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Policy Suggestions from the Park Girl Rip-off
If you don’t live in the RioGrande Valley, or don’t follow manufactured housing (MH) scams, you might have missed the “Park Girl” Story. JoLeigh Ares, a manufactured housing r… more →
Texas housers
Rebuilding the Housing Market
wrote 6 hours ago: The media reported today a new survey by the Halifax that indicated most young people think they wil … more →
Debt Relief Webinar, LGBTQ Pride Month Events and Housing & Economic Policy Summit in DC
wrote 5 days ago: June 27: Free Equal Justice Works Debt Relief Webinar Drowning in Debt? Learn How Government and Non … more →
On Rent Incentives
wrote 1 week ago: After a week on holiday and offline I have been trawling back over what has been going on. DCLG have … more →
Housing in West Cornwall – an opinion
wrote 1 week ago: Marazion Whenever I am asked to do a TV or radio interview about property, it often seems to be eith … more →
Access to UK Justice means Stopping Legal Aid 'Reform'
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wrote 2 weeks ago: Save UK justice by laughing at the proposals to reform legal aid. and sign the petition here: http:/ … more →
An energy efficient property tax?
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wrote 2 weeks ago: Vicky Ingram Can you imagine selling your home for a price that is dependent on how energy efficient … more →
Housing Policy in Scotland: Away From the Numbers?
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wrote 3 weeks ago: I spoke at a housing conference in Edinburgh on Wednesday. ‘Lifting the lid on the affordable housin … more →
LSL/ Acadametrics Wales House Price Index
wrote 3 weeks ago: Welsh house prices fall £1,735 in a year House prices have sunk by £284 from February Prices have fa … more →
FHA Change Could Encourage Mid-Rise, Mixed-Use Development
wrote 1 month ago: From a MultiFamily Executive post: Before WWII, one of the basic ingredients for an active Main Stre … more →
What's wrong with rising house prices?
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wrote 1 month ago: The government’s ‘Help to Buy’ scheme could raise house prices by 20% in the next couple of years, a … more →
Pensions and Rented Housing
wrote 1 month ago: The Scottish Government released a press release yesterday supporting an initiative led by Homes for … more →
Fannie and Freddie nominee signals desire to preserve government-backed mortgages
wrote 1 month ago: President Obama nominated a long-term Democratic lawmaker on Wednesday to run the obscure but powerf … more →
Housing wealth
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wrote 1 month ago: There has been lots of discussion recently about how much more the ’1%’ earn than everyo … more →
How Margaret Thatcher defined the (housing) nation
wrote 1 month ago: Professor Mark Stephens I suspect that one of the reasons that Margaret Thatcher’s death had such a … more →
Americans are Becoming "Rent Burdened" with High Costs
wrote 1 month ago: According to a new study by DePaul University, rental prices have been skyrocketing at a level so hi … more →
Housing is Complicated, Post #2
wrote 1 month ago: In my last blog post I wrote about how affordable housing policy has interacted with the politics an … more →
Is your house your pension, or a curse for the next generation?
wrote 1 month ago: Rising house prices are not just a kind of “free money” or an alternative pension, Professor Chris L … more →
Towards a Scottish Land and Building Transactions Tax
wrote 1 month ago: I had a day out in Edinburgh today. I was part of a panel assembled by the David Hume Institute talk … more →
Housing Finance: Learning from the Past, Planning for the Future | April 23
wrote 1 month ago: ABOUT THE SPEAKER Julia Gordon is the Director of Housing Finance and Policy at American Progress. H … more →
