Jan 05 Strategic Default: Right or Wrong? By Paul Solman We've been concentrating on the housing crisis over the past several days here on the Business Desk. For the rest of the week we'll be focusing on the issue of strategic default. If you're an underwater homeowner who can afford… Continue reading
Jan 05 Strategic Default: Right or Wrong? By Elizabeth Shell We've been concentrating on the housing crisis over the past several days here on the Business Desk. For the rest of the week we'll be focusing on the issue of strategic default. If you're an underwater homeowner who can afford… Continue reading
Dec 31 The Year in Foreclosure Reports By Paul Solman Mortgage paperwork was a mess. Foreclosures were rampant. Homeowners went through months-long modifications, losing hope when it all fell through. The housing crisis was one of the major stories of the year. And as 2010 draws to a… Continue reading
Dec 31 Alyssa Katz: How Government Is Failing the Homeowner By Paul Solman We last spoke with journalist and author Alyssa Katz back in October 2009. She had just finished writing "Our Lot," a book on the history of America's housing market. "The issue is that the investors and investment… Continue reading
Dec 29 Robert the Robot, the Mechanical Man By Paul Solman Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news most days on his Making Sen$e page. Here's today's query: Name: Jose Question: In Virginia we have a non-judicial foreclosure process. The… Continue reading
Dec 28 The Loan Mod Squad: A Request to Business Desk Readers By Paul Solman Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news most days on his Making Sen$e page. Here's today's query: Name: Toby Hanna Question: I purchased a house in 2006. A year… Continue reading
Dec 27 The American Dream Deferred: What Befell our Strategic Defaulters? By Paul Solman We've devoted a lot of attention to the foreclosure crisis that is threatening the homes of so many Americans, and to various ways they've sought help: non-profit third parties; the government's loan modification program, HAMP. But… Continue reading
Dec 16 Will the U.S. Follow Europe’s Austerity Lead? By Paul Solman Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news most days on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Thursday's query: Name: Sharon McDonnell Question: Paul, I apologize if I missed a step in the… Continue reading
Dec 10 Loan Modifications: A Question of Economic Injustice? By Paul Solman Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news most days on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Friday's query: Three questions today, one answer. Name: James Tracey Question: On a recent… Continue reading
Dec 10 Loan Modifications: A Question of Economic Injustice? By Elizabeth Shell Three questions today, one answer. Name: James Tracey Question: On a recent program, you interviewed a lady from the New York city area, who works in the public education field. She was about to lose the house that her family… Continue reading