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Tag: Housing news
Bo’s clips: The news media is reporting fair housing stories for a change
Segregated housing remains in America well into the 21st Century despite Fair Housing Laws. The separation of people of color…
Bo’s clips: In booming Midland, new class of homeless workers mass in camps with cars, trucks parked among tents
In this week’s Bo’s news clips: In booming Midland, a new class of homeless workers mass in camps where cars…
Bo’s clips: The H+T (Housing + Transportation) index better measures true cost
An updated metric for affordability by HUD and the U.S. DOT calculates the costs of commuting to jobs and services…
Bo’s clips: Fort Worth’s new urbanist approach works downtown but struggles in poor, minority neighborhood
Uneven road to renewal: Fort Worth debates success of urban villages By Cathy Hirst Fort Worth Star-Telegram …
Bo’s Clips: GSE Accounting
The president declares an end to the housing collapse and calls for shutting down Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. The…
Bo’s Clips: Fannie and Freddie in the Black
An improved housing market puts Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac back in the black and generating enough profit to repay…
Bo’s Clips: Housing Discrimination Persists
Race continues to be a barrier to housing for people of color in the US with African-Americans encountering the greatest…
Bo’s Clips: Wall Street Buyers
The housing industry’s spike in sales is largely fueled by speculating corporations with idyll bucks to invest. The typical deal…
Bo’s Clips: Unequal Recovery
The Federal Reserve has released a new report that asserts the nation has yet to recover from the recession. While…
Bo’s Clips: Suburban Poverty Grows
A new Brookings Institute study says America’s poor are increasingly pushed out into the suburbs where the costs of living…
Bo’s Clips: Homeownership and Labor Mobility
The “American Dream” of homeownership is challenged by a new study that links high rates of unemployment to high rates…
Bo’s Clips: Continuing mortgage servicing abuses
While the housing industry slowly recovers, New York’ attorney general is suing big banks for continuing to scam borrowers. The…
Bo’s Clips: Minorities Pay More for Homes
Racial inequities in US housing ownership continue as a new report shows minorities pay more for their homes and are…
Bo’s Clips: Wall Street Betting on Single Family
As the housing recovery stalls, big banks move in to grab the bargains, leaving low-income buyers languishing. Market analysts speculate…
Bo’s Clips: Houston Looks for Work Force Housing
Houston planners are proposing to develop more work force housing for middle income households inside the inner loop. The mayor…
Bo’s Clips: Texas Lemon Law for Homes Focuses on Veterans
Fueled by record-low interest rates, housing sales surge beyond supply and send builders scrambling to restart and expand their operations.…
Bo’s Clips: Dallas Council Member Blames Plano for Dallas Homeless
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac begin to make write-downs on troubled mortgages as they post a 2012 profit of $17.2…
Bo’s Clips: Mortgage Credit Easing
Home builders now rush to respond to a surging market as nationwide sales rise 7.3 percent in the last year.…
Bo’s News Clips: Speculators Sweep Available Rentals
As the housing market slowly improves, some banks are buying huge tracts of foreclosed houses and renting them in hope…
Bo’s News Clips: Ft Worth Voids Housing Vouchers
The reality of federal cuts hit the poor first with HUD preparing to cut 100,000 Section 8 vouchers nationwide. Anticipating…
Bo’s News Clips: Not Enough Available Rental Housing
A sluggish US economy bodes for tighter pocketbooks that preclude down payments on mortgages. As an alternative, many young Americans…
Bo’s News Clips: Austin Density Bonus Dispute
Key indicators from the housing area suggest that the economy is improving for the average American: almost two million Americans…
Bo’s News Clips: Ratings Agency Overhaul Stalled
Ratings agencies: “can’t live with them and can’t live without them.” Federal efforts to penalize and reform Wall Street rating…
Bo’s News Clips: DOJ sues S&P
As the housing industry slowly recovers, another suit is filed by the Justice Department for business malpractices that fueled the…
Bo’s News Clips: Foreclosures are unfinished business
As critics blast the Obama Administration for neglecting foreclosed homeowners, Fannie and Freddie Mac begin to forgive some homeowners who…
Bo’s News Clips: Housing for West Texas Shale Workers
As the US home building rebounds, West Texas prepares for a huge production in housing units to accommodate workers extracting…
Bo’s News Clips: Fannie Mae Deal Criticized
The deal cut between the Fannie Mae and Bank of America has come under attack by Public Citizen as too…
Bo’s News Clips: Foreclosure Settlement
Ten major banks are settling with the Federal Reserve to repay bilked borrowers $5.2 billion in direct assistance. The settlement…
Bo’s news clips: More affordable housing for Austin’s Mueller community
The rigging of an international lending rate may have cost Fannie and Freddie Mac $3 billion in borrowing costs. While…