is marc joseph predicting another crash? he wouldn't dare. and neither would we. but, loans requiring only three percent down are now back, he says, and... >> it's a big scary thing, because we are getting to almost where we were in 2005 at 317,000. and if we get there, how does that school teacher, how does that fireman, how does that police officer, how do they buy a house when it's 317,000? oh we're going to get creative. we're going to zero down, no income verification loans. here we go again. no, we can't do that. >> reporter: this is pbs newshour economics correspondent paul solman, reporting from one of the disaster areas of the last crash, fort myers, florida. >> ifill: in congress today, a rare and significant bipartisan agreement. the house of representatives overwhelmingly agreed to repair medicare. for over a decade, doctors have faced repeated threats of pay cuts. but this new deal would permanently end the uncertainity. plus, it put house speaker john boehner and democratic leader nancy pelosi in the rare position of being on the same side. >> this w

real estate agent marc joseph is wholly sympathetic, but he can see the lender's point of view. >> he signed up for $139,800. he signed up for that. if i was holding the mortgage, and i'm watching tv right now you owe me $139,000, get out! >> reporter: and that's the law. but the house is now worth only a third of that, as david has explained to his lenders. >> "oh, we'll help you, we'll help you," and then they give me the runaround and nothing gets done. and now i'm actually homeless once i hand you this key. i'm homeless. in the little ford explorer. i know it's not your fault. >> i wish i could do a lot more but the only thing i can do for you at this particular moment is give you this check and wish you the best that this gets you somewhere. and i'm sorry. >> reporter: and so, with $1,500 in exchange for clearing out david, his brother, mother and two dogs joined the 600,000 florida families who have lost their homes since 2007. 5.5 million homes lost nationwide. in fact, with one out of four florida homes hit with a foreclosure notice in recent years, it's hard to meet anyone in

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