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  • July 2008

    • No Charges for Texas Man Who Shot Neighbor's Burglars

      Houston Chronicle  |  Jul 1, 08 2:59 PM CDT

      No Charges for Texas Man Who Shot Neighbor's Burglars

      (Newser) - A Texas grand jury’s decision to take no action against Joe Horn, who killed two burglars on his front lawn, has focused attention on the state’s “deadly force” laws, the Houston Chronicle reports. Horn’s life was not in danger until he confronted the thieves fleeing his neighbor’s house, but his actions were legally protected by a statute dating from the 1850s. More »

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      Texas  • shooting  • gun control  • law  • property  • protection  • vigilante justice

  • June 2008

    • Rise in Renters Wiping Out Gains in Homeownership

      New York Times  |  Jun 21, 08 7:29 AM CDT

      Rise in Renters Wiping Out Gains in Homeownership

      (Newser) - Americans are shifting from being homeowners to renters in rising numbers, the New York Times reports, all but wiping out gains made during the boom. The percentage of homes headed by homeowners dropped from 69.1% to 67.8% this year, which sounds modest, but is, in fact, the biggest decline in 20 years. President Bush's ambitious "ownership society" plan hoped to see more low-income and minority families own their own homes, but these groups have been hardest hit by the subprime crisis. More »

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      subprime mortgages  • housing market  • mortgage  • home sales  • homeownership  • rent  • property

  • May 2008

    • 'Evangelist' Renter: Time to Buy

      New York Times  |  May 28, 08 8:32 AM CDT

      'Evangelist' Renter: Time to Buy

      (Newser) - As property prices head back down, a self-proclaimed "evangelist" of renting is trading in the lease for a mortgage. David Leonhardt of the New York Times has been advising people for years not to buy a home and get their money tied up in a housing bubble, but he now believes buying is starting to make sense again. More »

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      housing market  • homeownership  • housing bubble  • rent  • property  • property values

  • March 2008

    • Condo Glut Floods Cities

      Wall Street Journal  |  Mar 22, 08 8:17 AM CDT

      Condo Glut Floods Cities

      (Newser) - A deluge of new condos is about to hit many American cities already flooded with an unprecedented number of unsold units, the Wall Street Journal reports. This year, thousands of projects started at the height of the housing boom will be completed; oversupply and economic slowdown are likely to cause prices to plummet in condo-heavy cities like Miami, Atlanta, and Dallas.   More »

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      housing market  • housing crisis  • mortgage  • housing  • construction  • condominium  • property  • building

  • July 2007

    • Calif. Foreclosures Set Record

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jul 24, 07 5:56 PM CDT

      Calif. Foreclosures Set Record

      (Newser) - Reflecting the increasingly gloomy picture across the country, residential foreclosures in California were up 799% in the second quarter compared to the same time last year, the LA Times reports. Stricter lending practices and the reeling housing market contributed to the record high 17,408 foreclosures in the three-month period, dwarfing the state's last foreclosure spike, in 1996. More »

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      California  • housing market  • foreclosure  • real estate  • property

    • Office Rents Soar in US

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 5, 07 1:50 PM CDT

      Office Rents Soar in US

      (Newser) - The price of office space has surged nationwide due to a dwindling store of vacant commercial property and picky landlords increasingly keen on attracting well-heeled tenants. Across the country, leases spiked an average of 3.1% in the second quarter, following an increase of 2.8% in the first. More »

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      US economy  • real estate  • Manhattan  • commercials  • office  • rent  • property  • office buildings  • rentals

  • March 2007

    • Novelist Gives Away Movie Rights

      Salon  |  Mar 26, 07 11:07 AM CDT

      (Newser) - Jonathan Lethem is giving away the film option and, eventually, all ancillary rights to his new novel, "You Don't Love Me Yet," publicly grappling with issues of intellectual property and copyright law. "What I'm seeking to explore is that incredibly fertile middle ground where people control some rights," he says, "and yet contribute to a healthy public domain." More »

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      movie  • film  • book  • copyright  • law  • publishing  • copyright law  • property

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