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Economy

Gas Prices Alter Housing Values

by Anwell Tsai | December 18, 2008

Perhaps the biggest challenge facing the Obama administration is implementing a new energy program. As gas prices rocketed skyward 6 months ago, calls for energy reform were rampant. As the economy slides further into a recession, focus has shifted towards the financial markets, manufacturing, and stabilizing housing prices.

Economist have long argued that even with [...]

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Commentary

Can YOU Help Fix The Mortgage Mess? Yes you can!

by Charles Feldman | July 30, 2008

The economic news seems dire, to say the least: home prices taking their steepest fall in May—ever! As in, ever!
The Standard & Poor’s /Case-Shiller index of 20 cities dropped 15.8 percent in May compared with last year, reports the Associated Press.
And, that is an average, of course.
Las Vegas, for example, had home prices [...]

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Economy

Real Estate Crisis Worsens and Takes the Rest of the Economy Down with it!

by Charles Feldman | March 12, 2008

If someone were to have said, say a year ago, that there would be a crisis in the subprime mortgage market that would lead to world-wide economic chaos, that person would no doubt have been laughed at.
Sadly, though, that is exactly what has happened and the evidence just this week is overwhelming.
But, before the depressing [...]

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