Should investors trust the forecasts coming from an institution with a history of making bad forecasts?
State and local governments still in desperate need of reform
Opinion |
The housing market recovery won’t solve state and local governments’ long-term problems.
Menendez-Boxer refinance plan will entrench government housing
Opinion |
The plan would redistribute income from investors to homeowners.
How to restore trust in mortgage-backed securities
Opinion |
Mortgage finance risk won’t return to the private sector until investors have faith in mortgage-backed securities.
Banks set minimum quotas on foreclosure documents, increasing mistakes - TheDCNF
Daily Caller News Foundation |
In what has been the biggest housing market collapse since the Great Depression, banks have made a business in collecting and cashing in on foreclosed homes. In a Wells Fargo bank in Charlotte, N.C., “legal process specialists” are expected, if not demanded, to produce ten to eleven affidavit reports a day, reports that bank lenders [...]
Home prices fell in January in most US cities - AP
Business |
The housing market remains weak, despite the best winter for home sales in five years
Case-Shiller home price index: U.S. housing market nearing bottom in 2012 - Money Morning
Business |
‘We have seen the worst. We are at the bottom.’
Mortgages may be cheaper than ever but that doesn't mean it's time to buy - BI
Business |
US housing market is like a case of good cop/bad cop
Fannie and Freddie bonuses are just a symptom of a larger problem
Opinion |
The real problem is the government’s overwhelming dominance in the mortgage market.
Time to end the taxpayer guarantee of mortgage investors
Opinion |
Our housing finance system is broken and needs to be reformed.
