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Woman fights HOA to keep home after $589K of invalid fines | WCNC.com Charlotte : North Carolina is at a tipping point for homeowners associ...

This just in from the Center for California Homeowner Association Law--for years I have been posing the question, "What are the long-...

Robert L. Borosage: Mitt Romney: The Gated Candidate The wealthiest Americans often choose to live in gated communities, designed to shiel...

Just received this post from Marjorie Murray, President of the Center for California Homeowner Association Law, that I am passing along to...

HOA boards are wild card in litigation game, author says - News - ReviewJournal.com And that author is me. The article is about the constru...

$140 sewer bill turns into foreclosure notice and $50,000 tab for homeowner | The Sideshow - Yahoo! News : Dominick Vulpis admits he had an ...

DOWNSIZE ME: Giga-Living in Nano Houses - May/June 2012 - Sierra Magazine - Sierra Club

Dozens of Magnolia residents threatened with foreclosure - Houston weather, traffic, news | FOX 26 | MyFoxHouston But this summer's th...

The Ultimate Mitt Romney Flip-Flop Collection - YouTube I don't usually post links to general political things, but this 20 minute vide...

Number of California homes entering foreclosure falls to 2007 levels - latimes.com DataQuick President John Walsh said in a statement that...

Illegal Front Yard Garden: Canadian Couple's Kitchen Garden Targeted By Authorities "Take a look at Josée Landry and Michel Beauc...

Now It's the Big Banks That Are Getting Foreclosed On - CNBC "These associations have been hit hard by the housing crisis, as man...

Giving the green finger: Gardener who carved bush into rude gesture ordered to remove it | Mail Online "A gardener who carved a giant...

Baltimore and the Libor scandal: 'We can't leave any money on the table' | Business | guardian.co.uk "Baltimore is lead p...

Marc Realty Residential sues to force several Columbia Gardens condo owners to sell - Residential News - Crain's Chicago Business ...

San Francisco Courthouse Strike Exposes Strain In City's Judicial System (PHOTOS) A strike at San Francisco Superior Court on Monday h...

Bankruptcy choices highlight fiscal pain of cities nationwide - latimes.com "It does not look pretty. It's not going to look pret...

Calif. cities eye plan to seize mortgages | AccessNorthGa Another story on the contemplated cramdown by condemnation scheme in Southern Ca...

Wells Fargo to pay $175 million to settle lending bias allegations - latimes.com Wells Fargo & Co.'s settlement of allegations tha...

Analysis: In the U.S. housing market, recovery or Lost Decade? - Yahoo! News And the answer is:  Lost Decade.  This is a detailed analysis ...