Bored with the subprime homesick blues, the US press has turned to tracking down the rich who have handed back the keys on their multimillion dollar homes. It's "celebrity foreclosures" folks!
That couldn't possibly happen here...
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Rich ditch their homes as US plays celebrity foreclosures
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