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Shared Foreclosure filings more than doubled from 2007 to 2008 (Fast Fact)
July 17, 2008 - 12:28pm
Foreclosure filings more than doubled from 2007 to 2008
Shared Houses are rapidly losing value (Fast Fact)
July 17, 2008 - 12:27pm
Nationwide, home values have declined about 16 percent since the summer of 2006. Experts project that the drop will continue until homes have lost about 25 percent of their value.
Shared One of every 11 mortgage holders in America faces major loan problems (Fast Fact)
July 17, 2008 - 12:25pm
During the first quarter of 2008, nearly 9 percent of all mortgage holders were delinquent or in foreclosure, the highest rate since record keeping began in 1979
Shared Less than half of workers participate in a retirement plan (Fast Fact)
July 17, 2008 - 12:18pm
Only a fraction of workers who participate in a retirement plan have access to a traditional kind of pension that guarantees income in retirement
Shared Without Social Security, more than 35 percent of Americans aged 65 and older would be living in poverty (Fast Fact)
July 17, 2008 - 12:13pm
Without Social Security, more than 35 percent of Americans aged 65 and older would be living in poverty
Shared Social Security is the cornerstone of retirement in America (Fast Fact)
July 17, 2008 - 12:12pm
Social Security provides 73 percent of the typical retiree's income, compared to 17 percent from pensions and 10 percent from savings and other sources