" A San Francisco Wachovia branch was under siege Wednesday afternoon by people on the verge of losing their homes. Those people accuse the bank of giving them mortgages that the bank knew they couldn't afford....
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UPDATE: This happened as anticipated. There is more complete look at the world financial situation HERE, and I recommend it.This is not your great-grandpa's bailout, but it is meant to reverse the...
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Reports say the bailout of Fannie and Freddie is imminent."SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) Rep. Barney Frank (D., Mass.) confirmed Saturday that Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is planning government intervention to back troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The...
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HBOS chief Andy Hornby: 2010About two-thirds of wholesale funding received by UK banks comes from overseas - primarily from the US. And the HBOS chief said that US money-market investors would not resume...
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There's a reason why I believe in economic freedom; free markets and free people. Read here and then I'll tell you why."New Orleans is still far from being able to withstand a 100-year storm -- in other words, a storm that has a 1% chance of happening next year, a 10% chance...
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A couple of months ago, the entire nation was surprised to hear that television personality Ed McMahon is facing foreclosure. Even though his home has been for sale for nearly two years, there were no interested...
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Think, 'Will the repair or improvement make the house more profitable?'" House flipping is a stress-filled business. Because profits are actually realized ...
According to a report recently published by the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation or Freddie Mac, very few distressed homeowners contact their lenders when having problems with their mortgage debt. The...
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In the midst of the foreclosure crisis, teenagers are experiencing trouble at home especially when their parents are imposing measures that will allow them to pay their mortgage dues each month. It is not...
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"Why Fannie and Freddie matterMore Videos This boarded-up, bank-owned home is on the market in Milwaukee. On the inside, that Milwaukee home has been picked clean. Never before have there been so many squalid, dilapidated homes...
The foreclosure crisis has not only resulted to Indiana homeowners losing their homes. It also cost most communities in terms of lowered home values. According to the housing advocate ACORN, communities spend...
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When the new housing legislation is implemented in October, California will be receiving a federal grant that could amount to as much as $1.2 billion. This money will be used to buy and rehabilitate foreclosure ...
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I discovered Solari and Solari circles a few years ago. The founder, Catherine Austin Fitts, is an investment adviser, a former Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner (HUD), and investment banker. The following excerpt is some of her shocking discoveries...