Mortgage crisis in a nutshell

<p>['Extreme</a> Makeover’ house faces foreclosure - International Herald Tribune](<a href=“http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/07/28/arts/TV-Extreme-Makeover-Foreclosure.php]'Extreme”>http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/07/28/arts/TV-Extreme-Makeover-Foreclosure.php)</p>

<p>So they were given, essentially, a free house and then they used that gifted equity to gamble on a failed business… I’m not going to be losing any sleep at night over that one!</p>

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<p>I wonder what’ll happen to the “home maintenance fund” :rolleyes:</p>