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FHA Takes $4.6 BILLION Hit … It’s Just Taxpayer Money
"FHA Takes $4.6 BILLION Hit … It’s Just Taxpayer Money"Leave it to the government to come up with a home loan program where, if the buyer does not have the low 3% down payment normally required, the seller can pay that for them. So, from day one, the buyers have zero...
Rise in sex infection rates blamed on young people
This is really depressing news. After all the deaths associated with HIV the message around how important it is to wear condoms or not have casual sex is clearly not getting through."Professor Peter Borriello, the... Wildlife extinction rates 'seriously underestimated'
Scientists have discovered that endangered species may become extinct 100 times faster than previously thought - which is a bleak re-assessment of the threat to global biodiversity."Writing in the journal Nature,... Inflation hits new high in India
New Inflation figure has set a new record in India. Soaring fuel prices and increase in the food prices have lead to such a high in the inflation figure. " Indian inflation set another record in the third... UK confidence 'near all-time low'
Grim times ahead in the UK."UK confidence 'near all-time low' Rising prices have been blamed for falling confidence Confidence among UK...German Inflation Worst in 15 Years, Wages Decline
"German inflation picked up speed in June, jumping to an annual 3.3 percent, the fastest pace since 1993, from 3.0 percent in May, official figures showed Friday.As inflation climbs and indicators point to an economic slowdown, there are growing concerns Germany and the... Beijing could be running out of water
Beijing is running out of water according to an environmental group, and may have to start shutting down industry and moving population out within the next decade.This raises questions over the costs of China's rapid... Bell defends throttling practices
Ars Technica does a great job of looking into Bell Canada's defence of its throttling policies. Bell is now claiming that in spite of appearances, that congestion levels on its networks are high. "The Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)... Gas or Coffee? If you had to choose?
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorThis study which states coffee is great for your health, may have many woner what if, what if Coffee prices rose as fast as gas prices? What would you choose?With the... Gordon Brown blames Margaret Thatcher for poor social mobility
So Brown will blame low social mobilty on Thatcher which is maybe a bad move - true or not - as many will see him trying to shift the blame - true or not - for the drowing gap between poorest to richest on... Number of new houses being built plummets nearly 60%
UK: Until mortgages become more affordable and available there will be less houses being built even with the Governments target of 2m new homes by 2016. Thousands of builders are being laid off as the housing slump starts to bite in earnest..."The number of new houses being... Greed Has Run Amok In Mortgage Industry
Anthony Downs, a senior fellow at the Brookings institution wrote this piece for the National Real Estate Investor. Given the impact that the subprime crisis has had on the American and global economies, the new president should make this one of his first priorities. As Downs...Global refugee total rises again
Despite all the peace efforts there is no let up in the refugees and displacement. United Nations refugee agency UNHCR has blamed conflicts, climate change and rising food prices."The number of refugees worldwide...Dubai house prices up 78%, another surge guaranteed « Peter J. Cooper’s We...
"Dubai house prices rose 78 per cent in the year to the end of Q1, according to a report from Colliers International. But all the anecdotal evidence suggests that rising prices have continued since then, and may have considerably further to go as the Federal Reserve cuts...Gold and silver prices to rocket as inflation grows this summer « Peter J. C...
" Now if interest rates fall, say from the present two per cent to ‘an emergency’ one per cent, then the US dollar will take yet another tumble. Gold is inversely correlated to the greenback – so it will head in the opposite direction, and upwards in value. Silver is...
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