Loan Modification

On a Wing and A Prayer: East Coast Facing Mysterious Chicken Wing Shortage
Once again the main stream media has let us down. While everyone was covering Inaugural Balls in Washington, a major crisis is emerging in New York and New Jersey: a chronic shortage of chicken wings...

Sowell: Housing Boom and Bust
Politicians in Washington set out to solve a national problem that did not exist -- a nationwide shortage of affordable housing -- and have now left us with a problem whose existence is as undeniable as it is painful.

New plug-ins
I’ve added a couple new plug-ins in the last couple weeks: 1. A plug-in for my foreign readers. If you load the website (www.inventblog.com) you will see (in the right hand sidebar) links to common language translations of this site...

For the UK, Housing Recovery Remains a Question Mark
The recent UK housing survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is pointing again to the trend of rising housing prices across Great Britain. While encouraging news yet again, some experts remain dubious on the long-term prospects of sustaining this recovery...

On the National Low Income Housing Coalition Annual Report
Our nation faces a significant shortage of affordable housing, and I commend the work of the National Low Income Housing Coalition in publicizing the problem and advocating solutions on behalf of low- and moderate-income families...

A TIKOSYN SHORTAGE. Pfizer is writing to inform you of a shortage of 60 count bottles of TIKOSYN®
A TIKOSYN SHORTAGE. “Pfizer is writing to inform you of a shortage of 60 count bottles of TIKOSYN® 250 mcg and 500 mcg. . . . This product shortage is a result of a manufacturing issue and not the result of any efficacy or safety issues with TIKOSYN®...

Fair Housing Act
Prevent discrimination by landlords

KB Home and Countrywide Financial Corp.
allegedly conspired with appraisers to boost housing prices as the market crashed.

Apartment Appointment
Pine Properties Inc. pays $158,000 housing discrimination settlement.

Disability Access
Developers pay $175,000 settlement for failing to comply with the Fair Housing Act.

Housing Inmates
City of Renton pays Yakima County $1.7 million settlement.

Housing Buyer Discrimination
White homeowner settles $30,000 buyer-discrimination lawsuit.