It's a great marketing idea when you are not in the middle of a national anthrax crisis.

Rarely is the phenomenon as organized as Rameau's effort to "liberate" foreclosed homes.Florida _ especially the Miami area, with its once-booming condo market _ is one of the hardest-hit states in the housing crisis, largely because of overbuilding and speculation.

pid=20601109&sid=a2jrSPqYhVzY&refer=home Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- The classified ads in Dubai read like an obituary for a real-estate market that until a few months ago seemed immune from the global credit crisis.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1882) *The above quote is over 100 years old but still as relevant today with the current global econonic crisis!

Oh and they also earn interest on the cash they keep as reserves. 10 points extra credit to anybody who can spot something wrong with this 'solution' to the crisis.

You want to "solve the real estate crisis" and stimulate the economy?

As much as I understand the sentiment (I mean, this real estate/mortgage crisis is all the fault of...and I'd never want them near my property/money again, right?)

Overall, commercial right now due to this 'financial crisis'.

We have been growing M3 and M2 by leaps and bounds since we inflated our way out of the REOS trust Crisis.

In any event, even in a crisis there are opportunities; including some that would not occur otherwise.