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Secret GOP plan: Push states to declare bankruptcy and smash unions | Analysis & Opinion | :

As the owner of this blog has observed, there's years more excess to be wrung out of the real estate bubble that burst five years ago. B...

Hot topics for community associations in 2011 - chicagotribune.com : Pamela McKuen of the Chicago Tribune focuses on the financial problems ...

Over 1 million Americans seen losing homes in 2011 - Yahoo! News : "The bleakest year in the foreclosure crisis has only just begun. Le...

Housing and Economy: Housing Market Slips Into Depression Territory - CNBC : Home values have fallen 26 percent since their peak in June 200...

Illinois Review: Gov. Mitch Daniels: Illinois tax hikes good for Indiana : That's because Daniels is the Governor of Indiana. If the De...

Banks lose key foreclosure ruling in top Massachusetts court | Reuters : In a decision that may slow foreclosures nationwide, Massachusetts...

LAS VEGAS, Nevada (AFP) — Unbeaten boxer Floyd Mayweather has been threatening employees of the homeowners association in the development ...

Marine battles homeowners association over flag pole Merola said he went through the proper channels to ask for permission to put up a 20-f...

Are you fed up with your homeowner association? Feel you're being targeted and fined by people overstepping their bounds and you have l...

GOP gets cold feet on ending bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac - Yahoo! News With the housing market getting soft(er) yet again, it look...

Housing Distress Pits Neighbor Against Neighbor - WSJ.com Yes, it certainly does.

Contact 13 Chief Investigator Darcy Spears takes us down that hall, so you can decide whether it's shame on the homeowners or shame on...

American English Dialects : Check this out. It is amazing.

HOA Drives Down Property Values | RumorMiller An interesting case in point...

The Fallacy of a Pain-Free Path to a Healthy Housing Market - Economic Letter, December 2010 - FRB Dallas : "The Fallacy of a Pain-Free...

What's next for minimalist houses? How about a subdivision of tiny houses in Eastern Oregon? | OregonLive.com : "Now the 50-year-ol...

A local homeowners association’s management company is pushing state lawmakers to defeat a legislative bill that would make it impossible ...

A California Bankruptcy, Dictatorship, and the Guarantee Clause - ProfessorBainbridge.com Great post by Professor Bainbridge.

Lakemoor woman can use toilets as planters - Chicago Breaking News ---------------- Justice prevails in McHenry County, IL.