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If there hasn't been a conspiracy going on in the house building industry these past few years then at least some evidence of collusion is becoming apparent. There are too many faces looking... Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac: Where'd those names come from?
Both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have been in the news recently as the US financial crisis continues. I've always wondered where those unexplicable names came from and today I decided to find out. Here's what Wikipedia had to say:"The Federal National Mortgage... TWUSEA | Contact 13 Investigation: Mold Inside The Health District
Posted on - http://twusea.org/blog/2008/07/18/contact-13-investigation-mold-inside-the-health-district/ NOTE: FINALLY A LITTLE JUSTICE SO FAR! LET'S...The End of White Flight
"The End of White Flight For the First Time in Decades, Cities' Black Populations Lose Ground, Stirring Clashes Over Class, Culture and Even Ice Cream By CONOR DOUGHERTYJuly 19, 2008; Page A1 Decades of white flight transformed America's cities. That era is... Home Sweet Home?
During this time of high mortgage payments, dwindling property values, and rising heating and energy costs some people are beginning to think seriously about tailoring their housing needs. Some... PPT has a busy weekend
" Not much time was spent on the golf course this weekend for members of the Plunge Protection Team. Today's announcement of a support plan for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac follows another grim week on Wall Street. Hank Paulson and Ben Bernanke faced the impending meltdown...Fed to curb shady home-lending practices
Your friends and my friends at the U.S. Federal reserve are going to make sure crocked house lending practices get corrected....The Federal Reserve will issue new rules next week aimed at protecting future homebuyers from dubious lending practices, its most sweeping response... European Stockmarkets spooked by fresh credit crunch fears
London stock exchange opened with deep correction after the news of fresh credit crunch. Investors mood are turned sombre with similar news from other European exchanges. "Fears of fresh losses in the financial... Section 8 loophole thwarts evacuees return to New Orleans- We Don't Want no S...
"Two weeks ago in Houston, two Katrina evacuees hauled the final boxes out of their apartments. But even as their landlords prepared to change their locks, Gina Martin and Samantha Egana couldn't go home to New Orleans, because their Section 8 vouchers were stalled by the... The new Vancouver Special, now with more awkwardness
Here's a cantankerous piece about a new Vancouver housing trend: the Mohawk. If you're from these parts you've probably seen them around--"a two-storey box with a half-sized strip of 'hair' on top," as the writer describes them.The Mohawk is arguably more attractive than its... Foreclosure Time is Party Time!
Kids sure do love abandoned houses, no matter what the reason for their abandonment. So here's a word to the wise: if you're forced to foreclose on your mansion and move outta town, be warned that a "presumably... Summer strikes for unions
800,000 public sector workers, including school dinner ladies and council trash collectors, are going to stage a strike in the UK next month. The union, Unison, is just one of many that are threatening to stage a "summer of discontent" of strikes over the skyrocketing cost of... This is NOT OKAY!: Thunder | Project Katy
http://this-is-not-okay.blogspot.com/2008/06/thunder-project.html This page contains the strategy behind KATY and there are numerous strategies, legal, social and political. America sentences people to... This is NOT OKAY! : DIANE-NC Woman-Another Riverstone Wrongful Death Case
http://this-is-not-okay.blogspot.com/2008/06/diane-nc-woman-another-riverstone.html &n... Thousands of B.C. forest workers jobless as sawmills shutdown
Certainly the downturn in the US economy is having a disasterous trickle down theory for Canada's ailing lumber industry. Let's hope China bites and buys our lumber to build all their homes destroyed in the...
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