Mortgage Meltdown Analysis and Tracking Tools
Curious about the housing market’s journey from boom to bust? Here are some news and tools to help you research the finer points of how it all happened and what markets in the United States have been the hardest hit.
- CNN and Fortune magazine have teamed up for a special series of TV reports and an expanded on-line report titled “Inside the Mortgage Crisis.” This Web special edition contains all the latest news on the mortgage industry including clickable maps of beleaguered markets, news, interviews and video footage.
- Though access may require registration, the Wall Street Journal hosts a bevy of maps that offer real estate investors a bird’s-eye view of how current economic woes are affecting markets throughout the United States. Here, a pull-down menu offers color-coded maps tracking where high interest rates were offered most, mortgage delinquency rates, post-boom price changes, and more.
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