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Category: News Clips
Bo McCarver’s weekly housing news compilation, 1-3-2012
As desperate families jostle for position in lines for public housing, Congress slashes federal housing programs by $3.8 billion. The…
Housing News Clips – December 2011
Tuesday Report, Dec. 27, 2011 Special to the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service Corruption in the nation’s banking industry…
Housing News Clips – November 2011
Tuesday Report, Nov. 1, 2011 Special to the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service As retribution for sleazy mortgage deals,…
Housing News Clips – October 2011
Tuesday Report, Oct. 4, 2011 Special to the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service The federal program to rescue “underwater”…
Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation, 9-20-2011
Mortgage defaults soar as bankers bear down on marginal borrowers. The 33 percent spike comes as Bank of America loses…
Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation, 9-13-2011
Economists present mixed views of the housing industry with some saying it will get worse before it gets better and…
Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation, 8-30-2011
In order to increase the value of occupied houses, banks are now financing the demolition of some that aren’t. In…
Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation, 8-23-2011
Depressed home sales nationwide signal that the end of the recession is nowhere near. Record low interest rates at 3.75…
Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation, 8-16-2011
Stale sales in the housing industry continue to spook builders as potential buyers are increasingly squeezed-out by the general economic…
Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation, 8-2-2011
As Congress finally acts, analysts are still pouring over the impacts of the debt-ceiling package — but a general belt-tightening…
50,000 protest soaring housing prices in Tel Aviv | CNN
An estimated 50,000 demonstrators swept through the streets of Tel Aviv on Saturday night to rail against soaring housing prices…
Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation, 7-26-2011
As the clock ticks down on dealing with the nation’s debt ceiling, nervous investors speculate on impact the political resolution…
Dallas pregnant woman reportedly trampled, others injured in rush for housing vouchers
Bo McCarver’s housing news clips posted on this blog this week has a story from the AP headlined, “Early morning…
HUD: Ex-inmates need help to stay off streets in Houston | Houston Chronicle
The Houston Chronicle ran a thoughtful story today about the difficult problem facing people coming out of jail trying to…
Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation, 7-19-2011
Mortgage companies are finding that sleazy habits are hard to break as robo-signings continue. Federal regulators have seen no change…
Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation, 7-12-2011
Tuesday Report, July 12, 2011 Special to the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service More corporate sleaze oozed into the…
Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation, 7-5-2011
Tuesday Report, July 5, 2011 Special to the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service Two big banks are now taking…
Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation, 6-28-2011
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac undergo more scrutiny as it is discovered that almost 100 possible foreclosure fraud cases were…
Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation, 6-21-2011
Tuesday Report, June 21, 2011 Special to the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service As more doom and gloom stories…
Housing Tidbits and Round-up
Housing news crossing our desk that didn’t turn into full blog posts this week: TDHCA and TSHAC received $620k through…
Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation, 6-14-2011
Tuesday Report, June 14, 2011 Special to the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service Mortgage lenders are whining at new…
Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation, 6-7-2011
Tuesday Report, June 7, 2011 Special to the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service Government efforts to help distressed homeowners…
Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation, 5-31-2011
Tuesday Report, May 31, 2011 Special to the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service Home prices continue to freefall as…
Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation, 5-24-2011
Tuesday Report, May 24, 2011 Special to the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service In Texas, Galveston disaster recovery continues…
Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation, 5-17-2011
Tuesday Report, May 17, 2011 Special to the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service Groundbreakings for new residential units dropped…
Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation, 5-10-2011
Tuesday Report, May 10, 2011 Special to the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service Fannie Mae, already in the Congressional…
Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation, 5-3-2011
Tuesday Report, May 3, 2011 Special to the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service A new Harvard study shows that…
Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation, 4-26-2011
Tuesday Report, April 26, 2011 Special to the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service Conservatives bent on ending Fannie Mae…
Bo McCarver’s weekly news compilation, 4-18-2011
Special to the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service Disclosures continue to shed light on sleazy mortgage deals by US…