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That Sinking Feeling

As builders slash prices, homeowners are getting slammed

BusinessWeek -- Behind This Week's Cover Story imageBusinessWeek's Executive Editor John Byrne and Banking Editor Mara Der Hovanesian answer the big question: Will this shock treatment help hasten the end of the painful downturn?

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Thu, Nov 5 2009 12:07:52 EST

The GDP Mirage

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The Apps Economy

Thu, Oct 22 2009 12:15:58 EDT

The Hard Sell to Consumers

Thu, Oct 15 2009 12:45:57 EDT

The Lost Generation

Thu, Oct 8 2009 10:34:24 EDT

America's High-Tech Sweatshops

Thu, Oct 1 2009 15:33:54 EDT

The New Normal

Thu, Sep 24 2009 10:36:44 EDT

100 Best Global Brands

Thu, Sep 17 2009 16:19:02 EDT

Glock's Secret Path to Profits

Thu, Sep 10 2009 15:46:28 EDT

The Best Places to Launch a Career

Thu, Sep 3 2009 16:43:55 EDT

The Radical Future of R&D

Wed, Aug 26 2009 17:33:16 EDT

The Case for Optimism

Thu, Aug 13 2009 14:32:11 EDT

Health Reform

Thu, Aug 6 2009 14:55:54 EDT

Obama and Business

Thu, Jul 30 2009 14:45:21 EDT

The Shrinking Boomer Economy

Thu, Jul 23 2009 15:42:10 EDT

China Goes Shopping

Thu, Jul 16 2009 12:11:51 EDT

Rethinking Retirement

Thu, Jul 2 2009 12:51:04 EDT

Microsoft Defends Its Empire

Thu, Jun 25 2009 12:44:00 EDT

Housing Market 2012

Thu, Jun 18 2009 12:58:14 EDT

The Risk-Takers

Thu, Jun 11 2009 13:41:51 EDT

Innovation, Interrupted

Thu, Jun 4 2009 12:33:20 EDT

Xerox: An Historic Succession

Thu, May 28 2009 15:43:12 EDT

What's a Friend Worth?

Thu, May 21 2009 10:25:38 EDT

How the Mighty Fall

Thu, May 14 2009 13:46:38 EDT

Private Equity: Testing the Waters

Thu, May 7 2009 11:40:35 EDT

Help Wanted

Wed, Apr 29 2009 17:28:11 EDT

Philip Morris Unbound

Thu, Apr 23 2009 13:51:14 EDT

What Good are Economists Anyway?

Thu, Apr 16 2009 11:57:56 EDT

Mexico's Promise

Wed, Apr 8 2009 17:01:22 EDT

Signs of Life in Housing

Thu, Apr 2 2009 15:56:51 EDT

The BusinessWeek 50

Thu, Mar 26 2009 12:14:22 EDT

Game-Changing Management Ideas for Business

Thu, Mar 12 2009 17:11:01 EDT

Waiting for the Bull to Return

Thu, Mar 5 2009 16:18:35 EST

What's Dragging Europe Down

Thu, Feb 26 2009 17:18:13 EST

When Service Means Survival

Thu, Feb 19 2009 17:20:10 EST

Home Wreckers

Thu, Feb 12 2009 15:18:33 EST

Danger Ahead

Thu, Feb 5 2009 16:54:13 EST

Could Google Fix Detroit?

Wed, Jan 28 2009 16:59:55 EST

Getting Down to Business

Thu, Jan 15 2009 10:41:38 EST

Managing Through a Crisis

Thu, Jan 8 2009 16:58:30 EST

Is Silicon Valley Losing Its Magic?

Tue, Dec 30 2008 12:37:59 EST

Investment Outlook

Thu, Dec 18 2008 16:50:12 EST

Is the Panic Justified?

Wed, Dec 10 2008 18:36:58 EST

How Safe Is India?

Thu, Dec 4 2008 16:12:41 EST

Can Obama Keep New Jobs at Home?

Wed, Nov 26 2008 12:16:03 EST

The Subprime Wolves Are Back

Wed, Nov 19 2008 18:06:00 EST

The Best B-Schools

Thu, Nov 13 2008 18:48:00 EST

The Changes Business Wants

Wed, Nov 5 2008 20:04:18 EST

America Needs an Economic Strategy

Thu, Oct 30 2008 16:37:23 EDT

Risk & Reward

Thu, Oct 23 2008 16:15:06 EDT

The Government's New Financial Role

Thu, Oct 16 2008 13:13:51 EDT

The New Frugality

Thu, Oct 9 2008 16:54:37 EDT

U.S. Debt and Financial Crisis

Wed, Oct 1 2008 18:29:52 EDT

Where to Stash Your Money

Thu, Sep 25 2008 16:49:11 EDT

Is It Safe Yet?

Thu, Sep 18 2008 16:42:35 EDT

Innovation Economics

Thu, Sep 11 2008 17:57:15 EDT

First Jobs: It's More Than Money

Thu, Sep 4 2008 16:01:20 EDT

IBM Has Your Number

Thu, Aug 28 2008 17:10:38 EDT

On-the-Job Woes

Thu, Aug 14 2008 16:48:07 EDT

The Olympics and Innovation

Thu, Aug 7 2008 16:07:53 EDT

The Fight for Ford's Future

Thu, Jul 31 2008 16:55:51 EDT

Pricey Gas: The Upside

Thu, Jul 24 2008 17:00:22 EDT

The Credit Crunch: Help!

Thu, Jul 17 2008 16:30:03 EDT

Reirement Strategies for Tough Times

Thu, Jul 3 2008 17:49:19 EDT

The Home Price Abyss

Thu, Jun 26 2008 16:58:14 EDT

Can the U.S. Bring Back China Jobs?

Thu, Jun 19 2008 16:48:54 EDT

Is Water the New Oil?

Thu, Jun 12 2008 16:48:16 EDT

Banks vs. Consumers

Fri, Jun 6 2008 10:47:02 EDT

Oil and the Economy

Thu, May 29 2008 16:28:38 EDT

An Update on Blogs and Business

Thu, May 22 2008 16:58:15 EDT

GM's Challenge

Thu, May 15 2008 16:29:58 EDT

Inside Microsoft's War on Google

Thu, May 8 2008 17:10:40 EDT

The Mac in the Gray Flannel Suit

Thu, May 1 2008 16:56:53 EDT

The New Vulture Investors

Thu, Apr 24 2008 16:58:45 EDT

Most Innovative Companies

Thu, Apr 17 2008 15:11:57 EDT

E-spionage

Thu, Apr 10 2008 16:58:11 EDT

From Buyout to Bust

Thu, Apr 3 2008 17:05:11 EDT

The BusinessWeek 50

Thu, Mar 27 2008 17:25:10 EDT

Reluctant Revolutionary

Thu, Mar 20 2008 16:38:48 EDT

Waking Up to the Recession

Thu, Mar 13 2008 15:53:14 EDT

Inside the War on Fat

Thu, Mar 6 2008 16:45:38 EST

Multinationals

Thu, Feb 28 2008 17:00:00 EST

Consumer Vigilantes

Thu, Feb 21 2008 17:00:00 EST

Building the Perfect Laptop

Thu, Feb 14 2008 14:00:00 EST

Credit on the Edge

Thu, Feb 7 2008 14:00:00 EST

Meltdown

Thu, Jan 31 2008 14:00:00 EST

Market Reckoning

Thu, Jan 24 2008 15:00:00 EST

Lipitor: Does It Make a Difference?

Thu, Jan 17 2008 15:00:00 EST

Youthquake

Thu, Jan 10 2008 15:00:00 EST

Dirty Deeds

Thu, Jan 3 2008 15:00:00 EST

Where to Invest

Thu, Dec 20 2007 15:30:00 EST

Google's Next Big Dream

Thu, Dec 13 2007 15:30:00 EST

Future Seed

Thu, Dec 6 2007 15:30:00 EST

Can Greed Save Africa?

Thu, Nov 29 2007 12:00:00 EST

Fresh Pain for the Uninsured

Thu, Nov 22 2007 12:00:00 EST

The Consumer Crunch

Thu, Nov 15 2007 12:00:00 EST

I Want My iTV

Thu, Nov 8 2007 12:00:00 EST

Prisoners of Debt

Thu, Nov 1 2007 13:00:00 EDT

Perform or Perish

Thu, Oct 25 2007 13:00:00 EDT

Little Green Lies

Thu, Oct 18 2007 13:00:00 EDT

Bear's Hocus Pocus

Thu, Oct 11 2007 13:00:00 EDT

That Sinking Feeling

Thu, Oct 4 2007 13:00:00 EDT

The Power 100

Thu, Sep 27 2007 13:00:00 EDT

Wage Wars

Thu, Sep 20 2007 22:00:01 EDT

Going Up

Thu, Sep 13 2007 22:00:01 EDT

Crunch Time: Reshaping Private Equity

Thu, Sep 6 2007 22:00:01 EDT

Fear & Loathing at the Airport

Thu, Aug 30 2007 22:00:01 EDT

Not So Smart

Thu, Aug 23 2007 22:00:01 EDT

The Future of Work

Thu, Aug 9 2007 22:00:01 EDT

Bonfire of the Builders

Thu, Aug 2 2007 22:00:01 EDT

The Pet Economy

Thu, Jul 26 2007 22:00:01 EDT

Death Bonds

Thu, Jul 19 2007 19:00:01 EDT

Can China Be Fixed?

Thu, Jul 12 2007 19:00:01 EDT

"I'm Outta Here!"

Thu, Jun 28 2007 19:00:00 EDT

Children of the Web

Thu, Jun 21 2007 19:00:00 EDT

Telecom: Back from the Dead

Thu, Jun 14 2007 19:00:00 EDT

The Real Cost of Offshoring

Thu, Jun 7 2007 19:00:00 EDT

3M's Innovation Crisis

Thu, May 31 2007 19:00:00 EDT

Hot Growth

Thu, May 24 2007 19:00:00 EDT

The World's Most Extreme Emerging Market

Thu, May 17 2007 19:00:00 EDT

The Poverty Business

Thu, May 10 2007 19:00:00 EDT

Crazy Like a Fox

Thu, May 3 2007 19:00:00 EDT

World's Most Innovative Companies

Wed, May 2 2007 19:00:00 EDT

Roads to Riches

Thu, Apr 26 2007 19:00:00 EDT

Wal-Mart's Midlife Crisis

Thu, Apr 19 2007 15:15:00 EDT

Fear of Firing

Thu, Apr 12 2007 15:15:00 EDT

Mittal & Son

Thu, Apr 5 2007 15:15:00 EDT

Who's Afraid of Google?

Thu, Mar 29 2007 15:15:00 EDT

Beyond Virtual Reality

Thu, Mar 22 2007 15:15:00 EDT

The BusinessWeek 50

Thu, Mar 15 2007 15:15:00 EDT

The Trouble With India

Thu, Mar 8 2007 16:00:00 EST

What The Market Is Telling Us

Thu, Mar 1 2007 16:00:01 EST

Customer Service Champs

Thu, Feb 22 2007 16:00:00 EST

Get Healthy--Or Else

Thu, Feb 15 2007 16:00:00 EST

It's a Low, Low, Low, Low-Rate World

Thu, Feb 8 2007 16:00:00 EST

Carlyle Steps Into The Light

Wed, Feb 7 2007 16:00:00 EST

Up All Night

Thu, Jan 25 2007 16:00:00 EST

Environmental Sustainability

Thu, Jan 18 2007 16:00:00 EST

Sweet Revenge

Thu, Jan 11 2007 16:00:00 EST

Blowup at Home Depot

Thu, Jan 4 2007 16:00:00 EST

How Business Trounced the Trial lawyers

Thu, Dec 28 2006 16:00:00 EST

Where to Invest in 2007 II

Thu, Dec 21 2006 16:00:00 EST

Where to Invest in 2007 I

Thu, Dec 14 2006 16:00:00 EST

The Best and Worst of the Last Year

Thu, Dec 7 2006 16:00:00 EST

Smashing the Clock

Thu, Nov 30 2006 16:00:00 EST

The Soul of a New Microsoft

Thu, Nov 23 2006 16:00:00 EST

Secrets, Lies, and Sweatshops

Thu, Nov 16 2006 16:00:00 EST

What the Election Won't Change

Thu, Nov 9 2006 16:00:00 EST

Amazon's Risky Bet

Thu, Nov 2 2006 17:00:00 EST

The Taking of Lazard

Thu, Oct 26 2006 18:00:00 EDT

Gluttons at the Gate

Thu, Oct 19 2006 18:00:00 EDT

The Best B-Schools

Thu, Oct 12 2006 18:00:00 EDT

The Organic Myth

Thu, Oct 5 2006 18:00:00 EDT

HP

Thu, Sep 28 2006 16:00:00 EDT

Click Fraud

Wed, Sep 27 2006 16:00:00 EDT

What's Really Propping Up the Economy

Thu, Sep 14 2006 16:00:00 EDT

Best Places To Launch a Career

Thu, Sep 7 2006 16:00:00 EDT

Is Your Mortgage Toxic?

Thu, Aug 31 2006 16:00:00 EDT

Secrets of the Male Shopper

Thu, Aug 24 2006 16:00:00 EDT

What Makes a Winner

Thu, Aug 10 2006 16:00:00 EDT

Valley Boys

Thu, Aug 3 2006 16:00:00 EDT

Queen of Pop

Thu, Jul 27 2006 16:00:00 EDT

Emerging Giants

Thu, Jul 20 2006 16:00:01 EDT

Am I Ready to Retire?

Thu, Jul 13 2006 17:00:00 EDT

Spyware Underground

Thu, Jul 6 2006 17:00:00 EDT

Eureka, We Failed!

Thu, Jun 29 2006 17:00:00 EDT

The Godfather of Invention

Thu, Jun 22 2006 18:00:00 EDT

Gates Get Schooled

Thu, Jun 15 2006 18:00:00 EDT

Innovation Champions

Thu, Jun 8 2006 17:00:00 EDT

Mr. Risk Goes to Washington

Thu, Jun 1 2006 20:00:00 EDT

Hot Growth

Thu, May 25 2006 20:00:00 EDT

Medical Guesswork

Thu, May 18 2006 20:00:00 EDT

The Craziest Ad Guys in America

Thu, May 11 2006 20:00:00 EDT

Big Oil

Wed, May 10 2006 18:00:00 EDT

Best Undergraduate B-Schools

Thu, Apr 27 2006 18:00:00 EDT

Virtual World, Real Money

Thu, Apr 20 2006 18:00:00 EDT

World's Most Innovative Companies

Thu, Apr 13 2006 18:00:00 EDT

Blue Chip Blues

Thu, Apr 6 2006 18:00:00 EDT

Buyer and Seller Beware

Thu, Mar 30 2006 17:00:00 EST

The BusinessWeek 50

Thu, Mar 23 2006 17:00:00 EST

Speed Demons

Thu, Mar 16 2006 16:00:00 EST

Mideast Oil Bonanza

Thu, Mar 9 2006 18:30:00 EST

Forever Young

Wed, Mar 8 2006 16:00:00 EST

Tough As Nails

Thu, Feb 23 2006 16:00:00 EST

Going Private

Thu, Feb 16 2006 16:00:00 EST

Can MTV Stay Cool?

Thu, Feb 9 2006 16:00:00 EST

Unmasking the Economy

Thu, Feb 2 2006 16:00:00 EST

New Mouseketeer

Thu, Jan 26 2006 17:00:00 EST

Outsourcing World

Thu, Jan 19 2006 17:00:00 EST

Math Stars

Thu, Jan 12 2006 16:00:00 EST

Dream Machines

Thu, Jan 5 2006 16:00:00 EST

Intel Inside Out

Thu, Dec 29 2005 16:00:00 EST

Where to Invest

Thu, Dec 15 2005 16:00:00 EST

Best of 2005

Thu, Dec 8 2005 16:00:00 EST

The MySpace Generation

Thu, Dec 1 2005 16:00:00 EST

Googling for Gold

Wed, Nov 23 2005 16:00:00 EST

Peter Drucker

Thu, Nov 17 2005 16:00:00 EST

E-Collaboration

Thu, Nov 10 2005 16:00:00 EST

Hungry Swede

Thu, Nov 3 2005 16:00:00 EST

Honey, I Shrunk the Fed!

Thu, Oct 27 2005 17:00:00 EDT

Booyah!

Thu, Oct 20 2005 17:00:00 EDT

Love the Boomers

Thu, Oct 13 2005 17:00:00 EDT

ESPN: The Empire

Thu, Oct 6 2005 17:00:00 EDT

Star Search

Thu, Sep 29 2005 17:00:00 EDT

The Overworked American

Thu, Sep 22 2005 17:00:00 EDT

I'm Outta Here

Thu, Sep 15 2005 16:16:00 EDT