Congressional Push for 'Cram-Downs': It's On!
By Luke Mullins -
The Home Front
- January 7, 2009
Democrats in the House and the Senate introduce the controversial legislation.
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HELOC, Car Loan Delinquencies At Record Highs
By Luke Mullins -
The Home Front
- January 7, 2009
Job losses cited as top factor behind souring consumer credit.
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Shaquille O'Neal's Housing Market Rejection
By Luke Mullins -
The Home Front
- January 6, 2009
The NBA superstar has been forced to reduce the asking price for his Florida property.
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Home Prices Tumble in October: How Your City Performed
By Luke Mullins -
The Home Front
- January 6, 2009
Milwaukee tops the list; San Francisco ranks last.
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Pending Home Sales Fall to New Lows
By Luke Mullins -
The Home Front
- January 6, 2009
Financial turmoil scares would-be home buyers from the market.
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Realtors to Media: Get Your Down-Payment Facts Straight
By Luke Mullins -
The Home Front
- January 5, 2009
The National Association of Realtors tries to correct 'misinformation' about down payments.
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Top 5 Home-Buying Blunders for 2009
By Luke Mullins -
Money & Business
- December 24, 2008
A look at the real estate market's biggest pitfalls of the New Year—and how you can avoid them.
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Housing Market: No Bottom in Sight
By Luke Mullins -
The Home Front
- December 23, 2008
A pair of reports show the market is still in freefall.
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Fewer Americans on the Move, Study Says
By Luke Mullins -
The Home Front
- December 22, 2008
Pew says Americans aren’t moving nearly as much as they once did.
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Barney Frank’s 2009 Congressional Playbook
By Luke Mullins -
The Home Front
- December 19, 2008
A look at what the House Financial Services Committee will be working on next year
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Sheila Bair: We Need Foreclosure Mitigation Now
By Luke Mullins -
The Home Front
- December 19, 2008
FDIC chairman discusses her plan to keep struggling borrowers in their homes.
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Try Out That Home Before You Buy It
By Luke Mullins -
Nation & World
- December 18, 2008
A sleepover can help you get a better idea of the benefits and negatives of a new house.
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Mortgage Rates Hit Multi-Decade Lows
By Luke Mullins -
The Home Front
- December 18, 2008
Recession, lower inflation, and Fed actions combine to drag rates downward.
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Foreclosure Discounts By State
By Luke Mullins -
The Home Front
- December 18, 2008
Chart shows which states have the largest discrepancies between listing and REO prices.
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Foreclosure Discounts by City
By Luke Mullins -
The Home Front
- December 18, 2008
A look at the foreclosure bargains available in certain cities
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Nouriel Roubini: The $700 Billion Bailout Isn’t Enough
By Luke Mullins -
The Home Front
- December 18, 2008
The downbeat—but prescient—economist provides his outlook for 2009.
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The Top 5 Housing-Market Hopes for 2009
By Luke Mullins -
Money & Business
- December 18, 2008
Despite the downbeat outlook, housing market optimists have a handful of reasons to keep the faith.
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Foreclosure Sales: 2009 Housing Head Wind
By Luke Mullins -
The Home Front
- December 18, 2008
A look at the forces that will be working against a housing recovery in the new year.
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More Americans See the Downside of Foreclosed Home Buying
By Luke Mullins -
The Home Front
- December 17, 2008
Potential buyers are looking for big discounts on such properties.
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HUD Chief Blames Congress for Hope for Homeowners’ Failings
By Luke Mullins -
The Home Front
- December 17, 2008
The initiative designed to aid struggling homeowners has gotten off to a lackluster start.
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Sheila Bair: Stop Blaming the Community Reinvestment Act
By Luke Mullins -
The Home Front
- December 17, 2008
FDIC Chairman says the program did not cause the financial crisis.
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Radioactive Effect: 2009 Housing Head Wind
By Luke Mullins -
The Home Front
- December 17, 2008
A look at the forces that will be working against a housing recovery in the new year.
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Housing Starts Hit All-Time Lows
By Luke Mullins -
The Home Front
- December 16, 2008
Economist says the government’s recent release represents perhaps ‘the worst housing report ever.’
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6 Things to Know About the Fed Rate Cut
By Luke Mullins -
The Home Front
- December 16, 2008
Bernanke slashes the Fed’s benchmark interest rate nearly to zero.
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Household Formation: 2009 Housing Head Wind
By Luke Mullins -
The Home Front
- December 16, 2008
A look at the forces that will be working against a housing recovery in the new year.
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