Foreclosure Crisis

Bank Owned

Federal Government Developing More Foreclosure Protections

Millions of American property owners are behind on mortgage payments and facing the prospect of foreclosure and eviction later this year.

April 9, 2021 - Forbes

Bank Owned

The Foreclosure Crisis Waiting in January

Although homeowners have so far accessed financial relief from the pandemic much more easily than renters, housing counselors are bracing for a foreclosure crisis as forbearance terms start to end.

December 28, 2020 - Shelterforce Magazine

facades of victorian style residences in San Francisco

How California Plans to Slow the Corporate Takeover of the Residential Market

The state of California is trying to prevent a repeat of one of the most significant consequences of the Great Recession: large Wall Street interests buying for-sale housing in bulk for conversion to apartments.

November 2, 2020 - Next City

Stockton Foreclosure

Foreclosures Near 20-Year Low

Some areas of the country are experiencing stress in the housing market, according to the new CoreLogic "Loan Performance Insights" report, but overall it's a long-time since homeowners have been so stable.

December 19, 2019 - The Dallas Morning News

Milwaukee

Vacancy Problem Intensifying Milwaukee's Affordable Housing Issues

The city has plans to increase affordable housing, but some areas are seeing more progress than others.

October 28, 2018 - CityLab

Affluent neighborhood

Effects of the Foreclosure Crisis Still Felt in Parts of Cleveland

Call it a tale of two housing markets.

September 5, 2018 - The Plain Dealer

Detroit Vacant Properties

The Vacancy Epidemic

A new report uses terms like epidemic and hyper-vacancy to drive home the point about the effects of vacancies on communities like Cleveland, Gary, Toledo, and Detroit.

June 8, 2018 - Curbed

Rent

Most Large U.S. Cities Now Home to Mostly Renters

The foreclosure crisis and the Great Recession have paved the way for a steady decline in homeownership. Many cities will never be the same.

March 25, 2017 - Bloomberg

Leave it to beaver house

Survey Finds Pessimism Prevailing in the Housing Market

A new survey finds that many Americans are still extremely pessimistic about the state of the housing market—many even believe that the worst of the mortgage foreclosure crisis that began in 2008 is yet to come.

June 29, 2016 - CityLab

Stockton Foreclosure

The New Landscape of the Housing Crisis

The housing crisis that made headlines during the Great Recession is proving far more persistent than the common narrative about over-priced coastal market allows. A new report by the Center for American Progress uncovers the facts on the ground.

November 3, 2015 - The Atlantic

Home For Sale Signs

Generation X Leads the Decline of Homeownership

A snarky post written for The Atlantic identifies a forgotten culprit in the country's dropping homeownership rates: Generation X.

October 29, 2014 - The Atlantic

Real Estate Boom and Bust Hit Minorities the Hardest

A new visualization tool by the Urban Institute provides a vivid portrait of an unfortunate truth: the foreclosure crisis and other effects of the Great Recession real estate market were worse for minority groups.

September 18, 2014 - The Washington Post

Study: Inherent Flaws in Community Development Responses to Foreclosure Crisis

A new study by Laura Wolf-Powers at the University of Pennsylvania finds inherent conflict in the three varieties of response by community development practitioners to the foreclosure crisis.

July 15, 2014 - Science Daily

Senator Elizabeth Warren’s Candid Take on the Foreclosure Crisis

The Boston Globe provides an excerpt from the new book by Senator Elizabeth Warren, wherein she recounts her troubled reaction to a conversation with then Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner.

April 23, 2014 - The Boston Globe

Recession Surprise—Net Migration Still Favors the Inland Empire Over Los Angeles

The Inland Empire—suburban and exurban counties located to the east of Los Angeles—experienced some of the worst impacts of the housing crisis and recession. Yet, people still arrived there in droves during the recession.

February 10, 2014 - Los Angeles Times

Ideas for Fixing the Housing Market

In the "Room for Debate" section of its Opinion Pages, The New York Times has gathered a series of ideas for fixing the struggling housing market from experts across the ideological spectrum.

January 27, 2012 - The New York Times

A Tale of Two Cities

Melinda Burns uses two California cities through which to investigate the reasons why the foreclosure crisis has impacted communities in dramatically different ways.

January 20, 2012 - Miller-McCune

Smart Growth Weathered Housing Crisis Better Than Sprawl

Abigail Gardner of Smart Growth America takes aim at a recent article based primarily on Wendell Cox's correlation of smart growth policies to the housing market bubble and collapse.

June 23, 2011 - D.C. Streetsblog

Reviving Suburbs Requires an Urban Sensibility

Richard Florida argues that edge cities ravaged by the recession should take cues from urban development patterns to spur growth.

October 11, 2010 - The Wall Street Journal

Foreclosure Crisis - Not What It Seems?

Millions of American homeowners are underwater facing the loss of their home, causing devastating effects on the national and local economy. But when a homeowner decides to walk away from his or her home, is that a sign of crisis or a shrewd move?

May 29, 2010 - McClatchy Newspapers via Fresno Bee

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