Housing Policy

Politics

Don't Worry, America. You're Still Paying to Bail Out Second Mortgages.

Tim Cavanaugh | 1.8.2010 7:45 PM

Politics

First Smart Move In a Long Time: Government Surrenders on Second Mortgages

Tim Cavanaugh | 1.7.2010 4:21 PM

Policy

OK, Maybe Poor People Are the Problem

Tim Cavanaugh | 1.4.2010 5:36 AM

Politics

Believe It Or Not, They Have Found Another Way To Blame Poor People

Tim Cavanaugh | 1.1.2010 11:10 PM

Politics

Fannie and Freddie Get Blank Check For Christmas (Was "This Year In Loan Mods")

Tim Cavanaugh | 12.24.2009 1:24 PM

Policy

We'll Have To Cancel Christmas. And the Children Have Been So Good This Year.

Tim Cavanaugh | 12.23.2009 8:12 PM

Policy

What Price Deadbeat?

Tim Cavanaugh | 12.21.2009 7:42 PM

Policy

Bogus Unemployment/Default Connection Is Bogusly Bogus

Tim Cavanaugh | 12.18.2009 8:29 PM

Policy

Artificial Housing Respiration

Government-sponsored housing inflation is locking the next generation out of homeownership.

Tim Cavanaugh | 12.10.2009 6:00 PM

Politics

Daniel Goldstein on Blurry Blight Lines

Jacob Sullum | 12.10.2009 1:50 PM

Policy

Stop Insuring Mortgages

The folly of government intervention in the housing market

John Stossel | 12.3.2009 1:00 PM

Policy

Another Broken Myth: Foreclosures and Crime Rates

Tim Cavanaugh | 11.23.2009 5:35 PM

Politics

More Stimulus Shenanigans

Matt Welch | 11.11.2009 10:46 AM

Policy

On Second Thought, Don't Show Me the Note

Tim Cavanaugh | 11.8.2009 6:24 PM

Policy

Government Is Encouraging Lax Lending Standards

Tim Cavanaugh | 10.27.2009 7:36 PM

Politics

A Victory for Rent Control in New York….

Brian Doherty | 10.22.2009 7:11 PM

Politics

We Are the Deadbeat Nation. Join Us.

Tim Cavanaugh | 10.21.2009 8:26 PM

Policy

Why Is Barney Frank Opposed to Affordable Housing?

Tim Cavanaugh | 10.12.2009 2:33 AM

Policy

Elizabeth Warren: We Must Open Our Wallets To All Deadbeats Everywhere Always

Tim Cavanaugh | 10.9.2009 10:59 PM

Policy

Half A Million Bad Loans Kept On Life Support

Tim Cavanaugh | 10.8.2009 10:22 PM

Policy

Price A House Low And It Will Go

Tim Cavanaugh | 10.7.2009 9:01 PM

Policy

Don't Pay Now, Don't Pay Later

Tim Cavanaugh | 9.30.2009 3:38 PM

Policy

Put $35 Billion On That Horse With the Broken Leg

Tim Cavanaugh | 9.29.2009 5:56 PM

Policy

Corpse of a Thousand Houses

Tim Cavanaugh | 9.23.2009 11:17 PM

Politics

The Leather Couch, Kitchen Table, Bed, Television Stand, China Cabinet, Coffee Table, Grill, and Patio Set Subsidy

Jacob Sullum | 9.16.2009 1:08 PM

Policy

Let's Put the Praise Back In Appraiser

Tim Cavanaugh | 8.20.2009 12:48 AM

Policy

From Ownership to Rentership Without Leaving Debtorship

Tim Cavanaugh | 8.17.2009 11:59 PM

Policy

Green Shoots Reports From All Over

Tim Cavanaugh | 8.13.2009 4:59 PM

Policy

"Governments Took Over the Exclusive Function of Coining Money Because Unscrupulous Men Began Coating Cheap Metal Disks With Gold and Silver Plating."

Tim Cavanaugh | 8.10.2009 11:31 PM

Politics

Reason Morning Links: Remaking Fannie and Freddie, Charging for New York Post Stories, Unfriending the Marines

Jesse Walker | 8.6.2009 9:05 AM

Policy

Loss of $1.7 Billion Leaves All Californians Richer

Tim Cavanaugh | 8.5.2009 3:30 PM

Policy

Reason Morning Links: An Unexpected Tea Party, an Unhelpful FEMA, and an Unproductive New Program

Jesse Walker | 7.24.2009 9:06 AM

Policy

Boston Fed: No Way Out of Foreclosures

Tim Cavanaugh | 7.10.2009 4:59 PM

Policy

Did the Bubble Start In 1994? Did the Recession Start In 2006?

Tim Cavanaugh | 7.1.2009 5:59 PM

Policy

The Best Laid Plans of Mice and Men Often Go Astray, Especially in a New Jersey New Deal Settlement Named for FDR

Nick Gillespie | 6.30.2009 8:59 AM

Politics

The Coming Condo Crisis

Brian Doherty | 6.25.2009 12:07 PM

Politics

Krugman and the Housing Bubble: A Love Story

Brian Doherty | 6.23.2009 7:19 PM

Policy

The Tyranny of Shelter

Jesse Walker | 6.5.2009 4:17 PM

Policy

Hiking in Hoboken

Revolting property taxes

Matt Welch | 5.29.2009 8:57 AM

Policy

Greenspan and the Housing Bubble: Has He Successfully Absolved the Fed?

Brian Doherty | 5.26.2009 6:24 PM

Politics

The Housing Boom and Bust

Thomas Sowell on how government policies made the housing crisis possible

Brian Doherty | 5.20.2009 4:30 PM

Politics

Reason Morning Links: Mortgage Cramdowns, Pork Crackdowns, Dinosaur Playgrounds

Jesse Walker | 5.1.2009 8:00 AM

Policy

Vernon Smith: "We're witnessing the second great consumer debt crash"

Matt Welch | 4.6.2009 8:00 AM

Politics

The Onion's Stimulus Plan

Brian Doherty | 4.2.2009 6:30 PM

Policy

Rest in Pieces, Mark-to-Market

Matt Welch | 4.2.2009 1:32 PM

Policy

Reason Morning Links: Spanish Judges, Chinese Spies, Boston Vampires

Jesse Walker | 3.30.2009 7:15 AM

Politics

In America, Even The Homeless Have Cell Phones (Michelle Obama Edition)

Nick Gillespie | 3.24.2009 2:49 PM

Politics

Don't Forget the Motor City…Where You Can Buy a House for Cheaper Than a Car

Matt Welch | 3.10.2009 2:23 PM