I was fumbling around on YouTube last night (a great way to kill several hours) and I came across a video from CBS News that aired in the summer of 2008, over 1 year ago. It was kind of like picking up a 1 year old newspaper and reading the headlines of doom and gloom. [...]

New research on the web says that more than 25% of mortgage loan defaults are strategic. That means that 1 in every 4 homeowners who default on their mortgages are walking away from their homes intentionally — even when they can afford to make their monthly payments. Homeowners are especially motivated to walk away when [...]