Real Estate in the 21st Century

From the BBC:   Scores held as Montreal student protests turn ugly   Eighty-five people have been arrested as demonstrations in Montreal over rising tuition fees turned violent.   Police used pepper spray to quell the protest, during which windows of banks, businesses and cars were smashed.   Six...

WINSTON-SALEM -- Winston-Salem police said the car driven by state Rep. Larry Womble (who is black) crossed the center line of a local street and collided head-on with another vehicle, killing the driver.   Authorities say 54-year-old David Allen Carmichael of Winston-Salem (who is white)died in ...

  BBCNEWS: The two biggest teachers' unions have voted for strikes which could hit schools across the UK this summer and autumn. The National Union of Teachers voted for more strikes co-ordinated with other unions protesting against cuts to public sector pensions. Earlier, the NASUWT backed indus...

This is a nice update on what the government might be doing in the next few months and next year.    Thanks Deborah. Does this mean more exposure for the public for private debt.  You bet it does!Changes to HARP 2012 The home affordable refinance program was reinstated to continue through  12/31/...

Please check out Deborah Stone's informative blog on this.  The below was taken from the blog: Billed as HARP 2.0 the most significant change to the guidelines is the elimination of the 125% loan-to-value (LTV) cap allowing more underwater borrowers to refinance into lower rate loans. Other key c...

I read today that Morgan Stanley will profit greatly from the continued credit collapse of Spanish bonds.  This is from the same company that, along with Goldman Sachs;  bet against the housing market here.  So let's look at the circle.  Our government, (already bailed out MS) continues to give t...

Here are two links to the websites that promoted the party. http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23TexasBeachParty?q=%23TexasBeachParty http://txbeachparty.com/ 1 killed as Texas beach party turns violent By msnbc.com staff At least one person was killed and three hospitalized late Saturday when shots r...

    Washington, DC April, 2012 Your Federal Taxpayer Receipt Understand how and where your tax dollars are being spent Enter your 2011 payments below or select an estimate from the drop down menu Social Security Tax Medicare Tax Income Tax Don't have your tax information handy?   PROGRAMS & SERVI...

The Talk: Nonblack Version by John Derbyshire Yes, talk about the talk is all over. There is a talk that nonblack Americans have with their kids, too. My own kids, now 19 and 16, have had it in bits and pieces as subtopics have arisen. If I were to assemble it into a single talk, it would look so...

MSN Money: The federal government and bureaucracy go hand in hand. Change does not come easy there -- and Research In Motion (RIMM -0.71%) is grateful for it.The company's BlackBerry devices get bashed daily. People are leaving in droves for phones running on systems from Apple (AAPL +1.50%) and ...