Fatheree had already handled one forcible eviction that day, and the little white house was next on his list. The prospect made him a bit uneasy. In only the rarest cases—maybe one in a hundred—did eviction day arrive without his having had some contact with the resident of the home. Full Story »
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This is an excellent example of predatory lending practice using one elderly lady example. Is there any wonder why are nation is in trouble?
Good human interest story. Superficial discussion of the foreclosure problem, with just a little background on the crimes behind the current situation.
Very good report using personal interest to hook the reader. The focus of the story is the effect of predatory lending on the poor. That device is used to make the part played by subprime mortgages in the economy's meltdown understandable and interesting.
As you'd expect in the New Yorker, the writers don't point a finger directly at the Clinton administration, which is okay with me, but a negative ... More »
It tries to use the experience of one person to illustrate the whole mortgage meltdown issue,and pretty much succeeds.
It's nice to hae a congressman get interested - how many other people lost homesbecause they didn't have one, even if it was Kucinich. And why does ... More »
In NE Ohio, we've been in the midst of this foreclosure problem for what seems like forever. When a stockbroker tried to tell me that it would be ... More »