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Divided Decade

U.S. mortgage debt rises to $8.8 trillion

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Feb 13, 2018
The housing market is turning around.
Protesters work on a prop in Freedom Plaza as they prepare for a rally against big banks and home foreclosures in Washington, DC, May 20, 2013. 
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Divided Decade

How a red-hot housing market became a crisis

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Jan 25, 2018
Lessons learned from the Divided Decade.
A builder works on a new home at a subdivision in North Aurora, Illinois, in 2007. Residential mortgage debt doubled between 2000 and 2008 in the U.S.
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Another housing bubble could be ready to erupt

by David Brancaccio
Jan 25, 2018
Millennials are now entering those prime house-buying years.
A view of San Francisco's famed Painted Ladies victorian houses. 
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Foreclosure rate is the lowest since 2005, report says

by Mitchell Hartman
Jan 18, 2018
Foreclosure activity fell in 2017 to a 12-year low, according to a new report by ATTOM Data Solutions. In 2017, 0.5 percent of all U.S. residential properties were in some stage of foreclosure — notice of default, scheduled auction or bank repossession. That’s down from a peak of 2.2 percent at the height of the […]
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More Americans are writing their rental checks for single-family homes

by Kimberly Adams
May 12, 2017
Corporate landlords bought up properties during the housing crisis. It's worked out well for them.
During the housing crisis, investors with cash snapped up tens of thousands of distressed properties and converted them to rentals.
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In England, fewer people own their homes

by Andy Uhler
Mar 3, 2017
The British government released the latest English Housing Survey this week. It found that home ownership in England has fallen to its lowest level in 30 years. It also noted that almost half of all the people in England age 25 to 34 currently rent their home from an individual private landlord.  Click the above […]
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In Detroit, a risky alternative to mortgages

by Lewis Wallace
Oct 6, 2016
With lending unavailable, home buyers have turned to an option with few protections.
A house that's for sale on a land contract in Detroit. It's common for a house to need a gut rehab.
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Zombie properties returning to life

by Gigi Douban
Sep 8, 2016
It's the 'last innings for the recovery,' Wharton School professor says.
A vacant home stands next to a partially constructed condo building in Rockaway Beach, New York. 
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Help arrives for (some) underwater homeowners

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Apr 15, 2016
Mortgage holders who are delinquent and hold too much debt get a federal break .
An eviction team removes furniture during a home foreclosure on September 21, 2011 in Longmont, Colorado. 
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Underwater homeowners look for mortgage relief

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Jul 27, 2015
Millions of borrowers still owe substantially more than their homes are worth.
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