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2012
This might come as a surprise to many people, but presently Non-Bank Lenders, and Loan Originators do not have a legal responsibility to report "Mortgage Fraud". What may even be more surprising is that even if a Non-Bank Lender or Loan Originator wanted to report "Mortgage Fraud" at the present...
02/08/2012
A third effort to put an end to the outrageous bonuses that the CEO's and top Executives of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac was put into motion this week in the Senate by Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) and Jay Rockefeller (D-West Virginia). The two Senators attached an amendment to the "Stop Trading...
02/07/2012
The January Jobs Report is out, and private sector jobs continued to increase in January with 243,000 new jobs, and reducing unemployment figures to there lowest point in three years. That means that nationally the unemployment rate has fallen to 8.3%. The major increase in jobs were in Manufact...
02/06/2012
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We are less than 2 hours away from the XLVI Super Bowl Game (that is 46 for those that do not know how to read roman numerals) between the New England Patriots and New York Giants. Back on the 15th of last month I wrote a blog "New England Patriots vs New York Giants" about the two teams and aske...
02/05/2012
Maybe Washington does listen sometimes. Last year Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac drew a lot of criticism for the outrages bonuses that they paid their CEO's and 8 other senior top executives. In a year where the two GSE's lost billions of dollars, and taped the American Tax Payer for more than $150...
02/04/2012
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We are into the Presidential Election Year, and for better or for worst it looks like housing is going to be in the spot light. I say for better or worst, because this important issue will become a political pawn, but it will at the very least start to get some of the attention that it should ha...
02/03/2012
Gail Robinson needs our help getting ASUS's attention, and we here on ActiveRain can help her do that. So please go over to her blog and reblog this as well.For those of you considering buying an ASUS Zenbook, I want to share my experience to save you the pain I've been through. I paid $1,550 f...
02/02/2012
Yesterday in a speech at Falls Church, in Virginia, President Barack Obama Rolled Out His New Refinancing Proposal to help homeowners having difficulty paying their mortgage. The cost of the latest proposal would be anywhere from 5 to 10 billion dollars, and funded through fees on major banks. T...
02/02/2012
I Don't know if you have ever experienced a Hot Water Heater quit working on you, but if you have it is normally not a pleasant experience. That is because when a Hot Water Heater stops working is not because it stops heating the water, it is because the bottom of the Hot Water Heater rusts out...
02/01/2012
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