Jersey City Dreaming: Bullets, Bribes, and Unreal Real Estate

Last night I dreamed I went to Jersey City again... I lived in Jersey City, New Jersey for sizable chunks of time during the 70s, 80s, and 90s. The experience made a deep impression on me. Which is why I still write about JC when events resonate. In June an auction of...

Ohio Foreclosure Homes - On the Way Up

Richard Cordray, the state treasurer for Ohio, said that the recently passed housing bill will present considerable help to the suffering housing market, besides reinforcing reliability of the two government ...

Lawmakers OKs Contentious Housing Plan

When the House sat down to vote on the contentious housing loan package, which involved $300 billion in mortgage loans, the results was not at all surprising. In an effort to minimize the damage caused by the...

Hillary's Housing Fix in a New York Nutshell

A raw March morning in Albany. The wind whistled round the Empire State Asylum for the Politically Insane. Dr. Edwards, the new chief of staff, was making his first tour of the facility. Dr. Murchison, his predecessor, was acting as guide. First up, the day room....

The Mortgage Mess Lawsuit: Countrywide and Miles High

As 2008 opened wide, predictions were made by seers of all stripes. Britney and Hillary would triumph/implode. Pakistan would stabilize/explode. The housing market would rebound/erode. Predictions re the latter tended to focus on nuts, bolts, and bailouts. As in-- Bernanke...

Illinois Mortgage Wisconsin Mortgage: VA, First Time Home Buyer, Refinance, F...

Ameristar Mortgage, your local Wisconsin and Illinois mortgage broker, offers first time home buyer, 80/20, cash out refinance, jumbo, construction, lot loans, no money down, refinance, 100% financing, interest only, investment, my community mortgage, FHA, VA and rural...

Illinois Mortgage Refinance Wisconsin Mortgage Refinance

Ameristar Mortgage, your local Wisconsin and Illinois mortgage broker, offers first time home buyer, 80/20, cash out refinance, jumbo, construction, lot loans, no money down, refinance, 100% financing, interest only, investment, my community mortgage, FHA, VA and rural...

The Bush Subprime Bailout: Limited Surge or Taxpayer Quagmire?

Ick! The Ownership Society of crap mortgage lending that President Bush pushed so assiduously has gone and done an Iraq on the carpet. Attention taxpayers and homebuyers dumb enough to save for real down-payments. The roar you hear at the door is Dubya with a wallet-sucking...

Wisconsin Mortgage Illinois Mortgage

Ameristar Mortgage Wisconsin offers 80/20, Wisconsin cash out refinance, jumbo, construction, lot loans, Wisconsin no money down, Wisconsin refinance, Wisconsin first time home buyer, 100% financing, interest only, investment, my community mortgage, FHA, VA and rural housing...

Alt-A Reality and the Subprime Rescue Mission

The United States of Real Estate continues to suffer from subprime mortgage sickness. Now spreading into Alt-A territory. Until recently the risk to Alt-A was pooh poohed. Financial institutions with Alt-A exposure declared it a step up from subprime. Now seers say watch...

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