Belt Auction

Auctions of homes make the financial crisis personal

Summary: Here's where the financial crisis gets local and personal: auctions of people's homes on the courthouse steps He buzzed around like a fly behind a windowpane. He could see daylight but no obvious way to break through or go around. He was frantic, panicked. His house was in foreclosure, and in a few minutes it would go on the auction block.

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