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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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Robert Kuttner: It’s Not a Great Recession

With unemployment rising, growth slowing, housing prices continuing to fall, and government dithering, it’s time to retire the term “The Great Recession” as entirely inadequate and misleading. Read more: Third Would America , Dodd-Frank , Barack Obama , US Economy , Great Recession , Recession , Ben Bernanke , Business News Continue reading

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How Tax Credits Ended Up Costing Home Buyers

The government’s recent $8,000 cash incentive for first-time home buyers has proved even more costly for recipients than for taxpayers, according to data released Monday. Typical buyers have lost twice as much to price declines as they received from the program Continue reading

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