mortgage crisis: Fair Isaac: Fair Or Unfair? - 10/10/08 01:01 PM
Fair Isaac: Fair Or Unfair? By Bill Roberts
The Fair Isaac company rates everybody's credit.
They do it for the banks and mortgage companies.
It is called your FICO score. FICO stands for Fair Isaac COrporation.
Because of the turmoil in our economy many people are seeing their credit scores plummet. (27 comments)
mortgage crisis: Bailout Reprise - 10/05/08 06:30 PM
Bailout Reprise by Bill Roberts
This was inspired by my conversations with Jan Wood on her blog. You can read the run up to this here.
Duncan Hunter is MY Congressman. I live in his district. I am very disappointed in him. He is retiring this year. His son, also named (17 comments)
mortgage crisis: Are Foreclosures Good For America? Part 4 - 09/30/08 11:26 AM
Are Foreclosures Good For America? Part 4 by Bill Roberts
Everyday there are more mortgage defaults filed. The banks are suffering. Congress can't get their act together. A solution seems to be elusive.
The Secretary of the Treasury went up the hill to ask Congress for 700 Billion dollars to solve (22 comments)
mortgage crisis: Are Foreclosures Good For America? Part 3 - 09/25/08 09:47 PM
Are Foreclosures Good For America? Part 3 by Bill Roberts
Until now banks had three options for under-performing loans:
Workout a modification
Accept a short sale
Foreclose
I would be very interested to hear how successful homeowners have been in obtaining a loan modification. It seems that if they were in (3 comments)
mortgage crisis: What Mortgage Crisis? - 11/25/07 07:53 PM
What Mortgage Crisis? by Bill Roberts. Let's face it. If the market hadn't gone flat and then turned south we wouldn't have a mortgage crisis. There is an old saying "a rising tide lifts all boats." Do I need to explain this to you? If The Fed hadn't raised rates so fast most of (30 comments)
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