Alaskan land giveaway disintegrates into foreclosures
Oct 5, 2009 | via Tampa Bay Online
Reality trumped the dream for most winners of a land giveaway in Alaska's rugged interior. Comment?
Alaska Real Estate: US Housing Slump Heads North
Sep 2, 2009 | via Nu Wire Investor
A stiff 30% drop in the tourist trade, and the credit crunch, have brought two decades of growth to an end in the Alaska real estate market. Comment?
More Fannie Maes & Freddie Macs To Come
5 min ago | via The Reasoned Sceptic
Citing the implosion of politically-protected and government-guaranteed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Koppell argues that, in exchange for governmental backing, these banks will slowly, inexorably be drawn into political capital allocation. Comment?
The Real Estate Wonk: Renters feel the sting of fore...
5 min ago | via The Baltimore Sun
It used to be a largely unmeasured problem. But now we have some hard statistics on how often local renters are finding themselves caught up in foreclosure because their landlords fell behind. Comment?
More Maryland renters caught amid foreclosure
6 min ago | via The Baltimore Sun
Lenders and agents are seeking rapid evictions despite new state and federal laws passed to protect tenants Marjorie Benedum, 62, and husband, Mel Harris, 79, returned to their rental home in Southwest Baltimore on Dec. Comment?
5 hrs ago | via This Is Money
Gilt yields have surged to a one-year high of 4.11% as investors turned their noses up at government debt. Comment?
Photos: Renters facing foreclosure
Tuesday Dec 15 | via The Baltimore Sun
They were given a sheriff's notice on Dec. 6 that they would be evicted in 10 days. Comment?