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China 'faces subprime credit bubble crisis' - Telegraph Monetary tightening in China threatens to pop the $1.7 trillion (£1.07 tril...

News from The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The American dream of homeownership has felt its biggest drop since the Great Depression, ...

Attorneys General Settlement: The Next Big Bank Bailout? | Matt Taibbi | Rolling Stone In fact, any federal foreclosure settlement along the...

The Chicago Model | ThinkProgress Chicago, though by no means perfect, is largely doing real estate development policy right. It’s a city th...

Principal reduction plan for struggling homeowners could be part of settlement between lenders and states Florida homeowners facing foreclos...

Bruce Bartlett: Misrepresentations, Regulations and Jobs - NYTimes.com Lifelong Republican and Reagan, Bush, Kemp, and Ron Paul advisor Bruc...

Fannie Mae Ignored Foreclosure Misdeeds, Report Says - NYTimes.com Fannie Mae, the mortgage finance giant, learned as early as 2003 of exten...

California and Bust | Business | Vanity Fair The smart money says the U.S. economy will splinter, with some states thriving, some states not...

Grandmother nearly loses condo to foreclosure after $4.70 fee balloons to nearly $3,000 | FLORIDA TODAY | floridatoday.com Well, they quoted...

USA, 250,000 empty public properties should be used to address the housing crisis / Inhabitants of Americas / News / Home - International Al...

HUD asks Congress to restore housing counselor funding « HousingWire In April, Congress cut all $88 million in HUD nonprofit counseling fund...

The Long Arm of Debt Stretches into Condo Fees, Car Repos - Deal Journal - WSJ But deficiency judgments aren’t just for soured mortgages. La...

Florida homeowners facing foreclosure could be stripped of their homes faster - Sun Sentinel So...the mortgage foreclosure industry is tryin...

SEMINOLE - Days after a Pinellas County homeowers' association sent out notices to people without brick mailboxes, someone set off an ...