US property dream has turned into a nightmare - Daily Telegraph

Story date: 2008-08-04 03:32:00
Added on: 2008-08-04 18:24:11

Just five minutes walk from the lush green lawns that surround the city hall is a street on which each of the five houses lies empty. One out of every 30 homes in Stockton is in foreclosure With boarded-up windows on two of the houses and no windows ...


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