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Amazon Comes to the Neighborhood
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a woman in buenos aires stands in front of her informal home
Economics
Onerous standard rent deals in Buenos Aires force many into informal settlements
a man mixes cement in argentina
Business, Economics and Jobs
Prefabricated homes may fix Argentina’s housing crisis — and put builders out of work
A construction crane rises above a condo development in Brooklyn's Williamsburg neighborhood in 2013.
Economics
How do you say ‘pied-à-terre’ in Chinese?
In Ohio, concerned citizens can bring water from their wells to a monthly water monitoring program.
Environment
Fearing pollution, some local governments are demanding back zoning control over oil and gas
Tower of David, Caracas
Development
Caracas is finally ending the ‘world’s tallest squat’
Business, Economics and Jobs
A possible moratorium on foreclosures
Global Politics
Government’s role in country’s ever-collapsing housing market
Seth Leslie's 100 square foot "man cave" in Hong Kong.
Lifestyle & Belief
One man’s Hong Kong man cave, at 100 square feet
Where the Forest Ends
Business, Economics and Jobs
As wealthy invest in urban properties, middle class being priced out in some areas
Business, Economics and Jobs
Banks fight law regulating risky lending
Business, Economics and Jobs
Helping homeowners avoid foreclosure
Business, Economics and Jobs
Helping homeowners stay out of foreclosure
Business, Economics and Jobs
Who gets mortgage help
Business, Economics and Jobs
Senate debates foreclosure rescue bill
Business, Economics and Jobs
Lenders freeze home-equity credit
Business, Economics and Jobs
The end of the American dream?
Foreclosure Filings Fell Three Percent in 2012
Lifestyle & Belief
Speed Flatmating Gains Popularity in UK
Matthew Yglesias Discusses Rising Rents: Is Your Rent Too High?
What the Mortgage Settlement Means for the Housing Market
Huge Foreclosure Deal Reached
Multi-Billion Dollar Foreclosure Settlement Imminent
Steep Increase in August Foreclosure Filings
Is Our Blood Pressure Rising With the Foreclosure Rate?
Conflict & Justice
Eviction Stoppers of Spain
Business, Economics and Jobs
Your Take: Facing Foreclosure
Business, Economics and Jobs
Your Take: Is It Better to Rent or Own?
Business, Economics and Jobs
Little Help from US Government for Unemployed Homeowners Facing Foreclosure
Does America Need New Homes?
Business, Economics and Jobs
Housing Numbers Still in Decline
Come Live With Me?
Come Live With Me?
Stormy Trends: Is Weather Getting Uninsurable?
Big Money to Green Low Income Housing
Coastal Real Estate
Community Garden Bulldozed
Conflict & Justice
New foreclosure problem: lawyers filing faulty documents
Business, Economics and Jobs
November home foreclosures: behind the numbers
Conflict & Justice
Surge in landlords causes problems for tenants
Business, Economics and Jobs
Banks feeling the heat on foreclosure problems
Arts, Culture & Media
The new minimalists: out of the physical, into the digital
Global Politics
Takeouts: no fix yet for struggling homeowners, Republicans’ ‘vote-a-rama’
Business, Economics and Jobs
Choosing foreclosure as home values dip
Business, Economics and Jobs
A new breed of house flipping
Global Politics
Takeouts: fundraising, football and our listeners
Global Politics
Congressional efforts to mitigate foreclosures
Conflict & Justice
The high cost of foreclosure
Global Politics
Cleveland’s plan to fight foreclosures
Arts, Culture & Media
One year on: the housing market
Business, Economics and Jobs
Housing numbers spark mostly confusion, some hope
Global Politics
Watch Out! The Second Wave of the Foreclosure Crisis
Business, Economics and Jobs
Home sales rise in parts of the U.S.
Business, Economics and Jobs
As interest rates drop re-financing mortgages looks more attractive
Business, Economics and Jobs
Cleveland as the center of the housing crisis
Conflict & Justice
Resisting foreclosure by any means necessary
Global Politics
Loan modifications can be difficult for banks and homeowners
Global Politics
Inside the Meltdown: A new film illuminates the economy’s collapse
Business, Economics and Jobs
Foreclosures still on the rise nationwide