Emphasizing the importance of economic recovery in distressed areas, U.S. Department of the Treasury's announced last week the award of $3.6 billion in New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) nationwide, including $35 million for Vermont projects.  

Like the rest of New England, 3.8 percent of Vermont's home mortgages were in foreclosure as of December 31, 2011, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association National Delinquency Survey.

Since 2009, bonds backed by payments on publicly financed single-family-home loans earned more than all other types