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The Great Recession: 'Reparations' Gone Bad Jan. 09, 2020
Some of the Democratic candidates for president support studying reparations to blacks to compensate... Read More
Trump Can Take Credit for Black Unemployment Drop Jan. 10, 2018
There's plenty to celebrate in the December Bureau of Labor Statistics report showing black unemploy... Read More
Freer Markets, Not More Regulation, Will Improve Retirement Marketplace Dec. 30, 2015
The Department of Labor has spent a good part of 2015 trying to revise the regulation of advisers th... Read More
Government: Here to Help! Sep. 23, 2015
Government wants you to think it helps you at every turn. Every time you make a decision, a purchase... Read More
Mortgage Madness Returns Aug. 25, 2015
Last month I bought a house in Potomac, Md., a trade-up on my current home, and was shocked to learn... Read More
Should You Care About Rising Interest Rates? Aug. 05, 2015
Dear Carrie: It seems pretty clear that after many years of below-normal levels, interest rates are... Read More
Housing Market Will Pick Up in 2015 Dec. 29, 2014
Most housing analysts are predicting substantial growth in housing activity in 2015 — much mor... Read More
Mortgage Binges and Painful Hangovers Dec. 14, 2014
Plenty of people who go on wild drinking binges end up with sound reasons to avoid repeating the exp... Read More
Fannie and Freddie Must Go Oct. 30, 2014
Say we didn't hear that. Say we didn't hear that rules for mortgages guaranteed by the taxpayers are... Read More
Low Mortgage Rates Rooted in Europe Jun. 02, 2014
Today's exceptionally low mortgage rates in the U.S. are rooted in Europe and are contributing to ou... Read More
The Housing Bust and the American Psyche May. 29, 2014
Real estate mania lives on at the HGTV cable channel, where house shoppers still holler for granite ... Read More
Projecting Home Price Changes Apr. 07, 2014
One of the most frequent questions asked at this point relates to future home prices. Consumers want... Read More
The Brass Standard Sep. 09, 2012
Politics takes a lot of brass. And Bill Clinton is a master politician. His rousing speech at the De... Read More
Invasion of the Robot Home Snatchers Oct. 12, 2010
The Titanic that is the U.S. housing market has just sprung its biggest leak, and even some of the l... Read More
Obama's Manichean World Aug. 26, 2010
President Obama has a weakness for thinking in categories. For someone who provokes swoons among lib... Read More
