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WASHINGTON — In 2006 and 2007, Goldman Sachs Group peddled more than $40 billion in securities backed by at least 200,000 risky home mortgages, but never told the buyers it was secretly betting that a sharp drop in U.S. housing prices would send the value…

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How Goldman secretly bet on the housing crash (The Charleston Gazette)

Housing needs in Williston took another serious hit this week as the Williston City Commission was informed that a developer who intended to put units in the Cimarron Heights trailer court pulled the plug on the project.

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Housing crisis continues (Williston Herald)

The revelation that Mayor Adrian Fenty’s housing authority awarded tens of millions of dollars without authorization could jeopardize several parks and recreation projects, officials said.

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Contract awards by Fenty housing authority face fresh questions (The Washington DC Examiner)