A Very Unjust Mortgage Settlement

It's a tale of political extortion Hollywood couldn't write and one your neighborhood association wouldn't believe: Three families buy identical homes all on the same block in the summer of 2005. The Andersons put 20 percent down, the Bakers 3 percent, and the Carters get a 105 percent loan-to-value mortgage so they can have some cash to go on family vacations. . .