| Similar Articles |
|---|
 |
BusinessWeek
April 12, 2004
Christopher Palmeri |
Home Buyers: ARMed And Dangerous? Adjustable-rate mortgages are pulling in new buyers -- but the risks are high   |
The Motley Fool
March 5, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
Falling Into the Subprime Trap If any good comes from the bursting of the housing bubble, it will be that homeowners and borrowers may act more responsibly about buying property and taking on mortgage debt. |
The Motley Fool
November 3, 2009
Alyce Lomax |
The Daily Walk of Shame: The Fed The real economy versus the Federal Reserve. |
The Motley Fool
September 4, 2007
Seth Jayson |
Desperate Realtors Applaud Bailout The National Association of Realtors likes the idea of a subprime bailout. Big surprise. |
Bank Systems & Technology
June 24, 2008
Ann Grochala |
In the Aftermath of the Credit Crisis, Some Banks See a Silver Lining The current problems in the credit markets bring both challenges and opportunities to banks. Many community banks still have plenty of liquidity and capital, and they all have ready access to the Federal Home Loan Bank system. |
The Motley Fool
October 26, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
Don't Cut Off ARMs to Spite Your Face Mortgage products aren't the problem. Borrowers are. Used correctly, option ARMs provide flexibility that can be extremely helpful to borrowers whose cash flow isn't steady and predictable. |
The Motley Fool
June 9, 2008
Chuck Saletta |
The Solution to the Subprime Crisis At the right price, anything is worth buying. Is the price right on these banking stocks? |
BusinessWeek
July 19, 2004
Coy & Miller |
Is A Housing Bubble About To Burst? As rising rates in the U.S. send mortgage payments higher, demand may cool. |
The Motley Fool
March 28, 2007
Seth Jayson |
Beazer's Just the Beginning If you think an allegation of fraud at Beazer Homes is a stunner, consider another major leak in the housing bubble -- the unraveling of widespread, softer frauds. |
The Motley Fool
August 21, 2007
David Lee Smith |
The Credit Crunch on Housing Savvy investors should wait until the homebuilders' business strengthens obviously and meaningfully before accumulating positions in the group. |
The Motley Fool
October 9, 2008
Chuck Saletta |
How the Federal Reserve Lost Its War Every battle is won or lost before it is fought. |
The Motley Fool
November 30, 2007
Rich Duprey |
Freezing Mortgage Rates Is Not the Answer People who shouldn't have qualified for a mortgage got their keys to a piece of the American dream. But now the bill is coming due. |
The Motley Fool
December 24, 2007
David Lee Smith |
Housing's Mess Makers If you think housing's in trouble only because of mortgagers' misdeeds, you've let a half-dozen other culpable groups off the hook. Here's at least a partial grouping of those at fault. |
BusinessWeek
October 16, 2006
James Mehring |
More Scrutiny For High-Risk Mortgages New guidance put out by U.S. bank regulators warned lenders to keep up their due diligence when issuing exotic mortgages. The impact could be fewer mortgages and less demand for homes. |
The Motley Fool
November 30, 2007
Seth Jayson |
Paulson's Plan to Punish the Public Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson's plan to protect homebuyers from their mistakes -- extending loan teaser rates for a few years -- will punish us all. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
It's Boom Time in the Housing Market, But for How Long? Following several years of rapid home price appreciation, real estate experts say current housing prices in the U.S. are based on solid foundations and are not purely a speculative bubble. However, they also say that certain regional markets are vulnerable to a downturn. |
BusinessWeek
July 9, 2007
James C. Cooper |
Housing's New Risks For The Economy Mortgage rates are up, credit is tighter, and home prices are falling faster. |
The Motley Fool
December 7, 2007
Seth Jayson |
Bush's Bailout Bait-and-Switch The good news: The plan doesn't interfere too much with the free markets. The bad news: The plan doesn't interfere too much with the free markets. |
The Motley Fool
September 14, 2007
Seth Jayson |
Greenspan's Britney Moment Is it possible that ex-Federal Reserve Chief Alan Greenspan could have failed to understand the dynamics of what was going on in the housing market? Not likely. |
The Motley Fool
August 31, 2011
Dan Caplinger |
A Jumbo Problem for Housing Limits on loans by Congress will hurt hard-hit high-end housing markets. |
HBS Working Knowledge
September 29, 2008
Martha Lagace |
Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel Dean Jay O. Light and a group of Harvard Business School faculty explored the origins and possible outcomes of the U.S. financial crisis at a recent "Turmoil on the Street" panel. |
HBS Working Knowledge
September 12, 2007
Nicolas P. Retsinas |
Building Sandcastles: The Subprime Adventure A look at what went wrong in the subprime industry and why. |
U.S. Banker
October 2002
John Adams |
Of Housing and Helium Is the housing market a bubble waiting to pop? |
The Motley Fool
January 28, 2011
Morgan Housel |
Financial Crisis: The Greatest Hits The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission's report, two years in the making, is a 623-page tome of everything you could ever want to know about the financial crisis. |
The Motley Fool
March 16, 2007
Seth Jayson |
Quick Take: Merrill Wants Its Bubble Back, Too The investing bigwig longs for the return of astronomical housing prices. |
BusinessWeek
September 17, 2007
James C. Cooper |
Bernanke May Need To Dig Deeper Into His Toolbox It could take a broad rate cut to stabilize the markets and the economy. |
The Motley Fool
April 27, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
This Will Bring On the Real Recovery Now, some positive signs in mortgage financing are bolstering the argument that for real estate, the worst is truly over. |
The Motley Fool
October 15, 2008
Kristin Graham |
The Next Housing Catastrophe Waiting to Strike Just wait till you see what's lurking in the shadows of this housing mess. The subprime mess was the earthquake and the next wave of option-ARM resets will be the aftershock no one saw coming. |
The Motley Fool
January 28, 2008
Matt Koppenheffer |
Bumbling Bernanke? I Don't Think So A lot of people seem to think Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke has no idea what he's doing. Does he or not? |
The Motley Fool
March 17, 2008
Dan Caplinger |
Why Bernanke Is Ignoring You Rate cuts aren't finding their way to cash-strapped consumers. |
The Motley Fool
February 28, 2011
Dan Caplinger |
Why Getting a Mortgage Will Never Be the Same Lots of changes are happening to the mortgage market. |
Financial Advisor
March 2012
Eric Rasmussen |
Is Home Where The Head Is? Home ownership is baked into the American dream. But after the housing bubble burst, some advisors see it as a recipe for disaster if people stretch their means to do it. |
National Real Estate Investor
October 1, 2005
Anthony Downs |
Dissecting the Housing Bubble Question The most widely discussed real estate issue in the United States today boils down to a two-part question: Does a housing bubble in America exist? And if so, will it burst? |
The Motley Fool
January 10, 2007
Selena Maranjian |
Housing in 2007: Will a Bubble Burst? Now that a new year is upon us, it's a good time to think of the state of housing in America today. Here's the good news for investors -- and the bad. |
The Motley Fool
December 30, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
The Best Bargain for 2010? Whether you're looking to buy your first home or want to move up to a better one, don't let fear about the future direction of home prices dissuade you from taking a serious look at buying right now. |
Financial Planning
September 1, 2005 |
Mutual Fund Monitor The real costs of a housing bubble. |
The Motley Fool
July 25, 2008
Dan Caplinger |
The Last Straw for Suffering Homeowners A spike in mortgage rates threatens any chance of a housing recovery. |
Reason
July 2008
Paul Thornton |
Rant: The War on Renters In their attempt to "keep Americans in their homes," Clinton, Obama, and McCain have all called for the federal government to spend billions of dollars to curtail foreclosures. Makes you think the candidates are on your side. Not if you're a renter. |
The Motley Fool
June 14, 2007
Seth Jayson |
Housing Collapse Squishes Bear The risky mortgages that drove the housing mania were also prime ways for Wall Street to cash in on the greedy and naive. And now that the air is escaping and credit is being crunched, we're seeing the results. |
Reason
July 2009
Randazzo et al. |
Turning Japanese Japan's post-bubble policies produced a "lost decade." So why is President Obama emulating them? |
Registered Rep.
August 9, 2012
Mark Miller |
Reverse Mortgage Madness Two recent studies illustrate the pressure that the housing meltdown is putting on older homeowners - and the risks associated with draining home equity. |
The Motley Fool
January 19, 2012
Dan Caplinger |
Why Falling Home Ownership Is a Good Thing Don't assume that all the news on housing is bad. |
The Motley Fool
July 9, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
Let's Stop the Housing Crisis Once and for All It's hard to believe how easily it all could have been prevented. By simply following an old-fashioned standard for taking out a mortgage loan |
The Motley Fool
October 12, 2006
Mary Dalrymple |
Payment Shock! The Fed worries that mortgage buyers will get blindsided by certain mortgages. If you're in the market for a home, look at all of the different types of mortgages available. |
IndustryWeek
January 1, 2006
Michael K. Evans |
Evans On The Economy -- Not So Happy New Year A forecast for 2006 suggests sluggish growth at best - and it could get worse. |
The Motley Fool
January 14, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
Why the Housing Problem Isn't Going Away Low mortgage rates should be fixing everything. So why aren't they? |
BusinessWeek
April 11, 2005
Kathleen Madigan |
After The Housing Boom What the real estate slowdown means for the economy. |
BusinessWeek
August 21, 2006
James Mehring |
Why Housing Looks A Little Rickety Recent data indicate further weakening in the housing market is yet to come. |
BusinessWeek
September 11, 2006
Mara Der Hovanesian |
Nightmare Mortgages They promise the American Dream: A home of your own - with ultra-low rates and payments anyone can afford. Now, the trap has sprung. |
The Motley Fool
March 5, 2007
Bill Mann |
Better Catch That Cow! The feds wait until now to warn consumers about adjustable-rate mortgages? |
