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Is Your Home An Investment
Posted on February 4th, 2008 on Random Roger's Big Picture
Late start we had about 9 inches of snow and I had to shovel my way to the dish to clean it off for the interweb to work.Robert Shiller was on the ...

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Countrywide, oh Countrywide…
Posted on August 18th, 2007 on Trader Mike
The Chairman posted a link to an article about a “bank run” on Countrywide Financial Corp. (CFC) . I just had to shake my head and laugh after reading t...

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Mortgage Ethics?
Posted on March 27th, 2007 on The Credit Repair Blog
With foreclosures mounting and ill trained loan officers running rampant, the phrase “mortgage ethics” is seen by many to be an oxymoron. ...

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Subprime Lending Foreclosures
Posted on March 27th, 2007 on The Credit Repair Blog
Subprime Lending is a Net Drain on Homeownership “Over the past nine years, the subprime market has produced more than $2 trillion in home...

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I Think the Other Mortgage Lending Shoe(s) Just Dropped
Posted on March 13th, 2007 on Trader Mike
I’m not sure what just caused this air pocket in the market but these note from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) that hit right at ...

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Is A Hard Money Loan For You?
Posted on December 25th, 2005 on
Simply stated, hard money loans are loans that are backed by real estate as the collateral. If you need to borrow money, you need something to...

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Commercial Real Estate Loans
Posted on December 25th, 2005 on
Of all the loans available in the marketplace today, commercial real estate loans are by far the most complicated. This is usually because co...

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Housing Bubble Boom Hissing
Posted on November 8th, 2005 on
Today a major player in the housing industry, Toll Brothers Inc. said that sales forecasts for its luxury model homes are down. Wall Street fo...

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