Watch 8:23
The San Francisco activists who say please build in my backyard
Job growth in the San Francisco Bay Area has exploded in recent years and many people are being priced out. Blame the NIMBYS, including progressives fighting to protect their quaint neighborhoods by blocking any new construction. Activists battling income equality…
Watch 10:41
Bad bargain? Manufactured-home owners feel the financial strain
Twenty million Americans live in mobile, or manufactured, homes that offer affordable housing, particularly in rural parts of the country. Typically older and poorer than traditional homeowners, manufactured homeowners often face serious, unique financial difficulties that make it a bad…
Why the foreclosure crisis isn’t over yet
This is the story of two housing markets — one that's doing very well and another that's treading water.
In Bank of America settlement, who’s feeling the pain?
The day after Bank of America's record $16.65 billion settlement with the Department of Justice, Making Sen$e looks back at how the bank increased their holdings of risky mortgages and looks forward at whom -- from consumers to shareholders --…
Recent reports suggest that the recovery in the nation’s housing market might be starting to slow down, with both existing and new home sales down in the last months. How will this affect the overall economic health in the country?…
Signs of Recovery, Home Sales Paint a Better Fiscal Picture in the U.S.
The Good, the Bad and the Politics Behind the Latest Government Economic Report…
How the Mortgage Crisis in Nevada Will Affect Voters at the Polls…
From the jobless rate to a discouraging housing market and an aggravated lot of indebted college graduates, the year's defining economic stories kept a downbeat theme. Ray Suarez discusses 2011's economic impact with The Atlantic's Don Peck, the University of…
