Housing Bubble

10 Cities Offering The Best Deals On Foreclosed Homes

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Foreclosure Sales, Trulia, Foreclosure Crisis, Housing Market, Foreclosure Rentals, Home Prices, Detroit, Cities, Las Vegas, Realtytrac, Housing Bubble, Business News

One man’s foreclosure pain is another’s gain. Across the country, the foreclosure crisis has been bad news for the housing market, homeowners a...

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Budget Bunk: The Old Pox on Both Your Houses Game

Dean Baker | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Bill Clinton, Deficit, Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan, Federal Budget Deficit, Budget, Housing Bubble, US Economy, Economic Crisis, Ryan Budget, Financial Crisis, US Economic Crisis, Federal Budget, Business News

The economy did not regain the jobs lost in the 2001 recession until 2005, and even then it was on the back of another unsustainable bubble, this one in the housing market. And we know how that one ended.

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Spain, a Housing Bubble and Who Knew What

Robert Teitelman | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Paul Krugman, Spain, Princeton University, Europe Economic Crisis, Eurozone, Spain Economic Crisis, Europe Economy, Spain Economy, Eurozone Debt Crisis, Housing Bubble, World News

What was the situation in Spain? The construction bubble was widely recognized, discussed, worried over and even acted upon in the years before the bust.

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'We Might Not See A Major Turnaround In Our Lifetimes'

Reuters | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Gas Prices, Housing Market, Home Prices, Reuters, Mortgage Rates, Foreclosure, Housing Market Rebound, Case-Shiller Index, Robert Shiller, Housing Bubble, Money News

NEW YORK, April 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. housing market is likely to remain weak and may take a generation or more to rebound, Yale economics profess...

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Bank Of America Sues Itself

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Foreclosures, Foreclosure Crisis, Robo-Signing, Lynn Szymoniak, Economy, Mortgage Crisis, Bank of America, Jobs, Bofa, Foreclosure Fraud, Housing Crisis, Bac, Wall Street, Robosigning, Banks, Foreclosure, Housing Bubble, Business News

WASHINGTON -- Bank of America is suing itself for foreclosure. "It's crazy," housing data analyst Michael Olenick told HuffPost. "They shouldn't b...

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Watchdog To Propose New Rules That Could Save Homes

AP | DEREK KRAVITZ | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Loan, Foreclosure Crisis, Congress, Robo-Signing, Payday Lenders, Borrowers, Homeowners, Mortgage Payments, Video, Loan Modifications, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Financial Crisis, Foreclosure, Housing Bubble, Business News

WASHINGTON — The federal government proposed new rules on Tuesday that will give homeowners more ways to avoid foreclosure and get an accurate a...

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You Can't Trust the Wise Men of Finance

Robert Lenzner | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Robert Rubin, Financial Crisis, Timothy Geithner, Ben Bernanke, Housing Bubble, Business News

It's said that no Wall Street leader, no economist, no legislative committee, no regulator, could predict the perfect storm of all investment assets collapsing at the same time in 2008. I beg to differ.

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PHOTOS: And The Most Expensive Place To Live In America Is...

HuffingtonPost.com | Aaron Sankin | Posted 03.14.2012

Read More: Most Expensive Rental Markets u.s., Most Expensive Rental Markets America, Highest Rental Prices, Most Expensive Rental Markets, Most Expensive City in the County, High Prices San Francisco, Highest Cost Real Estate, San Francisco Real Estate, San Francisco Rents, Slidepollajax, Most Expensive Cities, Housing Bubble, San Francisco Most Expensive, San Francisco News

According to a report released this week by the National Low Income Housing Coalition, San Francisco is the most expensive place in the country to ren...

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Blacks, Latinos, Lose Major Ground In Home Ownership

The Huffington Post | Gene Demby | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Video, Foreclosure Crisis, Race in Lending, Bv-Politics, Latino Wealth, Income Inequality, Black Wealth, Racial Disparities, Home Ownership, Black Foreclosure Crisis, Housing Bubble, Latino Foreclosure Crisis, Black Voices News

According to a new report by the Bipartisan Policy Center, a Washington think tank, the housing crisis has eliminated large gains in home ownership am...

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Keeping a Roof Over Our Heads

Rep. Charles Rangel | Posted 05.07.2012

Congress must not let the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act expire at the end of the year. Today 12 million Americans are on the verge of losing their homes because they owe more money than their home is worth.

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Bank Probe Adds 'A Lot Of Overlapping Cooks In The Kitchen'

Reuters | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: U.S. Banks, Rmbs, Wells Fargo, President Barack Obama, Attorney General Eric Holder, Fannie Mae, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Video, Freddie Mac, Reuters, Department of Justice, Securities and Exchange Commission, State of the Union, Housing Bubble, Citigroup, Business News

* DOJ subpoenas seek three years of documents * New group announced in State of the Union * Could slow down efforts to r...

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Largest U.S. City Bankruptcy Heading Toward Court

HuffingtonPost.com | John Rudolf | Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: Fiscal Emergency, Housing Bust, Unemployment, Stockton Bankruptcy, California Bankruptcy, Great Recession, Foreclosure, City Bankruptcy, Chapter 9 Bankruptcy, Police-Layoffs, Vallejo Bankruptcy, Housing Bubble, Business News

Stockton, Calif., took a major step toward becoming the largest U.S. city ever to file for bankruptcy with a city council vote to begin a state-mandat...

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Foreclosure Dispatches: Views From Around the Country

Neeta Pal | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Foreclosure Crisis, Foreclosure, Foreclosure Legal Assistance, Housing Bubble, Mortgage Crisis, Housing Crisis, Foreclosure Settlement, Foreclosure Crisis New York, New York News

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Local City Facing Bankruptcy: Would Be Biggest City To Declare In American History

Aaron Sankin | Posted 02.23.2012

Read More: Fiscal Emergency, City Bankruptcy, Housing Bust, Chapter 9 Bankruptcy, Stockton Bankruptcy, California Bankruptcy, Vallejo Bankruptcy, Housing Bubble, San Francisco News

The Central Valley city of Stockton of may become the next California municipality to follow in the steps of Vallejo and Orange County and file for ba...

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CFPB Crowdsources Nominations For Key Advisory Posts

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 02.23.2012

Read More: Consumer Advisory Board, Richard Cordray, Video, Dodd-Frank, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Financial Reform, Economy, Fed, Cfpb, Crowdsourcing, Regulation, Jobs, Federal Reserve, Obama, Subprime, Consumer Protection, Housing Bubble, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- In a significant break with traditional federal policy, the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is appealing directly to the public...

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Foreclosure Dispatches: Views From Around the Country

Neeta Pal | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Mortgage Crisis, Foreclosure Crisis, Foreclosure, Foreclosure Legal Assistance, Housing Crisis, Foreclosure Settlement, Housing Bubble, Chicago News

"Saving the housing market by keeping families in their homes on the southwest side of Chicago is critical for the long-term prosperity of the city, the region and ultimately, the country."

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Foreclosure Audit Reveals Widespread Violations, Irregularities

The New York Times | Posted 02.16.2012

Read More: Foreclosures, California Foreclosures, Foreclosure Crisis, California Audit, California, Housing Bubble, Business News

An audit by San Francisco county officials of about 400 recent foreclosures there determined that almost all involved either legal violations or suspi...

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Attack of the Vampire Mortgages

Chris Ladd | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Mortgage Crisis, Foreclosure Crisis, Foreclosure Settlement, Refinance, Housing Bubble, Business News

Washington's favorite "solution," refinancing into lower interest rates mortgages, will make it cheaper to feed the beast, but it won't stop the bleeding.

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INFOGRAPHIC: Basically No One Wants To Date That Guy Living With Mom

The Huffington Post | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: Roommates, Trulia, Foreclosure Crisis, Morgan Stanley, Dating, Homeownership, Mortgage Crisis, Valentine's Day, Homeowners, Real Estate, Renters, Housing Bubble, Business News

Apparently the idea of going back to someone's shared apartment or home after that Valentine's Day dinner isn't very appealing. Love-seekers tend ...

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Polar Bears, the Housing Crisis and Forbidden Truths

Donald Jones | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: Mortgage Crisis, Foreclosure Crisis, Mortgage Settlement, Climate Change, Global Warming, Foreclosure Settlement, Housing Bubble, Miami News

The foreclosure crisis is indeed a storm, but it is completely man-made. Millions of people are loosing their homes because of greed. That is the forbidden truth about the housing crisis.

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Kitchen Sink Laundry Lists and Broken Clocks

John Wagner Givens | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: Corruption, Income Inequality, Rule of Law, Overheating, Democracy, Tibet, China Currency, China Human Rights, Uighurs, Land Grab, Intellectual Property, Trade Deficit, Unemployment, Inflation, Falun Gong, China Economy, China, Housing Bubble, World News

Corruption perceptions indices suggest that China is not especially corrupt for its level of development and actually does better than many more developed countries, including Russia, Argentina, and Mexico.

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Cities With The Most Expensive Office Space

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: China Housing Bubble, Global Recession, Housing Burst, Foreclosure Crisis, Office Rent, Hong Kong, Real Estate, Cushman & Wakefield, Housing Bubble, Business News

The global economy may still be in dire straights, but if demand for rental office space is any signal, things could be looking up. The global mark...

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Las Vegas: What Really Happens Here

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 02.13.2012

Read More: Foreclosures, Nevada Caucus, Video, Nevada-Economy, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Nevada Unemployment, Foreclosure, Las Vegas-Nevada, Las Vegas, Housing Bubble, Home Foreclosures, Politics News

Video by Sara Kenigsberg Las Vegas, NEVADA - It's a cliche of journalism that lazy reporters learn all they think they need to know from the cabbie...

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Job Relocation Help Less Likely For Homeowners

HuffingtonPost.com | Alexander Eichler | Posted 02.02.2012

The percentage of people moving for new jobs fell to a near-historic low in the second half of 2011, according to a recent report, as the housing bust...

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Republican Truth and Real Truth: GSEs and the Housing Bubble

David Coates | Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: Robert Kuttner, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney, Fannie Mae, Joe Nocera, Newt Gingrich, Gses, Mark Zandi, Freddie Mac, Community Reinvestment Act, Countrywide Financial, Republican Presidential Primary, Housing Bubble, Rick Sanorum, Morgenson-Rosner, Wallison, Politics News

The main rewrite now underway in their twice-weekly televised clashes is a rewrite on housing finance.

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