Housing Crisis

Is the Housing Bubble Back? These Four US Cities Are in the Danger Zone

By Diana Olick, CNBC

Home price gains are accelerating again, and in some cities those values are overheating. Four of the nation's largest cities are now considered overvalued, according to CoreLogic. Home prices in...
The Most Outrageous Housing Market in America

By Ciro Scotti

There are overheated housing markets, and then there is the San Francisco Bay Area – that rarified piece of the planet that is the home of so many high-tech companies and the incubator for hundreds...
Why the Housing Market Could Keep Rising for Years

By Janna Herron

The number of first-time homebuyers could increase by a third over the next five years, adding a big boost to the housing market and the broader economy, according to a new study. Credit reporting...
Home Prices Hit an All-Time High: Is This Another Bubble?

By Janna Herron

U.S. home prices set an all-time high in June, eclipsing the previous peak set nearly a decade ago. While the record may make homeowners feel house rich, the rate of appreciation in many markets may...
The Economic Problem Americans Are Worried About but the Candidates Are Ignoring

By Kellie Lunney, Government Executive

Seventy-one percent of Americans think that affordable housing should be a main focus of the political parties’ platforms during the 2016 presidential campaign, and 74 percent said they are more...

Why the Housing Market Will Boom Again

By Akin Oyedele, Business Insider

The next housing boom will be triggered by millennials. Like older demographic groups, the lumped-together cohort of 20- and 30-somethings is interested in getting married, starting families, buying...
The Oil Crisis Has Killed These Housing Markets

By Akin Oyedele, Business Insider

Most of the worst housing markets in America have one thing in common: oil. And markets in energy-producing areas make up most of the bottom-ranked parts of America. Related: Here’s a Sign the...
Banks Got Bailed Out, Homeowners Got Sold Out — and the Feds Made a Killing

By David Dayen

The government turned an unprecedented crime ring of systemic fraud into a piggy bank, without distributing its profits to the homeowner victims.
Why Oil's Collapse Could Ultimately Be Worse than the Housing Crisis

By Mark Harrington, CNBC

Oil and gas companies borrowed heavily when oil prices were soaring above $70 a barrel. But in the past 24 months, they've seen their values and cash flows erode ferociously as oil prices plunge —...
The Big Problem with ‘The Big Short’

By David Dayen

Too many crisis narratives write ordinary people out of the picture, which actually makes us more vulnerable to a replay. That’s especially true because the new dangers won’t come from the same place.

Banks and Justice Officials: How Connected?

By The Fiscal Times Staff

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Lanny Breuer, head of the Justice Department's criminal division, were partners for years at a Washington law firm that represented a Who's Who of big banks and...
Home Sales Hit 11-Month High

By Reuters

Sales of previously owned homes rose to an 11-month high in December and the supply of properties on the market tumbled to a near 7-year low, pointing to a nascent recovery in the housing market. The...
The 2012 Housing Market:Time to Buy?

By Anne Brennan, The Fiscal Times

Many analysts are anticipating a rebound in the housing market this year, but strict lending requirements and a backlog in foreclosures could hold it back. Here are some pros and cons to buying now
Foreclosure “Squatters” Goad Lenders and Stand Pat

By Michelle Hirsch, The Fiscal Times

Mortgage lenders are being taken for a bumpy ride as growing numbers of delinquent borrowers fight foreclosure and find ways to game the system.
Embattled Fannie Mae Chief to Step Down

By RACHELLE YOUNGLAI, Reuters

Fannie Mae Chief Executive Michael Williams said on Tuesday he was stepping down from the government-controlled mortgage firm, which is at the center of a fight over how to reduce foreclosures.

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