With help from the federal government, institutional investors became major players in the rental market. They promised to return profits […]
The Government Is Selling Thousands of Homes to Hedge Funds Without Their Owners’ Knowledge
Julius Uwansc was in trouble with his mortgage after refinancing in 2009, just after the real estate bubble popped. […]
5 QUESTIONS ON THE STATE OF MORTGAGE LENDING
Anyone who’s tried to get a mortgage in recent years knows that it hasn’t been easy. But there are […]
Q&A with Wilbur Ross
by Vyvyan Tenorio Behind an immense desk in his midtown Manhattan office, Wilbur Ross, hunched over a computer, cuts […]
Yale’s Shiller: US Could Have Japanese-Style Housing Slump
By Julie Crawshaw, Moneynews.com, Yale economist Robert Shiller says the United States could experience a Japanese-style housing slump that lasts […]
S&P Negative Watch for US Flagged Financial Sector as Major Risk
From NakedCapitalism website, Yes, I know I dissed the S&P report as fundamentally wrongheaded, but as we will discuss shortly, […]
OXSTONE FOOD FOR THOUGHT – May 2011 – The rise of private lenders and a contrarian investment idea
By Liu-Yue (Louie) Lam, Co-Founder, Chief Investment Strategist, Oxstone Capital Management, Crisis Leads to New Opportunities Recently, many prominent investors […]