Housing Meltdown

Economists Benjamin Tal and Andrew Grantham released a paper entitled: "The Many Faces of the Canadian Housing Market." They mentioned that the Canadian real estate market is not at any risk of a U.S.-style housing meltdown. "Unlike the situation …

Something similar to the Greek mindset arose during the U.S. housing bubble and collapse of 2008. Millions of Americans unwisely took out subprime mortgages for houses they could not afford and then walked away from their debt when the economy tanked …

In 1986, Bush accepted $75,000 from Padreda to work as the leasing agent on an office building Padreda had financed with help from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Padreda asked to reach out to regulators at HUD on behalf …. meltdown …

… orders after scandals involving the so-called robo-signing of foreclosure documents by officials without knowledge of the facts as well as other legal shortcuts, lost paperwork and improper fees — all common after the mortgage meltdown as banks …

In another report released this week entitled “A Tale of Two Recoveries,” the American Civil Liberties Union found that America's racial wealth gap widened significantly following the nation's housing market collapse, placing blacks at a “severe …

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By Jonathan Shapiro. Australians are being “irrationally exuberant” and borrowing too much to invest in housing, exposing the economy to financial shocks, global bond fund giant PIMCO says. In a detailed statistical study …

Robin Howell, left, and Deb Neumayer, relax on a hammock outside their home in Danbury, Conn. on Wednesday, June 26, 2013. Howell and Neumayer have been together for 25 years and married for five years. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in …

When asked why Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette opted against pursuing legal action for lending in Detroit, his spokeswoman, Sydney E. Allen, issued a statement saying: "The housing crisis didn't affect only Michigan consumers, but consumers …

More than a crash, or significant defaulting on mortgages as happened in the U.S., CIBC anticipates that any downturn in the housing market would “act as a major drag on overall economic activity” by dampening consumer confidence and boosting …

Complaining about housing sold abroad sounds old-fashioned. But many of us will soon be in servitude to a landlord class.

Everybody called it “Housing Bubble” after it imploded. Crazy things had been encouraged to happen to drive home prices into the stratosphere. Risks homebuyers and lenders took were enormous. Shady dealings …

“It's this gap that – to this day – has so many calling for a deep correction in Canada.” While many observers have issued warnings about Canada's housing market, Bay Street economists don't see a meltdown coming, though some predict a natural cooling.

Housing continues to stage a comeback with the latest evidence from the New Home Sales report, coming in at a seven-year high pace of 546,000. It's incredible news in the face of stingy banks and anxiety in the aftermath of the great housing meltdown.

Three years ago this month, the Urban Strategies Council released a report that sought to answer that question. The Oakland nonprofit found that investors — most from outside the city — were snatching up foreclosed homes in low-income neighborhoods …

VIDEO: Did Racism, Section 8 Housing Cause Cop, Neighbors To Meltdown Over Pool Party? … Section 8 housing has been an issue in McKinney with the city being sued in 2009 for alleged housing discrimination.

EDITOR'S NOTE: The listing of the northern spotted owl as a threatened species, bringing curbs to the forest-products industry like none before, is 25 years old this week. Today's installment continues a statistical examination of the listing's impact …

Seven years after the national financial meltdown, New York is fortunate to remain the headquarters of global finance. Now the question is: How to keep our No.1 job … Our affordable housing must be expanded. Our tax structure must boost job creation …