John Legend closes on $1.9 million condo in NYC

Soul crooner John Legend is laying down new roots in New York City. He recently signed a contract to buy a one-bedroom condo on 52 East 4th Street in the East Village. Look for sweet melodies to intertwine in the building. Recording artist Moby also lives in the building, which has an elevator and doorman.
Legend still has to tunload his apartment at 72 East 3rd Stree. That one was originally listed for $1.2 million, but he's recently cut it to $1.9 million. Any takers out there?
Just think, Legend can grab a condo in downtown Atlanta for twice the space and a quarter of the price. But evidently, as tAlicia Keys, so triumphantly puts i, "big lights will inspire you."

Help. "I'm Losing My Home!"

In a record foreclosure year in 2008, states and cities, none more disturbing than like what's happening in Georgia, had record numbers of people losing their homes. But this year shows that last year was just the tip of the ice berg: a recent report says Georgia will have more than 8,400 homes auctioned off in the next month. That's a staggering increase, and does not bode well for the many families, school districts, churches and communities that house these people.
We're not talking about people who were not watching their money; we're not talking about idiots: we're talking the greatest number of displaced young black professionals since the Great Depression (and even then the segments that willingly migrated were by and large laborers).
Imagine getting a letter from the mortgage company saying that your home will be foreclosed. I actually know several people this is happening to right now. And there's no end in sight.
Again, this is going on not just in Georgia put in several cities across the nation as people - middle-class, working, yuppies, buppies - lose their homes. Do you know anybody losing their home?

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