How Many Grams of Fat In An Ounce Of Gold?
How much is GOLD worth? Or even more basic, why is gold worth anything ? Why does the Pound Sterling or the Euro or the U.S. or Canadian Dollars have value? Only because "we" say so! ... Read full article
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Chicken Little Was Right!!
THIS IS ABOUT THE AMAZON EC2 "CLOUD" CRASH - OFF-TOPIC? MAYBE NOT) ... Read full article
"...and Wining, Winning, Winning" - (re-post)
As a solo practitioner I must acknowledge my work limitations; I cannot compete against the Boston or other big-city law firms employing 20 or more attorneys. ... Read full article
Class Actions for Modifications or Divine Intervention
There has been movement in some state courts to shore-up the failure of the legislation enacting the Making Home Affordable program initiatives to modify loans ( ... Read full article
Economy Getting Better? What Do You Have In Your Wallet?
The latest news and business reports say that "the economy is improving. All economic indicators show..." If that is true, and not just hype, as the commercial for a credit card asks, "What do you have in your wallet?" ... Read full article
New Credit Card Regs Effective Today
(See entire posting on this issue at February 10, 2009) ... Read full article
Tenants Protected After Foreclosure
You are a tenant in a multi-family or single family house that has just gone through foreclosure. Can you be just "kicked-out" by the foreclosing bank? ... Read full article
Banks, Foreclosures, and Deceit
In his article, in the Tuesday November 15 th edition of the New York Times, about foreclosures, David Streitfield discloses t ... Read full article
Better Now Or A Year Ago?
Now that all of the drama of the Goldman Sachs vs Congress (actually Sen. Carl Levin) is over, what did it all mean. More importantly, WHO CARES? (well, I actually do but it's my job to care). ... Read full article
Judicial or Non-Judicial Foreclosure: Do I Keep My House!
All of the news of late has been about the so-called "robo-signers" at mortgage companies dealing in 23 "judicial foreclosure states", and the impact that an unknown number of potentially improper foreclosures will have on our alre ... Read full article
Massachusetts Passes Homeowner Relief Bill
Never Mind Who's On First; Where Is First?
In the on-going saga of the Making Home Affordable Program, which spawned HAMP and HARP, no less a giant in news than the New York Times, carried what seems to be directly contradictory information about the program's success/failure. ... Read full article
New Credit Card Rules - Finally!
Recession In Real Life
Has anybody stopped to look at real people , and not just to discuss economic theory. ... Read full article
Record 2.9 million Foreclosures; Investors Want Money
There were two "complimentary" articles yesterday - one in American Banker, entitled " MBS Trustees Push JPMorgan Chase for Access to Loan Files", the other from RealtyTrac's Agent Advocate newsletter announcing, ... Read full article
The Greatest Depression? Ask Rep. Neugebauer (R-TX)
Rep Randy Neugebauer, Chairman, House Financial Services Oversight Subcommittee, said it is time for the government to admit its foreclosure prevention efforts are a failure and should be shut down. ... Read full article
The Sale is Over - My House is Gone!
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HAMP: "You Probably Think This LAW Is About YOU!"
This posting's title, with apologies to Carly Simon who wrote and sung Billboard's 72nd most popular song ever, is appropriate if any of us think that the Mortgage Modi ... Read full article
Keeping Your House
"Making Home Affordable", Loan Modifications, Loss Mitigation, " HAMP ", "HARP" "HASP" - all are programs of one type or another to help homeowners from losing their house. They are not working very well as detailed ... Read full article