How To Fix The Mortgage Mess 101
Helping homeowners directly is a lot cheaper, more direct, and more cost-effective than handing banks $700 billion. It focuses on consumers, not lenders. It stimulates demand rather than rewarding greed.
Helping homeowners directly is a lot cheaper, more direct, and more cost-effective than handing banks $700 billion. It focuses on consumers, not lenders. It stimulates demand rather than rewarding greed.
Michael Graham Richard | Posted 09.19.2008 | Green
This week I had some fun reviewing a reel mower by SunLawn. It's no secret that I love reel mowers. I still think that grass lawns are a bad idea in m...
AP | ALAN ZIBEL | Posted 08.14.2008 | Business
WASHINGTON — The number of homeowners stung by the dramatic decline in the U.S. housing market jumped last month as foreclosure filings grew by ...
Wall Street Journal | Jeremy Singer-Vine | Posted 08.13.2008 | Green
Suzanne and Dave Francione figured they could reduce their heating bill by $1,300 this winter by switching from oil to natural gas, so they called the...
AP | J.W. ELPHINSTONE | Posted 08.06.2008 | Business
NEW YORK — Freddie Mac on Wednesday posted a second-quarter loss that was more than three-times larger than Wall Street expected as a huge numbe...
Matthew Palevsky | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics
Michelle Renee | Posted 07.11.2008 | Living
I know if I was in this situation I would want to know all the facts before walking away and living in coulda, shoulda, woulda land.
Graham Hill | Posted 07.10.2008 | Green
Who was the guy that said living eco means sacrifice? It's not about living in a cave and shaking your head at the 'modern day luxuries,' folks. Getti...
Jay Walljasper | Posted 07.01.2008 | Green
Under the weight of gasoline prices, along with increased costs for heating and cooling suburban homes, today's affluent subdivisions might become tomorrow's slums.
Zem Joaquin | Posted 06.23.2008 | Green
Before when I visited it seemed little eco-progress was being made. But this time is different! There are quite a few new businesses with green themes; I think a sea change just might be coming.
Lloyd Alter | Posted 06.04.2008 | Green
The greenest thing about prefab is the design process. The conventional model of the architectural business is dead -- only the very rich can afford to hire architects to build one-off houses.
Mark Weisbrot | Posted 05.27.2008 | Politics
This serious economic situation greatly raises the stakes of the 2008 election. What will the government do to help the victims of economic mismanagement, to provide health insurance, and to restart the economy?
Rev. Al Sharpton | Posted 05.09.2008 | Politics
The Bush administration and its amen corner in the Senate are trying to leave its stamp on affordable housing by killing off one of the most successful experiments in low income homeownership in a generation.
AP | JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Posted 04.22.2008 | Business
WASHINGTON — Homeowners staggering under mounting mortgage debt and facing foreclosure could get cheaper, government-backed loans under Democrat...
AP | ALAN FRAM | Posted 04.14.2008 | Business
WASHINGTON — One in seven mortgage holders worry they may soon fail to make their monthly payments and even more fret that their home's value is...
AP | Posted 04.10.2008 | Business
NEW YORK — Republican Sen. John McCain called for federal aid for well-meaning homeowners who can't pay their mortgages, an attempt to fend off ...
Reuters Via CNBC | Posted 04.09.2008 | Business
President Bush has approved a plan to expand a housing program to insure loans for creditworthy homeowners unable to meet mortgage payments and which ...
ABC News | SCOTT MAYEROWITZ | Posted 04.04.2008 | Business
Senate Democrats and Republicans have agreed on a plan to resurrect a dismal housing market. But, before a vote can even be taken, many are questionin...
USA Today Via ABC News | Brad Heath and Charisse Jones | Posted 04.03.2008 | Business
Foreclosures are ripping through the rows of new homes in the flatlands where Denver turns to prairie. Every week, 10 more families here need to find ...
Reuters | Jason Szep | Posted 03.31.2008 | Business
Shards of broken glass outside the basement window of 31 Vine Street hint at the destruction inside the three-story home. Thieves smashed the window ...
MarketWatch | Ruth Mantell | Posted 03.31.2008 | Business
For many people, filing for bankruptcy is seen as a scary, worst-case scenario, but consumer advocates say this last resort could be a real help for b...
New York Times | MICHAEL J. de la MERCED | Posted 03.11.2008 | Business
With their big paydays and bigger egos, private equity moguls came to symbolize an era of hyper-wealth on Wall Street. Now their fortunes are plummet...
AP | J.W. ELPHINSTONE | Posted 03.06.2008 | Business
NEW YORK — Americans' percentage of equity in their homes fell below 50 percent for the first time on record since 1945, the Federal Reserve sai...
ABC News | Charles Herman | Posted 03.06.2008 | Business
A record number of homeowners lost their homes to foreclosure in the final months of 2007. At the same time, an increasingly larger number of borrowe...
AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 03.04.2008 | Business
WASHINGTON — Battling a dangerous wave of home foreclosures, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke called Tuesday for additional relief and urge...
Saturday Night Live's sketch about the vice presidential debate starred Queen...
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The McCain campaign is all set to roll out...
About a year ago, I had a memorable chat with a high-ranking Republican operative. ...
The following are my comments from the stage at yesterday's Vote...
On "Meet the Press" Sunday morning, vice presidential debate moderator Gwen Ifill said Palin "more...
Katie Couric was out shopping in midtown with her daughters...
Actor and activist Alec Baldwin appeared on "Real Time with Bill Maher" Friday night. At several points...
WASHINGTON — The now-bankrupt...
WASHINGTON — Hurricane Ike's winds and massive waves destroyed...
Last week's post began an exploration into what style is today and how this relates to each of us. If we...
Two French scientists who discovered the AIDS virus and a German who defied convention...
Peter Dreier | Posted 09.30.2008 | Home