A crise imobiliária e respectivos dramas

Nos Estados Unidos, o mercado imobiliário atravessa uma grave crise, devido ao incumprimento de crédito. Na origem do problema está o subprime, uma modalidade de crédito de alto risco.

Os dramas de famílias americanas que, de repente, se viram sem condições de pagar as prestações da sua casa são inúmeros e esta história da família Rios é apenas mais um numa extensa lista.


Life after losing your home

The nation's housing meltdown is disrupting lives and devastating families. One New York grandmother is trying to put the pieces back together.

By Tami Luhby, CNNMoney.com senior writer
Last Updated: July 10, 2008: 2:03 PM EDT

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (CNNMoney.com) -- Only weeks after moving into their first home in 2006, Margarita Rios celebrated Christmas with her two daughters and their families. They finally had the room to do it right, with decorations outside the Valley Stream, N.Y., house and a nice tree surrounded by presents inside.

"It was very beautiful," said Rios, who had saved for a decade to unite her children and grandchildren under one roof. "It was a dream come true."

Christmas 2008, however, is shaping up to be a nightmare. No decorations. No tree.

No house.

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