but as our economics correspondent paul solman tells us that painful wound still stings in a number of communities. his story is part of our ongoing reporting: "making sense," which airs every thursday on the newshour. >> what i need to do with you now is i need to walk through the house, make sure it's in broom-swept condition.. >> reporter: despite what you may have heard, the foreclosure crisis is far from over, especially in florida, which leads the nation: more than 300,000 cases still pending; another half a million homeowners delinquent; hundreds of thousands of modified loans about to balloon in payments. ten days ago, david-- we've been asked not to use his last name-- was in the final stage of the process: cash for keys. he'd bought this house, on a quiet street in fort myers, in 2007 for $139,000, to live in with his brother and parents. his father died soon after. >> by signing this you are hereby releasing all claims. if you come back to this property it's considered trespassing. >> reporter: for a while, brothers and mother pooled their incomes from low-level jobs and her

economics correspondent paul solman has the story. it's part of our ongoing reporting, "making sense," which airs every thursday on the newshour. >> reporter: what's making this drone fly? not a remote-control gizmo but computer code written by students at new york's flat iron school. one of numerous coding bootcamps online and around the country designed to land their graduates gigs in perhaps the hottest field in america right now web development. >> i think that if you program today, you're a man that can see in a blind man's world. >> reporter: programming is big right now says flat iron cofounder and dean avipositive flanned balm, and will be even big nert future. >> there's just such a demand for these kinds of skills that if you are competent and you are passionate about this and a self-driven person, there are more opportunities than they can possibly fill. >> reporter: 12 weeks of immersive coding, no experience required, at a cost of $12,000 to $15,000. but at the end, 99% of flat iron graduates get jobs as developers making

economics correspondent paul solman has the story, part of our ongoing reporting, "making sense," which airs every thursday on the newshour. >> i am a little strong here and i'm going to need a little elbow room. >> reporter: dave brickner, currently ranked 31st worldwide in the video golf betting game, golden tee. brickner owns and runs this bar, in port clinton, ohio, to supplement his first job doing maintenance on wendy's restaurants in the northwest part of the state. >> i'm working two jobs to make ends meet. >> reporter: jim cornell is a carpenter. >> there's only part time jobs for most people round here. >> the haves and have nots, is, you're definitely seeing it. >> reporter: rust belt decline growing inequality. a familiar tale, perhaps, but one getting a new twist from harvard political scientist robert putnam, who grew up in port clinton, returned after decades away and was stunned by what he saw: the death of social mobility. "my hometown was, in the 1950s, a passable embodiment of the american dream," he writes in his new book, "our kids," "a place that offered decent opp

but as economics correspondent paul solman found, there's a much more complicated picture behind the numbers. here's his story, part of our ongoing reporting, "making sense," which airs every thursday on the newshour. >> reporter: in fort myers, florida, realtor marc joseph's welcome bus tour, an overview of the local housing market every wednesday morning. and, shades of the last real estate boom here, things are heating up. >> the time to buy is now because inventory is tightening up. >> reporter: of course in real- estate speak, now is always the time to buy. >> if you're questioning if it's the right time to buy, it is definitely the right time to buy. >> reporter: that was marc joseph five years ago, when we first met him, on what he then called "foreclosure tours r us," taking rubbernecking retirees for a ride around the wreckage of southwest florida's spectacular real estate crash. >> december of 2005, up here, we hit $322,000 as the average median sales price. since december '05, it came straight down. for the entire last year, we have been hovering at a leveling off of betwe

. >> ifill: on tomorrow's "making sense thursday," economics correspondent paul solman reports on then school, where, after 12 weeks of intense training in computer coding, 99% of students land well-paying tech jobs. >> i couldn't find anything. i couldn't find even an interview. people would not respond back to the emails and once i finished the program and i changed my job title to a software engineer. just like that same hour, my inbox was full of messages. just like people sending emails and calling you. >> reporter: how did you feel? >> i felt like i was on top of the mountain, like i was powerful. where were you guys a couple of months ago when i was looking for a job? >> woodruff: don't go anywhere we'll be back with the hit song "blurred lines," marvin gaye, and how an l.a. jury just shook up music making. but first, it's pledge week on pbs. this break allows your public television station to ask for your support. >> brown: for northern peru jeffrey brown for the pbs newshour. >> ifill: we turn now to a legal decision that's resonating loudly in the music business. when is a b