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housing crises: Four Concrete Steps To Stop The Slide In Housing Values - 01/17/08 12:49 PM

The honest truth of the matter is that the US economy is in a world of hurt. The fiscal policies of the last 7 years have painted the Fed into a corner. If they cut interest rates, the dollar is in danger of tanking. If the dollar tanks, inflation is likely … (7 comments)

housing crises: Is It Too Late To Save The Empire? - 01/16/08 12:26 PM

This post is the follow up to my post, "Take Two Fed Cuts And Call Me In The Morning" where I compared the Bush administration's economic policies to those of college students with their first charge cards. In it, I painted a dire economic picture that I feel accurately reflects the … (6 comments)

housing crises: Take Two Fed Cuts And Call Me In The Morning - 01/16/08 11:29 AM

If you watch the talking heads on the various business/news shows on a regular basis, you might have noticed that they change their tune to fit whatever the realities of the day are. A couple of years ago when the economy was slowing they would say that housing was keeping the … (0 comments)

housing crises: Stop Blaming The Mortgage Broker II - 01/09/08 12:25 AM

I recently got a comment on one of my posts, "Stop Blaming The Mortgage Broker" from a member of the general public, who was, shall we say, not convinced by the arguments that I made in that posting. Her specific comment was,
"Interest only loans, and some ARMs ought to have … (10 comments)

housing crises: Home Ownership Is Too Important To Do Nothing! - 11/26/07 12:25 PM

Much has been written about who should bear the blame for the current real estate and mortgage crises. Some have levied blame at the borrowers while others have levied blame at unscrupulous mortgage brokers.
I for one have levied most of the blame on the big Wall Street Investment houses that bundled … (7 comments)

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