On AlterNet: home ownership

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "home ownership"

How Homeownership Has Changed in America And Why You Shouldn't Give Up on Buying

Sara Robinson, AlterNet. May 21, 2012.

In one short decade, home ownership has gone from being the Holy Grail of middle-class financial achievement to a very risky financial ball-and-chain.

What Took So Long? Finally, Some Help For Homeowners

John Nichols, The Nation. February 19, 2009.

The plan could help nine million families struggling to keep their heads above water. But is it too little, too late?

America's Exploding Mortgage Crisis Reveals That Home Ownership Isn't Paradise for Everyone

Howard Karger, Dollars and Sense. June 14, 2007.

Middle-class and poor families have been sold the idea that home ownership is the ticket to economic security, but mortgage vultures and soaring costs have turned buying a home into a financial nightmare.