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Cleveland's foreclosure problems affect entire housing market
Marc Lefkowitz Says:In a Forbes report on the best and worst housing markets (based on home values) in the country today (8/16/07), Cleveland and Detroit lead in the race to the bottom. "In these metros, prices fell 7.1%. Skies aren't much sunnier in the West. Median home sale numbers in Sacramento, Calif., Las Vegas and Phoenix dropped 6.3%, 3.6% and 2.7%, respectively."
The article blames Ohio, Indiana and Michigan's woes—20% of all loans in foreclosure nationwide—on the economy. But, isn't it also a sign of how much these states and the banks allowed the subprime mortgage industry to damage the overall housing market?
Bill Callahan draws us a picture
Susan Miller Says:The pictures are astounding!
Check out the other foreclosure articles here, too.
Callahan and the WSTJournal on sub-subprime lending.
I am reminded of touring Cleveland neighborhoods one Saturday back in the spring. As we rode past block after block of boarded up houses, we kept spotting signs on houses with windows boarded and siding stripped off that had signs saying "rent to own".