Jobless spike compounds foreclosure crisis

Courtesy MSNBC.com: Business  Mon, 08/17/2009 - 21:27

 CNBC’s Diane Olick and panel discuss a 7 percent increase in the number of foreclosure filings from June to July.<br /><br /> (CNBC)The country's growing unemployment is overtaking subprime mortgages as the main driver of foreclosures, according to bankers and economists, making the crisis more complicated to unwind.



 

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