On AlterNet: housing market

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "housing market"

Why Economic Green Shoots May Be Greatly Exaggerated

Lynn Parramore, AlterNet. March 12, 2012.

GOP budget-cutters threaten to squeeze the 99% while shoveling money toward the top. That's not a recipe for real recovery.

Foreclosure Fraud: Wall Street Cheats the Middle Class Again

Mike Lux, AlterNet. October 17, 2010.

Once again the big Wall Street banks are wreaking havoc with our economy in order to come away with outlandish profits at the expense of poor and middle-class people.

It Takes a Village to Buy a Condo

Andrew Lam, New America Media. June 3, 2009.

I am a first time home buyer. And I just bought a condo in downtown San Francisco. But not without a lot of help from my family and friends.

Watch Out for the Mortgage Vultures: Cash-Strapped Homeowners Face New Threat

Matthew Palevsky, Huffington Post. April 29, 2009.

Fraudulent schemes that prey on people who risk losing their homes are on the rise.

As Housing Implodes, U.S. Is at an Economic Tipping Point

Danny Schechter, AlterNet. July 17, 2008.

Instead of having a light at the end of the tunnel, we have another train. Brace yourselves for a wreck.

HUD Secretary -- Yet Another Corrupt Bush Crony, Resigns in Disgrace

Steven Reynolds, The All Spin Zone. April 1, 2008.

The big surprise here is that thereâ€™s no whiny excuses yet. No alcoholism to blame, at least yet.

HUD Head Evicted: White House Officials "Questioned Ability to Lead the Agency"

Amanda Terkel, ThinkProgress. March 31, 2008.

While Jackson was busy erecting giant photo homages to himself, the nation was spiraling into the worst housing crisis since the Great Depression.

Bush Gives Out Wrong Number for Home Owner Help Hotline

Amanda Terkel, ThinkProgress. March 29, 2008.

This isnâ€™t the first time Bush has given out the wrong Hope Now number.

McCain Gets Remedial Economics Lesson

Scarecrow, Firedoglake. March 28, 2008.

McCain's advisers had to explain that he really did want to help deserving homeowners and really would consider regulatory remedies.

Hillary Wants to Let Greenspan Decide Whether to Rescue Home Owners

Scarecrow, Firedoglake. March 25, 2008.

I wonder what Paul Krugman, who has pointed to Alan Greenspan's role in fostering the current financial crisis, would think of this.