
The need for speed: CDCB: Pre-planning hastens disaster funding
The Brownsville Herald, Texas via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJan. 24—Making money flow faster after a disaster is the point of SB 289, which authorizes local governments to pre-plan for a catastrophe to the extent possible with the aim of expediting federal ...
'Free money': Help available for struggling homeowners
The Brownsville Herald, Texas via Yahoo News· 1 year agoApr. 11—Come Dream Come Build wants residents of Cameron and Willacy counties who are struggling with mortgage, utility or property tax payments to know that help is available — but not indefinitely ...
Small house, big idea: JPMorgan Chase grants $3 million to MiCASiTA
The Brownsville Herald, Texas via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOct. 18—Come Dream Come Build, formerly the Community Development Corporation of Brownsville, is one of just five organizations nationwide selected by JPMorgan Chase to receive grants of $3 ...
Brownsville family takes delivery of new MiCASiTA home
The Brownsville Herald, Texas via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMar. 22—Wednesday was a big day for Evelio and Gloria Palacios, who were feted by a small crowd gathered to welcome the couple into their new MiCASiTA home, located on Valle Hermoso Road in ...
Big picture: CDCB's new mural celebrates Brownsville
The Brownsville Herald, Texas via Yahoo News· 2 months agoMar. 29—Only have a minute? Listen instead Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... If this wall could talk, it would have begged for a new mural. The fading, two-tone "Every Step Counts" ...
Rent or buy? Neither option is great right now, expert says
The Brownsville Herald, Texas via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSep. 30—When it comes to renting versus buying in the Rio Grande Valley, prospective renters and home buyers are between a rock and hard place. You can thank the spike in mortgage interest rates ...
CDCB, BC Workshop officially launch DreamBuild in Los Fresnos
The Brownsville Herald, Texas via Yahoo Finance· 1 month agoApr. 25—BC Workshop and Come Dream Come Build, formerly the Community Development Corporation of Brownsville, officially launched their DreamBuild modular affordable housing program in Los Fresnos ...
Tough market: Rising mortgage rates making home buying harder
The Brownsville Herald, Texas via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAug. 13—The Rio Grande Valley was already struggling with housing affordability, and now higher mortgage interest rates are making it worse. That's according to a new study from the Texas Real ...