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  • The financial year in review - Marketplace.publicradio.org

    Friends of Money -- Liz Pulliam Weston, Jason Zweig, Knight Kiplinger -- join Tess Vigeland in recapping the biggest financial news of 2009, as well as the money lessons learned and ignored throughout the year. Tess Vigeland: Don't know about you ...
    2009-12-25 09:03:00
  • Uncle Billy, Starring Ben Bernanke - Lewrockwell.com

    Back in 2002, I wrote a review of It's a Wonderful Life . In that review – written in the midst of the housing bubble – I offered this analysis of the savings and loan industry and its effects. In Anno Domini 2002, we have been told that what has ...
    2009-12-25 10:50:00
  • N.D. senators explain health bill vote - Bismarck Tribune

    If North Dakota nominates Paul Sorum for the Senate I think he will beat Byron Dorgan. The man has ideas that blow away anything Dorgan or Conrad have come up with in years. I really like what I'm reading from the Sorum campaign. He has real ...
    2009-12-25 10:07:00
  • Housing prices always go up - Concord Monitor

    Countless delusions and mistakes brought on our financial crisis, but none did as much damage as the belief that home prices never go down. People have long seen real estate as a safe investment. The notion is intuitive - the supply of land is ...
    2009-12-25 10:58:00
  • Lying homeowners are avoiding consequences - The Sun News

    Homeowners also liable in loan mess Homeowners also liable in loan mess Only one in three homeowners who have signed up for the Obama administration's mortgage relief ... cases, modifications lower interest rates on home loans. Lenders also offer ...
    2009-12-25 10:29:00
  • Call center helps Va. Power customers - Richmond Times-Dispatch

    But in the recession, issues with bill payments dominate the call centers ... to help out a few customers who I knew could not legitimately pay their bills but that’s never in the news. I helped kids left home alone or abused and would call us ...
    2009-12-25 10:58:00
  • County program fights off foreclosures - PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW

    When Dan Sheets was trying to save his home from foreclosure, he couldn't get much help from his mortgage company. They misplaced his paperwork, told him to wire transfer $1,200 just for the chance to renegotiate his mortgage and, when they got to ...
    2009-12-25 11:05:00
  • ALL BUSINESS: No consequences for lying borrowers - Washington Post

    ALL BUSINESS: No consequences for lying borrowersWashington PostIn most cases, modifications lower interest rates on home loans. Lenders also offer grace periods, longer repayment schedules or lower loan balances. ...and more »
    2009-12-25 10:29:50
  • Home buyers to face changes - Dallas Business Journal

    Dallas Business JournalHome buyers to face changesDallas Business Journal1, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development will require lenders and mortgage brokers to provide home buyers with a standard Good Faith Estimate ...
    2009-12-25 01:39:51
  • Denver real estate fares better than most - Denver Business Journal

    Denver real estate fares better than mostDenver Business JournalThe tax credit and low mortgage rates drove most home sales. If you are already a Denver Business Journal subscriber please create or sign into your ...and more »
    2009-12-25 01:48:44
  • We made it through tough year -- mostly - OregonLive.com (blog)

    We made it through tough year -- mostlyOregonLive.com (blog)They also couldn't refinance a $300000 mortgage on a Yamhill County home worth more than twice that amount, even with Mike bringing in more than $100000 a ...
    2009-12-25 04:59:46
  • Low rates spark jump in home sales - Galesburg Register-Mail

    Low rates spark jump in home salesGalesburg Register-Mail“The interest rates were so good, a lot of people were able to refinance. They shaved some dollars off their mortgage payments and they're staying put until ...
    2009-12-25 07:08:38
  • Uncle Billy, Starring Ben Bernanke - Lew Rockwell

    Uncle Billy, Starring Ben BernankeLew RockwellMortgage investors are now locked into investments that will plummet in value if price inflation raises long-term interest rates. ...
    2009-12-25 08:48:13
  • The financial year in review - Marketplace (blog)

    The financial year in reviewMarketplace (blog)Yes, there was mortgage fraud, there was very bad rating of highly risky securities. But abetting this was a broad spectrum of the American people who were ...
    2009-12-25 09:08:49
  • Ten years that shook, rattled, rolled and helped repair the world - Globe and Mail

    Globe and MailTen years that shook, rattled, rolled and helped repair the worldGlobe and MailIt seemed to be buffeted by all the trends that the decade was said to promise –rampaging teenaged gangs armed with assault rifles, high rates of AIDS, ...and more »
    2009-12-25 09:55:24