morgan stanley: Robo-Signing Reparations Begin - 04/10/13 09:15 AM
Much like back in the days of the wild west, when there were those who seemed to take what they wanted without any repercussions, the government chose to step in.  Of course one of the most well-known occurrences was the settlement that the US government made with the Native American community. 
Well, this time it didn’t seem to take as long to step in.  We all can go back just a few years when it was rumored that bank employees were signing foreclosures without reviewing them, proclaiming they were complete and correct, which forced people out of their homes.  This … (1 comments)

morgan stanley: HUGE Homeownership Decline Projected; Foreclosures Could Drive Rate to 59.7% - 07/21/11 11:08 PM
Recently published report, Housing Market Insights by Morgan Stanley researchers Oliver Chang, James Egan and Vishwanath Tirupattur,  indicates that homeownership rates increased from 66% to 69%, an all-time high, during the housing bubble. 
Today, 2011, that number is just below 65%. 
When the researchers took the number of delinquent homeowners likely to be foreclosed and shifted that total to the rental category, the analysts projected that homeownership could decline to 59.7% which would be the lowest level in decades.
"As such, we believe that the U.S. will become a Rentership Society, in which the homeownership rate will keep falling, the home rentership … (4 comments)