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The Destruction Of The Inland Empire

Leighton Woodhouse | Posted 12.03.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: FHA Loans, D.R. Horton, San Bernardino County, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Lennar Homes, Universal American, KB Homes, DHI Mortgage, Riverside County, Inland Empire, Los Angeles, Housing Bubble, Pulte, Los Angeles News
Leighton Woodhouse

Endless miles of exurban sprawl in the Inland Empire have become manicured ghost towns, with big plastic padlocks on every door and mosquito larvae hatching in every stagnant swimming pool.

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FHA: The Next Housing Bubble? Lawmakers Worry Agency Is Creating Another Boom

latimes.com | Jim Puzzanghera | Posted 10.09.2009 | Business

Read More: FHA Loans, Federal Housing Administration, Mortgages, Fha, Home Prices, Housing Bubble, Real Estate, Mortgage Crisis, Business News

Reporting from Washington - In the wake of the mortgage meltdown, the Federal Housing Administration has emerged as a pillar of the still wobbly housi...

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Concerns Grow About Another Mortgage Giant

nytimes.com | LOUISE STORY | Posted 10.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Federal Housing Administration, Mortgages, Freddie Mac, Bailout, FHA Loans, Fha, Loans, Taxpayer Money, Mortgage Loans, Fannie Mae, Government Loans, David H. Stevens, Business News

WASHINGTON -- First it was Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Now concern is growing that another government mortgage giant might teeter, just as the nation'...

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New Wave Of Federally-Backed Mortgages Go Bad Without A Single Payment

Washington Post | Dina ElBoghdady and Dan Keating | Posted 04.07.2009 | Business

Read More: FHA Loans, Economy, Federal Housing Administration, Fha Mortgage Defaults, Housing Crisis, Mortgage Defaults, Mortgage Crisis, Business News

This decade's housing boom rendered the agency irrelevant. Americans raced to aggressive lenders, seduced by easy credit and loans with no upfront cos...

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FHA-Backed Loans: The New Subprime

BusinessWeek | Chad Terhune and Robert Berner | Posted 12.22.2008 | Business

Read More: Subprime Crisis, Subprime Mortgages, FHA Loans, Fha, Wall Street Crisis, Business News

As if they haven't done enough damage. Thousands of subprime mortgage lenders and brokers--many of them the very sorts of firms that helped create the...

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"Too Big to Fail" Vs. "Too Big to Be Responsible"

Ryan Mack | Posted 10.23.2008 | Business

Read More: US Economy, U.S. Economy, Corporate Responsibility, FInancial Markets, Corporate America, Corporations, Weak Economy, Financials, Economy, Financial Crisis, Corporate Greed, Bear Sterns, Bankruptcy, Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation, Tax Breaks, James Cayne, Business Ethics, Bear Stearns Bailout, Bailout, FHA Loans, Financial Ethics, Pbgc, Business News
Ryan Mack

I believe in the free market economy, but once an entity becomes "too big to fail" it introduces the possibility that government intervention is a justifiable remedy.

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