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Your Money
8 Reasons You Should Not Expect an Inheritance
By RON LIEBER, NY Times
Costs are rising, retirement income is less secure and the golden years are lasting longer, leaving older people less to bequeath to their heirs.

U.S. Mortgage Delinquencies, Foreclosures at Record
Bloomberg, By Kathleen M. Howley
The number of Americans in danger of losing their homes to foreclosure rose to the highest in at least three decades during the first quarter as borrowers who fell behind on payments were unable to sell their homes.

Business
In Housing, the Strong Turn Weak
By VIKAS BAJAJ, NY Times
The home-buying season is shaping up to be even worse than expected, with prices falling, sales slowing and few signs of a turnaround.

Editorial
Teeing Up the Next Mortgage Bust
NY Times
Unquestioning belief in the economy's self-correcting mechanism is the reason many Republicans don't want to do anything to prevent foreclosures.

Business
Collateral Foreclosure Damage for Condo Owners
By CHRISTINE HAUGHNEY, NY Times
As foreclosures mount and contributions to building associations shrink, condo owners find themselves nagging each other to pay their assessments and haggling over chores.

Business
Doubts Raised on Big Backers of Mortgages
By CHARLES DUHIGG, NY Times
Regulators are asking whether Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will soon need saving themselves.
 

Business
Retailing Chains Caught in a Wave of Bankruptcies
By MICHAEL BARBARO, NY Times
A consumer spending slump and tightening credit markets are prompting thousands of store closings that may remake shopping districts across the country.
 

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