Read more housing bubble stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/21511/housing-bubble.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:01:50 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73257/bubbles-reinflating-world-bank-warns.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEfforts to boost economic recovery are having the dangerous side effect of creating new bubbles in property, stock, and currency markets, the World Bank warned yesterday. Commodity prices are also surging, with gold hitting a record price yesterday. The effect is most pronounced in Asia, where recovery has come soonest,...http://www.newser.com/story/73257/bubbles-reinflating-world-bank-warns.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 04 Nov 2009 3:32:10 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71235/lawsuits-over-chinese-drywall-mounting.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith the controversy over Chinese drywall about to come to a head, the New York Times checks in on the issue and finds hundreds of lawsuits piling up around the country. The imported material, which became common as builders scrambled for supplies during the housing boom, is said to be...http://www.newser.com/story/71235/lawsuits-over-chinese-drywall-mounting.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 08 Oct 2009 9:00:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70347/feds-weigh-new-bailouts-for-smaller-banks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith the residential and commercial real-estate markets continuing to hammer smaller US banks, the Treasury and other federal agencies are trying to diagram help for institutions considered too much of a gamble under original bailout terms. Congressional Democrats are “very, very supportive” of such a move, a source tells AP,...http://www.newser.com/story/70347/feds-weigh-new-bailouts-for-smaller-banks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 25 Sep 2009 18:40:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61284/browns-woes-offers-obama-reality-check.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Bush administration has taken much of the blame for the American recession, but a "huge housing bubble and a financial crisis" were always on the cards, as Paul Krugman writes for the New York Times. Writing from London, where voters gave Gordon Brown a pummeling in Thursday's elections, Krugman...http://www.newser.com/story/61284/browns-woes-offers-obama-reality-check.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 08 Jun 2009 8:50:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58941/against-economic-tide-norway-thrives.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhile the rest of the world struggles with recession, Norway’s socialist-leaning government looks pretty smart, the New York Times reports. Norway enjoys a budget surplus of 11% and is free of debt (the US owes $11 trillion), and its economy grew 3% last year. Oil revenues are pouring in—$68...http://www.newser.com/story/58941/against-economic-tide-norway-thrives.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 14 May 2009 10:49:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58984/us-immigration-slows-delaying-minorities-rise.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagImmigration laws and the recession have slowed the growth of America’s immigrant populations, delaying the date when minorities will become the majority by as much as 10 years, the AP reports. Estimates had pointed to 2042, but it now could be another decade as growth slowed from 4% in 2001...http://www.newser.com/story/58984/us-immigration-slows-delaying-minorities-rise.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 14 May 2009 9:14:58 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58545/mini-madoff-scammed-churchgoers-blames-banks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFor some, 2009 may be remembered as the year of the Ponzi scheme: Last year, federal regulators prosecuted 13 such scams, but in just the first few months of this year, they’ve already filed 22 cases, reports ABC News. One recent bust is Long Island's Peter Dawson, who stiffed fellow...http://www.newser.com/story/58545/mini-madoff-scammed-churchgoers-blames-banks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 10 May 2009 13:26:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55935/your-neighborhood-realtor-im-really-really-sorry.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagErica Ferencik can’t stand the guilt anymore. “I am the reason the world is in an economic tailspin,” she writes in Salon. “I'm your neighborhood real estate agent, and I'm really, really sorry.” When Ferencik got into real estate 9 years ago, she found herself swept up in a frenzied...http://www.newser.com/story/55935/your-neighborhood-realtor-im-really-really-sorry.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 11 Apr 2009 14:48:09 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55159/car-bubble-blows-up-on-automakers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe housing boom brought a car bubble along for the ride, and now that one has burst, so has the other, reports the Washington Post . Thousands of cars are sitting on lots and likely to stay there. “You had a huge number of cars being sold," says Steven Rattner, the...http://www.newser.com/story/55159/car-bubble-blows-up-on-automakers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 03 Apr 2009 10:01:50 CDT