KETC | Living St. Louis | Mortgage Crisis in South St. Louis




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KETC | Living St. Louis | Mortgage Crisis in South St. Louis

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From KETC, LIVING ST. LOUIS Producer Jim Kirchherr visits South St. Louis, one of the first communities in the area to see a dramatic rise in foreclosures. In the Dutchtown neighborhood, many of the properties that are owned by rehabbers and investors have fallen into disrepair.

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KETC, Channel9, StLouis, LivingStLouis, Mortgage, Crisis, Foreclosure, South, Kirchherr, Kress, Meller, House, Housing, Dutchtown, Neighborhood, Community, Corporation, urban, investment, properties, rehabbers, gut, rehab, comparable, sales, foreclosures, flipping, revitalization,

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