Alex Ulam

Alex Ulam is a freelance journalist who focuses on architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning issues and real estate. He is a contributing editor at Landscape Architecture magazine and a contributing writer at The Architect's Newspaper. His work has appeared in The Nation, The National Post of Canada, The Real Deal, Archaeology, and the online edition of The New Republic. Updated July 2017

NewsBusiness, Politics

National Mortgage…Fiasco?

On February 9, to much fanfare, President Obama announced a $25 billion national mortgage settlement with five of the country’s largest banks…

Alex UlamFebruary 21, 2012

InvestigationBusiness

The BofA Mortgage Settlement Fiasco

The “biggest loan modification in American history,” announced in October 2008, has done more to protect Bank of America than to compensate victims of predatory lending.

Alex UlamThe NationOctober 15, 2010

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