Jumbo Loans, All Cash Investors, and Slow Population Growth: The Gentrification of Southern California.
Dr. Housing Bubble | 15 May 2013
Only in Southern California will you have someone moan about making six-figures…

California Attorney General Sues J.P. Morgan Over Alleged ‘Fraudulent and Unlawful Debt-Collection Practices’
Fox Business | 09 May 2013
California Attorney General Kamala Harris sued J.P.Morgan Chase & Co…

 

Florida HB 87, Homeowners, and the Foreclosure Inferno
The Agonist | 10 May 2013
A bill passed last week by the Florida legislature offers efficiencies…

2 Big Banks Face Suits in Mortgage Pact Abuses
Dealbook | 06 May 2013
New York’s top prosecutor plans to sue two mortgage titans…

 

Case-Shiller: Home Prices in 20 Cities Rise at Fastest Rate Since 2006
The Christian Science Monitor | 30 April 2013
The good news for the housing market just keeps on coming…

Robert Shiller: Home Prices Will Remain Relatively Stagnant For Next 10 Years
Yahoo! Finance | 30 April 2013
More good news on the housing market…

 

Did Underwater Mortgages Kill the Economy?
The Washington Post | 18 April 2013
The housing market, finally, is recovering…

 

Fannie Mae Pleased With REO Bulk Sale Pilot
HousingWire | 07 November 2012
Chief Financial Officer Susan McFarland of Fannie Mae spoke with HousingWire about the government-sponsored enterprise…

FHFA Launches Pilot REO Property Sales
HousingWire | 27 February 2012
The Federal Housing Finance Agency announced Monday the first pilot transaction under the Real Estate-Owned Initiative…

 

Qatari Emir Buys Six Greek Islands For a Song
The Guardian | 04 March 2013
The suitor is one of the world’s wealthiest men; the location happens to be the eurozone’s poorest country…

Micro-Apartments in the Big City: A Trend Builds
Bloomberg | 14 March 2013
Imagine waking in a 15-by-15-foot apartment that still manages to have everything you need…

 

Apocalypse Wellington
Scoop | 13 March 2013
It’s as if an earthquake has hit Wellington. Only no one will talk about it publicly…

 

E-Mails Imply JPMorgan Knew Some Mortgage Deals Were Bad
Deal Book l 6 February 2013
When an outside analysis uncovered serious flaws with…

Critics of $8.5 Billion Pact Challenge BofA Mortgage Modifications
FCLA l 4 February 2013
A group of mortgage-backed securities investors says Bank…

Bankers Who Made Millions In Housing Boom Misled Investors: Study
The Huffington Post l 13 February 2013
Bankers who made billions of dollars packaging home loans into bonds…

The Second-Mortgage Shell Game
The New York Times l 17 February 2013
IN January, federal regulators announced an $8.5 billion agreement with 10 mortgage servicers to settle claims of foreclosure abuses. . .

 


In Winning Design, City Hopes to Address a Cramped Future

The New York Times | 22 January 2013
The apartment of New York City’s future, as the city imagines it…

 


GAO Study Finds OCC Foreclosure Review too Hard for Us to Understand

War on the Home Front | 25 July 2012
Apparently, the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) has been studying the possible…


Housing Segregation: The Great Migration and Beyond

Pro Publica | 20 December 2012
Between 1910 and 1960, the Great Migration saw 6 million African Americans move from…


No Sting: Feds Won’t Go Undercover to Prove Housing Discrimination

Pro Publica | 20 December 2012
The four-bedroom house advertised on Craigslist sounded like just what…


Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer on Whistleblowers and Prosecuting Bankers for Fraud (Satire)


Youtube | 29 January 2013