San Francisco There is no question that the new federal level Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is a good thing and that its initiative to reshape and clarify the disclosure forms for homebuyers is important and necessary work. Writing such forms in plain and simple English is a needed step and requiring full transparency of …
Tag: housing crisis
Quiet Horror of Condo Associations in Housing Collapse
Toronto I’m not saying that everyone is asleep at the switch on what is happening in condos in the housing crises of the Great Recession, but I think we can all agree that the issue is not front and center. Fair enough? Nonetheless, when housing foreclosures rob any notion of the “ownership” society that President Bush …
No End to Recession without a Solution to Housing Crisis
New Orleans I’m going to keep this short and sweet, and the message will be clear. The economy in the USA is showing some signs of improvement. More jobs are coming into the statistics. The President is getting a bounce in his step. This is all good news. Obama will have trouble winning without these …