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Delusional Thieves Caught Stealing Entire Mansions - The Consumerist : "A ring of confused folk in Georgia are stealing entire million-...

As Mountain Of Foreclosure Fraud Evidence Grows, National Media Has Decided It's Really More Of An "Oops!" | Crooks and Liars ...

Banks Hired "Burger King Kids" To Process Mortgages - The Consumerist Mystery Reader strikes again. You wonder when the people who...

Bankers: We Wouldn't Hire Unqualified Robo-Signers If You Just Paid Your Mortgage - The Consumerist Thanks to Mystery Reader for this ed...

20 Unusual Houses That Are Now Tourist Attractions (PHOTOS) And no HOAs.

Fan takes flack for flying sports flag ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - A flap over a flag is brewing in an Albuquerque neighborhood after the Ventana ...

Philly Suburb Considers Fining Those Who Don't Lock Cars | NBC Philadelphia Next: fines for people who don't say "excuse me...

Homeowners association sues its own members, racks up $80,000 legal bill SAN ANTONIO - A fight between a Northeast Side homeowners associati...

Robo-signers: Mortgage experience not necessary NEW YORK – In an effort to rush through thousands of home foreclosures since 2007, financia...

Sleazy Real Estate Developers' Latest Scam Could Skim 5 Percent Off Your Home's Value | | AlterNet And of course they are talking ab...

BofA halts foreclosure sales in 50 states Charlotte, N.C.-based Bank of America Corp., the nation's largest bank, said Friday it would ...

Fox Business: Can my homeowners association really foreclose on my home? In California, for example, associations may begin the foreclosure ...

Nonprofits Unable To Keep Up With Growing Suburban Poverty, New Reports Say : "two analyses released this week by the Brookings Institu...

Obama won't sign bill that would affect foreclosure proceedings : "At least 10 states - with Iowa and Delaware being the latest - a...

Suburbs take hit as US poverty climbs in downturn More than half, or 57, of the 100 largest U.S. metro areas had substantial increases in p...

Madison: Gated City? Madison Mayor Mary Hawkins Butler’s recent strategy to keep outsiders from attending a city festival is consistent wit...

They Want To Privatize Everything | California Progress Report One of the most important trends afoot right now is the move to privatize as...

Police: Conn. man stole flag, put up hippo toy WATERBURY, Conn. – Call it the case of the flying hippo. Connecticut police said a man stole...

Ozone layer 'is no longer disappearing and will return to full strength by 2048' | Mail Online " The ozone layer is no longer d...

Debris is strewn across the 58-unit complex along the north fork of the New River. The doors and windows have been stripped away. Vandals h...