real estate
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A call for examination of federal real estate programs
The following is a guest post by Alex Dodds, Online Communications Manager, Smart Growth America. The home mortgage interest deduction turns 100 years old this year. Is it still doing the most it can for American families and taxpayers? Smart Growth America recently examined the federal government’s involvement in the real estate market and its Continue reading
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What Can FHFA Learn from the Banks’ Big Mistakes?
The National Fair Housing Alliance’s report, The Banks Are Back, Our Neighborhoods Are Not: Discrimination in the Maintenance and Marketing of REO Properties has people talking over at the National Low Income Housing Coalition. It’s not just the report’s finding that bank or “real estate-owned” (REO) properties in white neighborhoods are much better maintained and Continue reading
On the Home Front 