Subprime Mortage Crisis

Fighting Loan Modification Scams

Antonio Villaraigosa | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics


Antonio Villaraigosa

Today, I took a big step in helping homeowners to combat loan scams and foreclosure fraud, the start of NeighborWorks America's national campaign against loan modification scams.

A New Paradigm for Homeownership: Honor the Renter

Jim Randel | Posted 09.07.2009 | Business


Jim Randel

Home ownership has been oversold to the point where renters may feel like second-class citizens. Or, stupid not to buy. Well today many renters are having the last laugh.

A Reflection on Ayn Rand and Consumer Protection

Jim Randel | Posted 09.05.2009 | Business


Jim Randel

When corporations are doing what they should do -- maximize profits -- they have no vision for the consumer.

Open Letter to My Mortgage Companies

Francine Hardaway | Posted 03.09.2009 | Business


Francine Hardaway

No, I don't want to move in with my daughters. I want to ask you to re-finance my mortgage at the current value of my house at a 4.2% rate, like everyone in Congress is suggesting.

SEC Rules Don't Go Far Enough

Neil Baron | Posted 02.13.2009 | Business


Neil Baron

Credit ratings have an extraordinarily broad effect on our financial system -- witness their role in the subprime crisis.

Goldman Cuts Corners By Depriving Junior Execs Of Flying Business Class

New York Post | Mark DeCambre with Zachery Kouwe | Posted 06.26.2008 | Business


Goldman Sachs has been best of breed among its mortgage-mangled brethren, but even it is starting to feel the pinch of a slackening deal flow, which h...

Looking For Mr. Goodnews

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

Inflation in China is very high. It's hard to figure how that will benefit us, but on a list of things that come under the rubric "grim satisfaction,"...

Who Benefits From The Subprime Crisis?

New York Times | Stephen J. Dubner | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


The parties who are suffering from the subprime crisis are vast and varied, as well as in the newspapers every day. One reason the crisis has gotten s...

Putin? Please. CNBC Names The American Homeowner Person Of The Year

Huffington Post | Michelle Kung | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


With all respect to Time magazine and their choice of Russian Prez Vladimir Putin as Person Of The Year, CNBC has a different suggestion for the yearl...