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Detroit's Real Estate Market Sees Reboundnew

The latest third quarter data shows that Detroit's real estate market lead the nation in year-over-year increases at 44.3 percent. However, behind the numbers lurks a less ebullient reality: Detroit is the only market in the nation to still remain below the highs of the last decade.
Metro Times  |  Bryan Gottlieb  |  11-07-2013  |  Economy

Detroit Bankruptcy Was 'Not Necessary'new

In testimony at the city of Detroit's bankruptcy trial, Emergency Financial Manager Kevyn Orr testified under oath that the declaration of insolvency by the city and a filing of Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection were "not necessary."
Metro Times  |  Bryan Gottlieb  |  10-31-2013  |  Economy

Special Report: Detroit in Bankruptcynew

How the media has shaped the story of Detroit's slow unwinding.
Metro Times  |  Bryan Gottlieb, Curt Guyette and Michael Jackman  |  07-31-2013  |  Media

A Six-Way Race to the Startnew

Detroit voters are less than two weeks away from a mayoral primary that has been overshadowed by an emergency financial manager and a subsequent bankruptcy filing. Metro Times editors sat down for in-depth interviews with the race's top six candidates to hear how each would rescue a city drowning in debt and apathy.
Metro Times  |  Bryan Gottlieb and Curt Guyette  |  07-24-2013  |  Politics

Smitten with the Mitten: Michigan's Economic Comeback

After years of economic contraction and brain-drain, Michigan seems to be on its way back according to the latest economic indicators out of Washington.
Metro Times  |  Bryan Gottlieb  |  07-03-2013  |  Economy

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