Article about the U.S. real estate crisis

For our Internet portal, we will be needing continuous good and excellent authors. This assignment is a first (test) order and will help us classify your writing skills. Write a short article for a respectable finance site about the current U.S. real estate crisis. How did this crisis come about and what active effect does it have on the U.S. economy? Also, what future effects can be expected? Your article should be minimum 500, maximum 600 words. Because we are trying to get a broad picture of your skills, please pay close attention to structure as well as grammar and spelling.