Commentary by Joshua Dorkin | February 16, 2009So far, we’ve tackled the subprime lending crisis (and failed), the credit crisis (and failed), we’ve got a TARP, a Stimulus Package, Trillions of dollars in borrowed debt repayments as a result, and from what the Wall Street Journal tells us, we’ll learn about the President’s Housing Bailout Package – aka. Foreclosures R US, on [...]
Read the full article → BiggerPockets News by Joshua Dorkin | February 12, 2009On Monday, January 12, 2009, BiggerPockets.com’s own Richard Warren wrote a compelling piece here on the Real Estate Dispatch called A National GO Zone?, proposing a solution to the nations housing crisis. At a time when housing is one of the most critical issues in the national debate, I’m excited to let our readers know [...]
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More Government Intervention? No, Thanks!
by Alex Cortez | August 1, 2010With strong lobbying from various groups, President Obama signed a Homebuyer Tax Extension, thereby giving 3 additional months for qualifying transactions to close (and let’s face it, short sales take time and even with the extension some just won’t close in time). And now there are already many in the real estate industry clamoring for [...]