After what happened with Stuyvesant Town in Manhattan, CALPERS is expected to adopt a new policy to stop investing in real estate deals that convert apartments with controlled rents to much higher market rates. Jill Barshay reports.
RealtyTrac reports over 900,000 homes went into foreclosure in the first quarter of 2010, with Nevada, California and Florida leading the way. Stacey Vanek-Smith gets more stats from Marketplace's Jeremy Hobson.
The Congressional Oversight Panel has released a report saying federal mortgage aid programs aren't doing enough to help more families out of foreclosure. Stacey Vanek-Smith talks to panel chair Elizabeth Warren.
Former executives of the mortgage giant Fannie Mae testified before the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission. The execs said Fannie and Freddie failed because they were victims of an unsustainable business model. Nancy Marshall Genzer reports.
Rents rise, rents decline: Depends on your paper of record. Mitchell Hartman dissects dueling reports on the state of the rental market in our latest Reporter's Notebook.
Many Americans are paying a lot on property taxes, so a flood of homeowners are appealing to get their home values reassessed in hopes of saving some money. Stacey Vanek-Smith reports.
Trulia.com, one of the top search Web sites for home buyers, is moving into the rental business. It joins a growing crowd of online sites that are jumping into the rental market. Mitchell Hartman reports.
