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Most Americans Want The Government To Combat Foreclosures: Poll

With no end in sight to the foreclosure crisis, a majority of Americans are calling on the government to do something about it. Continue reading

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George Goehl: President Obama Holds The Keys On Preventing Foreclosures

Taking a more aggressive approach to addressing the foreclosure crisis doesn’t only make good economic sense. It’s good politics too. Read more: Housing Market , Foreclosure Crisis , Housing , Barack Obama , Mitt Romney , Elections 2012 , Mortgage Crisis , Foreclosure , Politics News Continue reading

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Janis Bowdler: Housing Is Back on the National Agenda

We need bolder solutions that tackle head on the troubles of our housing market. Continue reading

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Obama’s Plan To Target Foreclosed Properties Depends On A Broader Recovery

President Obama’s plan to reduce the number of foreclosed properties weighing down the housing market may only prove effective insofar as the greater … Read more: Foreclosures , U.S. Continue reading

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Ed Koch: Mr. President, Please Read This Before Thursday

Your speech this Thursday could be one of the most important you have ever delivered. The following are my suggestions for what the speech should include in order for it to resonate with the American people. Read more: Foreclosure Crisis , Housing Market , Obama Speech , Bailout , Foreclosure , Homeowners , Mortgage Refinancing , Barack Obama , Housing Crisis , Housing Bubble , New York News Continue reading

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Peter S. Goodman: Obama’s Job Creation Failure: He Did Not Fix Housing

In the conventional wisdom, there is nothing President Obama can do to put Americans back to work in large numbers. He is a president supposedly held … Read more: Jobs , Foreclosure , Unemployment , Loan Modifications , Housing Market , Housing , Job Creation , Obama Job Creation , Mortgage Companies , Obama , Timothy Geithner , Great Recession , Business News Continue reading

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Hitting Debt Ceiling Could Wipe Out Two Years Of 401(k) Gains, Says Economist

Testifying before a Congressional committee on Thursday, economist Heather Boushey said that reaching the debt ceiling could trigger a stock market pl… Read more: Heather Boushey , Debt , Housing Market , Congress , Unemployment , Debt Ceiling , Economy , Stock Market , Debt Limit , Center for American Progress , Barack Obama , Business News Continue reading

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John R. Talbott: How Obama Can Fix the Housing Market and the Economy

If Obama doesn’t do something to address the debt problems homeowners and the financial system face, the housing market will lie dormant for years, the economy will crawl along and Obama himself may join the ranks of the unemployed in 2012. Continue reading

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New Construction Permits Rise To Five Month High

WASHINGTON (Lucia Mutikani) – Housing starts rose more than expected and permits for future construction touched a five month high in May, a government report showed on Thursday, but any recovery will be hampered by a glut of pre-owned homes. The Commerce Department said housing starts rose 3.5 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 560,000 units, retracing almost half of April’s steep decline. Continue reading

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Primary Cause Of Foreclosure Now Unemployment

The Obama administration’s main program to keep distressed homeowners from falling into foreclosure has been aimed at those who took out subprime loans or other risky mortgages during the heady days of the housing boom. But these days, the primary cause of foreclosures is unemployment Continue reading

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