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STILL NOT NORMAL

The number of homeowners with negative equity continues to fall, but not fast enough to return the housing market to “normal” any time soon, according to Zillow. At just under… Read More »

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THE REAL PROBLEM

With spring arriving finally, if belatedly, it’s getting harder to blame an icy winter for sluggish home sales. New York Times columnist Neil Irwin has another, more disturbing explanation —… Read More »

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BUMPER CROP

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is doing a booming business – in consumer complaints. The agency logged nearly 164,000 of them last year, nearly double the 90,000 processed the previous… Read More »

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RAPID GROWTH

The Federal Tax Rules, (not the rules themselves, but the IRS explanation of the tax code and the regulations implementing it) now totals 74,608 pages — 34,108 more than in… Read More »

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FAST CASH

All-cash home purchase transactions and those on which buyers make higher down payments close more quickly than those financed by low-down payment loans. Mortgage underwriting glitches pose the biggest obstacle,… Read More »