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Real Estate Bubble

Investment Bubbles Dominated The Decade: AP

Posted 12.31.2009 | Business

Read More: Interest Rates, Federal Reserve, Economic Bubble, Real Estate Bubble, Tech Bubble, S&P 500, Housing Bubble, Business News

NEW YORK (TIM PARADIS -- AP) - A string of exploding investment bubbles that started with the dot-coms and ended with mortgages and oil dominated the ...

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At Top Subprime Mortgage Lender, Policies Were An Invitation To Fraud

Huffington Post Investigative Fund | David Heath | Posted 12.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Long Beach Mortgage, Diane Kosch, Mortgages, Subprime Crisis, Washington Mutual, Real Estate Bubble, Wamu, Subprime, Housing Crisis, Business News

First of two articles about the roots of the subprime lending bubble. Diane Kosch had one of the most thankless jobs in the subprime lending craze....

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And They Call It Ponzi Love

Lita Smith-Mines | Posted 11.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Attorneys, Real Estate Market, Real Estate Crisis, Subprime Mortgage Market, Mortgages, Mortgage Lenders, Bank Lending, Subprime Mortgages, Mortgage Crisis, Ponzi Scheme, Banks, Real Estate Bubble, Real Estate, Economy, Business News
Lita Smith-Mines

If buyers can't buy, the real estate market stays in a sinkhole. Can't the assholes in Washington understand that they really, really need us to save the market?

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Reports of Another Stock Market Fall this Fall Exaggerated

Diane Francis | Posted 11.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Real Estate Crisis, Merrill Lynch, Credit, Stock Market Crash, Wall Street, Lehman Bros., Real Estate Bubble, Meltdown, Banks, Stock Market, Influenza, Wall Street Crisis, Financial Crisis, Business News
Diane Francis

A quick survey of market catastrophes reveals that autumn is not only when the traditional harvest comes in, but also when we reap what we have sown -- whether it's corn or bad economic policy.

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Commercial Real Estate May Be the Next Asset Bubble to Burst

Sheldon Filger | Posted 05.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Financial Crisis, Toxic Assets, Banking Crisis, George Soros, Real Estate Bubble, Commercial Real Estate, Global Economic Crisis, Business News
Sheldon Filger

The blow about to be delivered by this next bursting asset bubble may prove to be mortal for the global economy.

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Why I Have No Sympathy for Jake DeSantis

Mitchell Bard | Posted 04.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Bank Rescue Plan, 60 Minutes, Aig Outrage, Aig Bonuses, New York Times, Financial Crisis, Timothy Geithner, A.I.G., Real Estate Bubble, Op-Ed, Jake DeSantis, Barack Obama, Edward Liddy, Aig Resignation, Aig Resigns, AIG and TARP, Resignation Letter Aig, Ed Liddy, Jake Desantis Aig, Jake De Santis, Jake Desantis Letter, AIG NY Times Resignation Letter, Jake Desantis Resignation Letter, AIG CEO, Aig, AIG Resignation Letter, Business News
Mitchell Bard

You would think that those who created the financial mess would have some humility. But you would be wrong. DeSantis's letter is just one example.

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Owning Home Versus Renting, Balance Shifts Toward Buying

Wall Street Journal | NICK TIMIRAOS | Posted 03.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Renting Real Estate, Homeowners, Real Estate Bubble, Real Estate, Real Estate Values, Business News

The relative cost of owning versus renting is swinging back in favor of homeownership in some U.S. markets, buoyed by several quarters of sharp declin...

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The Reality Behind Real Estate

Michael Pento | Posted 03.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Subprime Mortgages, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Real Estate Values, Real Estate Bubble, President Obama, Economic Crisis, Foreclosure, Free Market, Mortgage-Backed Securities, Real Estate, Home Sales, Home Foreclosures, Business News
Michael Pento

The Obama team feels it is better to artificially prop up home prices at an unsustainable level rather than have them retreat to a price that can be supported by the free market.

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Campaign Contributions Aided Real Estate Crash: Tribune

Chicago Tribune | Dan Mihalopoulos, Robert Becker and Todd Lighty | Posted 01.31.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Zoning, Chicago City Council, Chicago Real Estate, Real Estate Bubble, Chicago Real Estate Crash, Chicago Zoning Laws, Aldermen Campaign Money, Housing Crisis, Chicago News

Neighborhoods that recently bustled with teardowns and new construction are now filled with many such unsold homes, testament to a collapsed housing b...

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America: Get Your Financial Act Together

Diane Francis | Posted 12.19.2008 | Business

Read More: Ayatollahs, U.S. Economy, Meltdown, Economy, U.S. Treasury, Federal Reserve, Credit Default Swaps, Global Crisis, Global Rescue Effort, g20, U.S. Recession, Housing Crisis, Fraud, Aig, Iran, Wall Street Crisis, Worldwide Recession, Wall Street, Bailout, Atomic Bombs, u.s. Economy Problems, Real Estate Bubble, Skullduggery, Financial Crisis, Banking Crisis, Crisis, Global Financial Crisis, Tech Bubble, Business News
Diane Francis

It would be as irrational to allow the Ayatollahs to build bombs as it would be to allow Wall Streeters to run amok again building their weapons of financial mass destruction.

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The Upside of Economic Apocalypse

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, House of Representatives, Senate, John MCain, Bailout, Afghanistan, Economy, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Barack Obama, Economic Bubble, Congress, Wall Street Crash, George W. Bush, Financial Crisis Optimism, Electorate, Voter Turnout, 2008 Presidential Race, Financial Crisis, Real Estate Bubble, Great Depression, Politics News
Michael B. Laskoff

I wouldn't wish the current economic situation on ourselves. But we're here, and I can find real cause for optimism in an electorate that suddenly understands what we're up against as a country.

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Real Estate Roulette

Gihan Perera | Posted 07.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, Housing Bust, Bear Sterns, Economy, Real Estate Bubble, Real Estate, Bear Sterns Bailout, Politics News
Gihan Perera

The game is rigged: while Bear Stearns got a $29 billion government bailout, over $60,000 of wealth equity per homeowner was lost in the crash. We must demand the next president to take action

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Florida Caught In Eye Of Burst Real Estate Bubble

New York Times | Peter S. Goodman | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Real Estate Boom, Bubble Bursting, Mortgage Crunch, Real Estate Frenzy, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Subprime Loans, Real Estate Bubble, Subprime Loan Crisis, Real Estate, Subprime Mortgages, Credit Crunch, Business News

Two years ago, when Eric Feichthaler was elected mayor of this palm-fringed, middle-class city, he figured on spending a lot of time at ribbon-cutting...

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