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The Debt Ceiling Walks the Red Carpet

If Congress and the president can't agree on spending cuts, they should consider ending Fannie and Freddie in exchange for a short-term increase in the debt ceiling.

Anthony Randazzo and Satya Thallam | 6.27.2011 4:30 PM

The Comics Crash of 1993, Or Why Your House in Florida Won't Regain Its Value

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 6.16.2011 1:50 PM

Urban Design Hipsters Are Evil

Tim Cavanaugh | 6.13.2011 5:10 PM

Affordable Housing Means Your House Is Worth Less

Consumer advocates have their priorities backwards.

Anthony Randazzo | 6.9.2011 4:30 PM

Reason Writers on Freedom Watch: Matt Welch Talks About Housing Data and Washington, D.C.

Reason Staff | 6.2.2011 3:11 PM

N.Y. Times Admits Recession Not Over; Proposes Hilarious Solutions

Tim Cavanaugh | 5.31.2011 5:21 PM

Housing Prices Falling Everywhere Except for Washington, D.C.

Matt Welch | 5.31.2011 12:06 PM

New York Times Laments That Banks Operate in Their Own Self Interest

Matt Welch | 5.26.2011 12:18 PM

Survey Says?¡?! Owning a house is "Dumb"

Tim Cavanaugh | 5.25.2011 7:42 PM

Housing Bust Unknown Unknowns

Tim Cavanaugh | 5.17.2011 10:58 AM

Bubbleproof Stooge: After 5 Years, Realtors® Still Pushing $Million Lemons

Tim Cavanaugh | 5.1.2011 4:32 PM

Housing Finance Reform Creeps Forward

After three years of ignoring the mortgage monsters, House Democrats now think Congress is moving too fast to get rid of them.

Anthony Randazzo | 4.8.2011 3:00 PM

?-Towns: China and the Austr[al]ian Business Cycle

Tim Cavanaugh | 4.5.2011 12:12 PM

The New American Landscape: Just Add Zombies

Tim Cavanaugh | 4.1.2011 7:41 PM

Let Them Live in Houses!

Brian Doherty | 4.1.2011 12:55 PM

Housing Market Fails to Find Bottom Despite Every Attempt to Make Sure it Doesn't

Matt Welch | 3.30.2011 12:34 PM

Eviction Vigilante + Expense Account Queens = L.A. Government

Tim Cavanaugh | 3.22.2011 8:43 PM

Hey, Why Not Keep the Bad News Here at Home?

Brian Doherty | 3.16.2011 2:13 PM

Treasury: Doing Nothing, But Doing It Well

Tim Cavanaugh | 3.11.2011 7:36 PM

Flow of Funds Q4: A Poorer, Wiser America

Tim Cavanaugh | 3.11.2011 10:22 AM

Reason Writers on Freedom Watch: Matt Welch Talks Entitlement Cuts and Government Cramdowns

Reason Staff | 3.7.2011 6:29 PM

The Truth About Fannie and Freddie's Role in the Housing Crisis

Separating economic myth from economic fact

Veronique de Rugy | 3.4.2011 12:00 PM

Reason Writers on Freedom Watch: Matt Welch Talks GM's Tax Relief and the Neverending Housing Crisis

Reason Staff | 2.25.2011 8:18 PM

The Truth About Housing Prices

Separating economic fact from economic myth

Veronique de Rugy | 2.18.2011 4:30 PM

Coming Soon: A 300-Percent Increase in Foreclosures

Tim Cavanaugh | 2.3.2011 4:16 PM

Rent Control for the Rich, From NYC to Hanoi

Stephen Smith | 1.13.2011 1:42 PM

Bank of America vs. Citizens of America

Brian Doherty | 1.5.2011 6:44 PM

A Couple of Krugman Kicks

Brian Doherty | 12.27.2010 8:29 PM

"I Wish the Law Had Worked": A Dispatch from the Land of Unintended Consequences

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 12.21.2010 2:46 PM

When Mainstream Media Say "Flip This House," Don't.

Tim Cavanaugh | 12.15.2010 11:27 AM

Reason Writers on TV: Matt Welch Talks Government Housing Intervention and Privatizing the Post Office on Freedom Watch With Judge Napolitano

Reason Staff | 11.17.2010 7:07 PM

Foreclosuregate, We Hardly Knew Ye

Tim Cavanaugh | 10.18.2010 5:14 PM

Nightmare on Every Street

How to carve Fannie and Freddie into pieces

Alex Pollock | 10.11.2010 4:30 PM

Miron, Is That You?[*]

Nick Gillespie | 9.7.2010 5:40 PM

No Exit Plan for Housing Quagmire

Tim Cavanaugh | 9.6.2010 3:11 PM

Reason Writers Around Town: Shikha Dalmia and Anthony Randazzo on China's Real Estate Bubble

Reason Staff | 8.23.2010 9:16 AM

Reason Morning Links: WikiLeaks, Wyclef, Walt Disney World

Jesse Walker | 8.23.2010 7:28 AM

Summer of Recovery Dog Days

Tim Cavanaugh | 8.20.2010 9:48 PM

Return of the Angry Renter

Tim Cavanaugh | 8.18.2010 9:37 PM

Liberaltarianism Twitches in the Morgue?

Matt Welch | 8.18.2010 5:33 PM

Barney Frank: We've Already Fixed Fannie and Freddie

Matt Welch | 8.17.2010 10:13 AM

It's Never the Right Time to Reform Fannie and Freddie

Peter Suderman | 8.16.2010 1:46 PM

Finally, the Rich Are Getting Their Fair Share: Manhattan Condo Dwellers Line Up For FHA Subsidies

Tim Cavanaugh | 8.13.2010 8:16 PM

Can We Wake Up From the Fannie/Freddie Nightmare?

Matt Welch | 8.12.2010 9:37 AM

Case for Schiavo-ing Housing Life Support Catches On: Is Common Sense Returning to America?

Tim Cavanaugh | 8.11.2010 3:35 PM

Now How Much Would You Pay for Inflated Real Estate?

Tim Cavanaugh | 8.9.2010 10:09 PM

Because What Could Go Wrong With Government-Backed, Low-Interest, No-Money-Down Housing Loans?

Matt Welch | 8.6.2010 10:52 AM

Paul Volcker: "It's clear Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac need to go."

Damon Root | 7.30.2010 2:37 PM

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