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Home Prices in 20 U.S. Cities Fell Less Than Forecast September 29, 2009, Bloomberg News Home values in 20 U.S. metropolitan areas declined less than forecast in the year ended in July, a sign the housing slump that led to the worst recession in seven...
Housing Crash to Resume on 7 Million Foreclosures, Amherst Says September 24, 2009, Bloomberg The crash in U.S. home prices will probably resume because about 7 million properties that are likely to be seized by lenders have yet to hit the market, Amherst...
A New Bubble Of the Fed's Creation September 23, 2009, Washington Post For the past two years, the central challenge of U.S. economic policy has been to find a way to stabilize the financial system and the economy without reinflating the bubble or...
High Anxiety Over the $8,000 Home Buyer Tax Credit September 16, 2009, Wall Street Journal Builders are so eager for an extension and expansion of the popular first-time home-buyer tax credit, they’re taking out ads. The National Association of...
America’s Housing Market: Where It All Began August 20, 2009, The Economist Signs of stabilisation should not obscure the big problems still ahead. He is hardly your typical distressed seller. Hugh Hefner recently sold his personal residence in...
Foreclosure Filings Hit 1.5 Million Homes in First Half of ‘09 Wall Street Journal The foreclosure train wreck continues, as a weak job market and falling home prices pushed foreclosures to a record high in the first half of the year. So far this...
Foreclosures Hit ‘Milestone’: 1 Million in ‘09 Wall Street Journal Here’s a bleak milestone: there’s been more the 1 million foreclosures filed in the U.S. so far this year, according to a count by the Center for Responsible...
The Coming Debacle in Commercial Real Estate New York Times Though it came as no surprise to investors, the collapse of General Growth Properties, the nation’s second-largest mall owner, has stirred new fears about a coming debacle in commercial...
What if you are a renter who is faithfully paying your rent on time, but your landlord isn’t paying the mortgage? Sadly, since most state and local laws often don’t provide basic protections for renters during the foreclosure process, many...
Freddie's 2008 Loss Exceeds $50 Billion Washington Post Freddie Mac reported yesterday that it lost $50.1 billion last year, almost half of it in the final three months of 2008, and would need an additional $30.8 billion in taxpayer assistance to...
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