The Privatopia Papers

Chinese economy: 1930s beggar-thy-neighbour fears as China devalues - Telegraph : "China has begun to devalue the yuan for the first ti...

State public worker pension fund takes big hit : "The California Public Employees' Retirement System portfolio has lost 31.1 percen...

Condo calamity | The San Diego Union-Tribune : "The housing bust has spawned thousands of tales of staggering declines in home values i...

Chinese tour groups go house-hunting in U.S. - Los Angeles Times : "Caravans of cash-rich Chinese in Hummers and Lincoln Navigators hav...

Obama Pledges Public Works on a Vast Scale - NYTimes.com : "“We need action — and action now,” Mr. Obama said in an address broadcast S...

SignOnSanDiego.com > News > North County -- Owners of deteriorating condos still waiting for viable repair plan : "For some famil...

Forrest J Ackerman, writer-editor who coined 'sci-fi,' dies at 92 - Los Angeles Times : "Forrest J Ackerman, who influenced a g...

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide : "President-elect Barack Obama said he’ll make the “single largest new investment” in roads, bridges and publ...

Climate scientists say 2008 will be coolest year of the decade | Environment | guardian.co.uk But this does not, they say, mean that global...

In West Hollywood, town houses chic and sheathed - Los Angeles Times : "When architect Lorcan O'Herlihy masterminded the color pale...

Deficiencies in Illinois Condo Act cited : SearchChicago Homes : Condo watch : "The Condominium Advisory Council, in preparation of sub...

FT.com / China / Economy & Trade - Chinese property hunters to raid US : "SouFun, the biggest real estate website in China, is org...

Ripoffs: Not Even Money Saves You From Foreclosure : "I recently lost my home to foreclosure. The sad part is I tried for the last 30-4...

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide : "U.S. governors will ask that any federal stimulus plan for the states include as much as $100 billion in ai...

Bloomberg.com: California to pay bills with IOUs? : "California, the world’s eighth-largest economy, may pay vendors with IOUs for only...

Bloomberg.com: One in ten! : "One in 10 American homeowners fell behind on mortgage payments or were in foreclosure during the third qu...

Milwaukee neighborhoods could print own money -- chicagotribune.com : "Residents from the Milwaukee neighborhoods of Riverwest and East...

Property-tax collections climb as home prices fall - USATODAY.com : "Property taxes are rising across the USA despite the steepest dro...

Buyers flock to condo auction, ready to snap up bargains - MarketWatch : "LOMBARD, Ill. (MarketWatch) -- Voices shout dollar amounts a...

Tallahassee homeowners association files for bankruptcy | tallahassee.com | Tallahassee Democrat : "The homeowners association of an up...