Mary Kane

Mary Kane is a freelance business writer whose work has appeared in Salon, the Washington Post, Politico.com, Southern Exposure Magazine, Crain's Chicago Business, the Newark Star-Ledger, and other publications. She also covered finance for Newhouse News Service in Washington for 11 years. She lives in Arlington, Va., with her husband and three children.

• More on Race and the Housing Crisis, By the Numbers 08/01/2008
• Who Knew Housing Was So Popular? 07/31/2008
• Blacklists Redux 07/30/2008
• Mortgage Relief and a Generational Divide 07/30/2008 | 2 Comments
• The Politics of Falling Home Prices 07/30/2008
• More Empty Space at the Mall 07/29/2008
• The Squeeze Gets Tighter: Rich People Quit Paying their Bills 07/29/2008
• And Maybe Soup Lines Will Become the New Haute Cuisine 07/29/2008
• Race and the Housing Crisis 07/25/2008 | 4 Comments
• Restructurings Burn the Midnight Oil 07/22/2008
• The Nitty Gritty of it All 07/22/2008
• The End of a Dream 07/22/2008 | 1 Comment
• My Name Is IndyMac 07/22/2008
• What's $15 for Parking When You're Trying to Save Your House 07/22/2008
• Bread Lines and Foreclosed Houses 07/22/2008
• Trying to Save the Dream 07/22/2008
• Too Good To Be True? 07/21/2008
• Life Imitates Art 07/16/2008
• Government Rescues and Socialized Capitalism 07/16/2008 | 1 Comment
• Iconic Images and Hard Times 07/15/2008
• Another Free Bailout 07/14/2008 | 1 Comment
• The Government to the Rescue - Again 07/14/2008 | 1 Comment
• The Last Sucker 07/11/2008
• Whining and Spending 07/11/2008
• More Latte Index News 07/10/2008
• Take the Money and Run 07/10/2008
• Obama Takes on Bankruptcy 07/09/2008 | 1 Comment
• The Commercial Real Estate Bust Is Here 07/08/2008
• The Day After 07/08/2008
• When it Comes to Housing, Money Talks 07/07/2008
• The War on Cars 07/07/2008
• The Battle Over Housing the Poor 07/03/2008
• When Loan Workouts Don't Really Work 07/03/2008 | 3 Comments
• The FDIC Finally Figures Out that Banks Don't Play Fair 07/02/2008 | 4 Comments
• A New Name for the Pain 07/02/2008 | 1 Comment
• Did Schumer Cause a Bank Run? 07/01/2008
• Required Reading in Subprime Land 07/01/2008
• There Are No Children Here 06/30/2008
• Your Credit Card Company Says, 'For Shame!' 06/20/2008
• A Perp Walk for a Purpose 06/19/2008 | 1 Comment
• Former Subprime Hot Shots Take A Walk 06/19/2008 | 1 Comment
• Subprime Players Set for Perp Walk 06/19/2008
• Dodd and the Perks of Being a VIP 06/18/2008
• Dodd Explains His VIP Status, Bring on the Hearings 06/18/2008
• Conrad Makes the Next Chapter in 'The Two Americas of Credit' 06/17/2008
• The End of Sprawl, Continued 06/17/2008
• The Two Americas of Credit 06/16/2008
• The Subprime Hall of Shame Expands; Welcomes Chris Dodd 06/13/2008
• More Thoughts on the Exurbs 06/13/2008
• So Much For Free Speech 06/13/2008
• The Never-Ending Search for Suspects 06/12/2008
• Johnson Resigns, Joins the Subprime Hall of Shame 06/11/2008
• Playing by the Rules, Whatever They Might Be 06/11/2008
• Good Luck to You, David Brooks 06/10/2008 | 1 Comment
• Subprime Loans and Unanswered Questions 06/09/2008
• McMansion's Take a Hit 06/09/2008
• Credit Bureau Influence Rising 06/06/2008
• The Plot Thickens 05/30/2008
• Banks in Trouble on the Rise 05/29/2008
• The Military's Subprime Mess 05/28/2008
• More Stimulating Ideas 05/20/2008
• Stimulating Thoughts About Spending 05/20/2008
• The House Left Behind 05/19/2008
• Cash in on History 05/19/2008
• Excuses, Excuses 05/16/2008
• Housing Advocates Score a Big One 05/16/2008
• Fannie May Alter Redlining Policy 05/16/2008
• Redlining Redux 05/15/2008 | 1 Comment
• Prospects Bleaker for Kids Already Left Behind 05/08/2008
• Bush's Nose Grows 05/08/2008
• Housing Bill Would Only Help 10% 05/08/2008
• Adoption Rules Tighten Abroad 05/07/2008
• Did He Walk or Did He Run? 05/02/2008
• How Fraud Fueled the Mortgage Crisis 05/01/2008 | 4 Comments
• From the Folks Who Brought You the Subprime Mess in the First Place... 04/28/2008
• Putting Financial Minds to Good Use 04/25/2008
• Don't Bother Standing in That Long Line 04/24/2008
• Another Food Crisis Cause? 04/24/2008 | 1 Comment
• The End of Cheap Food? 04/23/2008 | 9 Comments
• The Real HUD Scandal 04/18/2008
• One More Lost Opportunity for America's Cities 04/17/2008
• Economy: A Political 'Minefield' 04/16/2008
• Credit Crisis Not Near Over, Happy Monday 04/14/2008 | 1 Comment
• Activist Approach to Ayn Rand 04/11/2008 | 7 Comments
• It's Officially a Recession When No One is Buying that MALM Bedroom Set 04/10/2008
• Wall Street Takes the Moral Low Ground 04/10/2008
• Greenspan Defends His Legacy As Housing Crisis Widens 04/08/2008 | 3 Comments
• House Panel to Investigate Fed's BlackRock Hiring 04/08/2008
• The Devil and The Details 04/03/2008 | 1 Comment
• Working Together for No Good Reason 04/03/2008
• Mortgage Crisis Bailout Gains Momentum 04/02/2008 | 1 Comment
• Economic Crisis Solution: Give Bush More Power 04/01/2008 | 1 Comment
• Just Words from Washington 03/31/2008 | 1 Comment
• Why Wait for the Fed 03/28/2008
• Liar Loans Face the Truth 03/28/2008
• Credit Check Induces Panic Selling 03/27/2008
• A New Kind of Fair Housing Debate 03/26/2008
• What About Main Street? 03/26/2008
• The Fed to the Rescue -- Again 03/14/2008 | 1 Comment
• Is Our $3 Trillion War Fueling a Recession? 03/14/2008 | 2 Comments
• If You Give a Pig a Pancake 03/11/2008
• How Low Can it Go? Much Lower! 03/11/2008
• And If You're Irish It's a Double Whammy 03/10/2008
• Enjoy the Show 03/07/2008
• Did You Check Under the Bed in the Tenth Guest Room? 03/05/2008
• How Low Can It Go? 03/05/2008 | 1 Comment
• Make Mine a Courvoisier! 03/04/2008 | 1 Comment
• What the Economy Means in Ohio 02/27/2008
• All Politics Isn't Local, Apparently 02/27/2008
• More on Urban Development Elitism 02/25/2008
• Elitism of Urban Planning 02/25/2008 | 1 Comment
• Good(ish) News About Mortgage Crisis 02/22/2008
• Don't Walk Away, Renee 02/22/2008
• Exurban Buyers Abandon Depreciating Homes 02/22/2008
• PART ONE: Mortgage Crisis Triggers Walk Aways 02/21/2008
• Giving Credit Where It's Not Due 02/15/2008
• Shaking Off Old Labels 02/14/2008
• McCain Unlikely to Cash In on Economy 02/13/2008
• We Need a Real Lifeline 02/12/2008
• Sometimes, There Really Is Only One Side of a Story 02/12/2008
• There Ain't No Easy Way Out 02/08/2008
• But Spending Quality Time with McCain and Huckabee Made it All Worth It 02/08/2008
• Waterboarding and Financial Ratings 02/06/2008
• Moody and the Meltdown 02/06/2008
• The Price is Right? 02/06/2008
• Mortgage Crisis Solution Missing From Presidential Race 02/05/2008 | 1 Comment
• SIDEBAR: How Cities Handle Property Liens 02/01/2008
• Is It OK To Walk Away? 02/01/2008 | 2 Comments
• Clinton Claims Better Housing Plan 02/01/2008 | 1 Comment
• Unpaid Property Taxes A Boon For Florio 02/01/2008
• State of the Union Liveblog 01/28/2008 | 4 Comments
• Keeping Score of How the Credit Industry Works 01/28/2008 | 1 Comment
• First, A Few Questions 01/25/2008
• Local Land Banks Fight Urban Decay 01/24/2008 | 1 Comment
• It's Not Over Yet 01/22/2008
• Even Economists Have a Sense of Humor 01/22/2008
• How Low Can It Go? 01/22/2008
• Debt Creeps Into Democratic Campaign 01/17/2008 | 3 Comments
• How Much Scarier Can It Get? 01/17/2008
• More Ideas From Washington That Don't Make A Difference 01/17/2008
• Communities Stung by Fannie Mae Sales to Speculators 01/16/2008 | 1 Comment
• 'Toxic Titles' Haunt Cities in Mortgage Meltdown 01/16/2008 | 1 Comment
• It's the Optimism 12/13/2007