If you have been reading the Florida Mortgage Report for a while, you undoubtedly have read some of the posts about home equity and how easily it can be wiped out in a disaster. Every year as hurricane season approaches, I inform readers to make sure their home equity is prepared and protected, s
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09/17/2008
Unless you have been asleep or not paying attention to the news today, you have undoubtedly heard about Lehman, Bank of America (B of A), Merrill and AIG. With the news sending the DJIA down over 500 points today, traders are comparing the move to Black Monday of 1987, dubbing this as Black Sunda
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09/15/2008
Many have inquired about my take on the government's takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, even some in the media. I had been sitting be the wayside, actually taking care of business, and had set the issue on the back burner, until now. Just why in the heck did the government take over Freddie
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09/12/2008
I was honored when Jeff Belonger asked me to write this week's Mortgage Pro Week in Review (Sept. 1-7, 2008). With the week selected drawing to a close, the biggest news to hit the airwaves was released as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were essentially taken over by the government, a move long time
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09/08/2008
