Gimme shelter /
Williams, Mary Elizabeth, 1965-
Gimme shelter / Mary Elizabeth Williams. - 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. - New York : Simon & Schuster, 2009. - 320 p. ; 25 cm.
"Ugly houses, cruddy neighborhoods, fast-talking brokers, and toxic mortgages: My three years searching or the American dream" -- Jacket.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-317).
An account of the housing bubble and crash as experienced by the author's middle-class family describes their fervent attempts to acquire a home in the daunting market of New York City, an effort fraught with overpricing, shady realtors, and toxic mortgage offers that tested the furthest reaches of their finances and psychological well-being.
1416557083 9781416557081
2008014169
Real property--New York (State)--New York.
Gimme shelter / Mary Elizabeth Williams. - 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. - New York : Simon & Schuster, 2009. - 320 p. ; 25 cm.
"Ugly houses, cruddy neighborhoods, fast-talking brokers, and toxic mortgages: My three years searching or the American dream" -- Jacket.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-317).
An account of the housing bubble and crash as experienced by the author's middle-class family describes their fervent attempts to acquire a home in the daunting market of New York City, an effort fraught with overpricing, shady realtors, and toxic mortgage offers that tested the furthest reaches of their finances and psychological well-being.
1416557083 9781416557081
2008014169
Real property--New York (State)--New York.