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  • Peter Boutell, Lending a Hand: Today's most critical measure in ... - Santa Cruz Sentinel

    The "mortgage meltdown," as the press calls it, officially started last August but the beginnings of it were being felt by mid-2006. According to the Implode-O-Meter [ml-implode.com], 266 mortgage lenders have failed since this Web site began keeping ...
    2008-07-20 01:31:00
  • Given a shovel, digging deeper into debt - International Herald Tribune

    The collection agencies call at least 20 times a day. For a little quiet, Diane McLeod stashes her phone in the dishwasher. But right up until she hit the wall financially, McLeod was a dream customer for lenders. She juggled not one but two ...
    2008-07-19 11:44:00
  • Golden rule changes 'designed to save banks' - Daily Telegraph

    The Treasury may be planning to raise the limit on public borrowing in an effort to give it "room for manoeuvre" for a potential rescue operation for the banking system, a leading expert has suggested. Alistair Darling's review of the borrowing rules ...
    2008-07-19 11:15:00
  • Lubbock's new home construction market is already correcting itself - Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

    John Sweeney just wishes the noise would stop. From problems at mortgage giants FannieMae and FredieMac to the nation's subprime meltdown, Sweeney said a daily dose of financial battering just doesn't reflect what's going on in Lubbock. "I just wish ...
    2008-07-20 12:05:00
  • PhillyDeals: Unisys moving to town? Not without sign - Philadelphia Inquirer

    The Pennsylvania Railroad, the Philadelphia National Bank, and the Philadelphia Savings Fund Society have big signs on Philadelphia high-rise buildings. Even though they're all as dead as Sunday blue laws. Living companies like GlaxoSmithKline P.L.C ...
    2008-07-19 11:29:00
  • Fiscal conservatives watch John McCain on mortgage plan - Everett Herald

    WASHINGTON -- John McCain has been winning over skeptical conservatives by embracing tax cuts while promising a new era of fiscal discipline if he wins the White House. But McCain's still-fragile relationship with that pillar of his Republican base ...
    2008-07-19 11:58:00
  • Mortgage market weathers storms - San Francisco Gate

    del.icio.us The tribulations of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and IndyMac Bank have dominated headlines for more than a week, but the mortgage industry is more or less thumping along at the rate it was before the market went into convulsions. Home loan ...
    2008-07-19 11:29:00
  • Calendar: Upcoming home events - Detroit Free Press

    Home Buyer Seminar: Learn how to buy, repair, and lease or sell bank-owned homes for a profit. Presented by Shore Mortgage and hosted by Century 21 Dupont from 1 to 4 p.m.
    2008-07-20 12:12:00
  • Rental scam re-emerges in Vallejo - Vallejo Times-Herald

    This foreclosed north Vallejo home on Whitney Drive is now part of a resurgence in a rental 'flim-flam,' where a vacant home is taken over by an scammers, who then rent the house out illegally. (Mike Jory/Times-Herald) At least one Vallejo family ...
    2008-07-18 08:07:00
  • 735 Responses to “Madeleine McCann: Oprah Winfrey, Barbara Walters And Rape” (Anorak)

    1st? Pig farmers of the world unite - you have nothing to loose except your swine.
    2008-07-20 12:41:58
  • 692 Responses to “Madeleine McCann: Oprah” (Anorak)

    1st? yee ha - this could be interesting - she can ask some tricky questions!!
    2008-07-20 12:42:08
  • In foreclosure, talk to lender about staying in home (San Francisco Chronicle)

    Q: I am one of the unfortunate who has to deal with eventual foreclosure. Can you tell me how long I can remain in my home until legally having to vacate? A: Before the foreclose takes place, please talk to your lender - and not just a low-level loan officer...
    2008-07-20 12:42:38
  • BULLETIN BOARD (San Francisco Chronicle)

    Monday First-Time Home-Buyer Seminar: Sponsored by Whitney Davis of Zephyr Real Estate and Tina Leonardi of Guarantee Mortgage, 6-7:30 p.m., Opera Plaza, 601 Van Ness Ave., Suite P, San Francisco, free, reservation required, (415) 533-3990. Tuesday Real...
    2008-07-20 12:43:01
  • Credit card debt edges up with cost of living (Baltimore Sun)

    Where will the money come from?
    2008-07-20 12:43:40
  • Plano home sales (Dallas Morning News)

    MasterFiles Inc. compiled this list of home sales in Plano from county deed records. The amount listed is the mortgage. In each ZIP code, sales are organized alphabetically by street and include the date recorded.
    2008-07-20 12:46:59