Take My Company, Please

A historic decline in home values comes down to this: Even if you never signed papers on a risky loan during the real estate frenzy, you may now be paying a price.

Dream home turns into ordeal

FULLERTON, Calif. - Nearly two years ago, Mario and Leticia Montes found a home they loved, a gray stucco bungalow with a hot tub in the backyard in a middle-class neighborhood of Orange County.

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MLB Headlines Kenny Lofton worked a bases loaded walk in the ninth inning to force home the game-winning run as the Cleveland Indians downed the Seattle Mariners, 6-5, at Jacobs Field.

Credit card debt consumer crisis looms

Now that the easy money in home mortgages is all but over, consumers may soon be caught in a financial squeeze with their credit cards.

Housing agency to help refinance at-risk loans

Some homeowners with risky "subprime" adjustable-rate mortgages will be able to refinance before they lose their home to foreclosure, with the help of steps President Bush will announce Friday, senior ...more

Bush to Offer Proposals To Ease Mortgage Crisis

Washington Post Staff Writers Friday, August 31, 2007; Page A01 The Bush administration today will propose a set of policies meant to help ease the wave of mortgage defaults, according to senior administration ...more