It’s Some Wonderful Nitpicking

There is no TV with enough pixels to rival the experience of watching a great movie in an actual movie theater. Sorry Samsung, it’s true.  I first figured this out when Fenzel and I went to see Superman at a midnight showing years ago [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 13:39:15

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The Long Mile Of The Mortgage Modification Business

The Long Mile Of The Mortgage Modification Business by Adam WhazzerWho is there to Help Those Who are Called to Provide Help? I work at a Foreclosure Defense Law Firm which happens to also engage in the practice of Loan Mods. I am not an attorney nor am I here to provide or imply legal advice. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 17:24:08

You Say You Want a Regulation?

As if the economic news weren't bad enough at the moment, ... lenders from raising interest rates on existing balances unless a payment is received late. Credit card ... . Enter new "credit card regulations" issued by the Federal Reserve, Office of Thrift Supervision [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 14:00:48

Credit Scores: New Threats

Credit Scores: New Threats Credit Scores: New Threats A long-delayed update to the leading credit scoring formula is rolling out in 2009, ... formula responds more negatively if consumers have few open, active accounts. Because more credit ... combat potential fraud by ignoring any "authorized-user" accounts in a borrower's credit report. After [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 09:04:13

I think I have been the victim of identity theft. What can I do?

The following post in our Reader Question series is an actual user submitted question ... of the three credit bureaus and ask them to place a credit freeze on your credit report ... of a credit freeze. A fraud alert is an annotation on your credit report that lets potential lenders [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 00:33:48

Foreclosed HomeDiscover The Truth About Foreclosed Homes

Foreclosed houses are houses that have been closed by an individual or a group of individuals before another person owns them. Such situations arise when mortgagers either dont bother to take their house back or are unable to release it because of financial adversities [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 12:15:32

The Baddest Bank in the West

Give us Madoff! Give us Madoff! "Oil rises to $39 on Bernanke comments..." "Asian stocks rise after Bernanke remarks.. ... about things. What did Bernanke say to bring about the turnaround? We find the report on the front ... necessary to ensure stability and the normalization of credit markers," said the main man at the Fed [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 04:51:36

How To Avoid Falling Into The Foreclosure Crisis

Foreclosures set yet another record this month, with the highest foreclosure rate on record ... . Over 860,000 home owners lost their houses to foreclosure in 2007. This amounts to one out of every 50 ... with home owners. The system is not working. But, there are some ways home owners can get banks to work [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 18:42:46

MortgageNewsClips: CA Foreclosure Predicts, FDIC- Show Me the Money, John Burns, Kohn Speech, Finger Length and Testerone, Contra Trend, Jody Shenn, Toro Chart Series, Bottom is Near, 3.5 is Possible, Positive Traction, 3 more, IRA Has 4

   clear explanation and good charts - Mr. Mortgage: Dec CA Foreclosure Report - Defaults up 100% - December CA Mortgage Defaults Up 100 ... and guarantees.  The FDIC issued a letter to more than 5,000 banks it supervises, encouraging them to say [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 00:56:39

Having A Bad Time?

If you have a bad credit rating, it will be most difficult for you to get any credit accommodation when you need money ... you and it sends warning signals to lenders. So what do you do?You can try Bad Credit Loan Mortgage, the company gives the service that their name says - bad credit loan mortgage mortgages [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 11:47:00

Anything That Could Go Wrong Did Go Wrong

The Gazette Times reports from Oregon. “After a months-long struggle to move through the city’s planning department and overcome objections by ... of the $27.8 million in cash it owed to clients. The company said its problems are a result of loans [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 17:24:14

Trepidation About Quantitative Easing, Version 2.0

The Fed made official its move to quantitative easing today, and said it will take no prisoners until it has lowered rates and credit spreads further ... Securities Loan Facility to facilitate the extension of credit to households and small businesses [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 10:28:49

Blame the bailouts on Mr. Rogers???

Guest blogged by Dan I miss the "Outrageous Quote of the Week". I admit that I was never certain if an honest, but truly ignorant quote, was more outrageous than one that was just mean-spirited. Elizabeth MacDonald lets us have both. Ignorant and Mean-spirited. Blame the Bailouts on Mister Rogers? [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 15:21:57

Nothing Down, Nothing Forever

The Missoulian reports from Montana. “Craig Siphers had a notion that the run on real estate in the Bitterroot Valley might be slowing during the summer of 2006. But the longtime real estate agent with Hamilton’s Exit Realty couldn’t have predicted then just how far it would fall [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 19:20:23

Car Loans

Like all sophisticates, ... a great job of detailing how the car loan business looked amidst the general credit madness: Here’ ... the financing, often because they advertise lower rates than banks. That’s when the scam starts. Many car [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 18:56:16

Constitution Party: ‘The mortgage thieves return’

Reposted at http://www.constitutionparty.com/news.php? ... spectacle of bad actors descending on a government program fat with new money and starved ... to extend an additional $300 billion in loan guarantees, so reports BusinessWeek. The plunderers [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 18:25:37

Getting help on Cash out Refinance Home Mortgage loan

Amazon.de Widgets When you need money for any purpose, one source from where you can get it is cash out from refinancing your home mortgage that you can work out with the agreement of the lender. When you get the lender’s approval on this idea, you can get additional money above and beyond the balance of your existing mortgage loan. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 12:42:28

Money Hacks Carnival - New Year’s Eve Edition

Welcome to the New Year’s Eve Edition of Money Hacks Carnival ... and interest rates after the offer expires.” Silicon Valley Blogger presents How To Get Free Credit ... and high unemployment, a major international stock market crash, he housing and credit bubbles [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 12:03:10

Is Bank of America the Next “Citi”?

Is Bank of America the Next “Citi”? This morning Bank of America hit a new 52 week low, and traded at its lowest level since 1991 ... enterprises (GSEs), the peak in the housing market, the likelihood of contagion in credit markets, and the weaknesses in the credit rating agencies’ collateralized debt obligation (CDO) assumptions [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 15:42:49

Refis

On the eve of the closing for my refinancing, I notice this from the W$J: ... their monthly mortgage payments on account of the fact that they have bad credit. Wouldn't ... can't meet the credit hurdles and won't get approved. My friend and mortgage broker told [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 16:42:15

Words from the (investment) wise 12.28.08

Investors spent the holiday-shortened Christmas week in an un-merry mood, digesting more gloomy economic data and taking stock of a tumultuous 2008 ... s exuberance), but also still be battling with the implications of the credit crisis for the global economy [more...]

Date: 2008-12-28 12:31:33

My Stock Market and Real Estate Predictions For Year 2009

Goodbye 2008 and Good Riddance - Hello Year 2009! Happy New Year everyone! ... way out by blaming the credit crisis and current economic woes on the Bush administration ... on the wrong culprits. The primary blame should be placed on ourselves - the credit and home hungry [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 03:50:28

Owner of Black Angus Steakhouse files for bankruptcy

the bottom line for this personal bankruptcy: $2.7 million in assets and $345.3 million in debts. Deeper inside the schedules Gantes discloses that he potentially owes millions in unpaid payroll and sales taxes for his restaurants: $5 million to $7 million to the Internal Revenue Service in unpaid payroll taxes [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 19:15:42

Posts about Mortgage Market Report as of January 14, 2009

Flagstar Bank 12 to 14 month Promo CD Rate - monitorbankrates ... Bank $100 Checking Offer Roth IRA vs Tradtional IRA CD Ladder Calculator Imperial Capital Bank’ ... Online Banking Getting a Copy of Your Credit Report Islamabad An overview of housing in Pakistan [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 12:23:49

Reviews Of The Best Capital One Credit Cards and Offers

Updated List Of The Best Capital One Credit Cards Below What’s In Your Wallet? ... , from subprime bad credit credit card applicants to high FICO score candidates. Since its decision to re ... - So goes the motto and promotional tag line from those zany Capital One credit card ads we’re [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 20:46:00

Using Eminent Domain To Acquire Mortgages Would Be Reckless And Dangerous

Just when I think that the bailout plans couldn’t get any wackier, ... is and has been the loan servicer and that servicer’s responsibility to its investors. So many loans ... the fair market value would be about 30-50 percent of the current loan value. NCRC argues, “ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 21:52:30

Hoarders and Destroyers

Just when you thought it was all baked into the cake...whammo! Another pie to the face. Get ready for more pies ... by as much as 30% during the day, before closing down "just" 18%. If this leaves a bad taste in your mouth [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 03:04:54

A Chance to Grab Your Share of the Credit Solution of 2009

p {margin-bottom: 1em;} The Penny Sleuthfeatures:Penny Stocks, Optionsand High-growth Opportunities!Authors | Archives| Contact UsA Chance to Grab Your Share of the Credit Solution of 2009By Jim ... a disturbing telephone call from alleged loan shark Frank Sacco. Here is her account of the call [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 19:35:00

Why O.C. housing is so risky, bottoms in 2010

Economists at mortgage insurance PMI Group recently ranked Orange County as the 9th riskiest housing market among that nation’s 50 largest housing ... Bernardino unemployment rate is 9.1% up 3 full percentage points. That’s why it’s so bad. That’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 08:02:17

New Credit Card Rules and Regulations - The Good and The Bad

Note: The New Credit Card Rules Do Not Go Into Effect Until July 1, 2010 These days, ... deals, and credit card arbitrage, I’ve been taking advantage of all that they’ve had to offer ... it for everyone else. This is how I feel about credit cards and the credit card industry. Credit card [more...]

Date: 2008-12-25 03:28:28

Using Eminent Domain To Acquire Mortgages Would Be Reckless And Dangerous

Just when I think that the bailout plans couldn’t get any wackier, ... is and has been the loan servicer and that servicer’s responsibility to its investors. So many loans ... the fair market value would be about 30-50 percent of the current loan value. NCRC argues, “ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 15:01:57

Why I’m a Bad Liberal

I think Tyler Cowen may be right about this: Note that under standard theory neither monetary nor fiscal policy will set right the basic problems ... Treasury efforts to encourage credit-card companies [more...]

Date: 2008-12-28 21:19:16

Getting Mortage - Some Tips

Getting a mortgage is never easy, but first-time buyers have it roughest of all ... you for a loan with a lower down payment. Many banks accept down payment as low as 5%. Lowering the down ... payment, but you must pay a fee equal to 3% of the loan –that’s $3,000 on a $100,000 mortgage. FHA [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 14:52:33

Credit Card Use and Your Credit Report

Credit cards have ballooned in popularity in the UK ... cards wisely and responsibly will not damage their credit report and in some cases, can show lenders ... to you, it may cause some lenders to be cautious, even though you haven’t used the credit. This can be damaging [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 01:30:34

Bad Credit Financing For You

Are you trying to determine what bad credit finance options that are available to you? You need a new automobile, but you are unsure of who will finance it due to your bad credit? There is no need to be too concerned about financing if you have bad credit. There are several [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 13:30:30

WHY WALL STREET ALWAYS BLOWS IT (and where the money went)

Atlantic Article Submitted by multiple readers, I read this as soon as my issue was delivered. It’s true ... all of us are to blame.by Henry Blodget WHY WALL STREET ALWAYS BLOWS ITImage credit: John RitterWell, we did [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 15:31:41

New York Times starts catching up to iSteve

From the Sunday, 12/21/08 New York Times:White House Philosophy Stoked Mortgage Bonfire By JO BECKER, ... . There are plenty of culprits, like lenders who peddled easy credit, consumers who took on mortgages they could [more...]

Date: 2008-12-21 04:53:00

Some Facts About Repairing a Bad Credit History

Many people do not know the facts about bad credit ... get a credit card with bad credit. They think they cannot qualify for a home mortgage with bad credit ... a credit application. You can get a credit card with bad credit, but you will pay higher interest rates [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 00:08:25

How Do Home Equity Loans Work as Second Mortgages?

Writer Dan Ackman notes in an article at www.forbes ... is lower rate than credit cards and auto loans ... of credit (HELOC) or a home equity loan. An HELC works much like a credit card. It’s a revolving [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 21:17:18

Avoid Bad Credit - Discover How To Avoid Bad Credit

Avoid Bad Credit - Discover How To Avoid Bad Credit January 16th, 2009 Subscribe To Our Feed For more tips about bad credit debt consolidation and debt consolidation options go to credit secrets bible review. When you’re looking for a way to avoid bad [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 21:07:17

MORTGAGES HOME EQUITY LOANS REFINANCE RATES HOME LOANS CREDIT CARDS WE CATER ALL TYPES OF LOANS VISIT US NOW AND APPLY ONLINE NO FEES

MORTGAGES HOME EQUITY LOANS REFINANCE RATES HOME LOANS CREDIT CARDS WE CATER ALL TYPES OF LOANS VISIT US NOW AND APPLY ONLINE NO FEES In a society ... at Private Fast Loans.com advance loans alternative student loans apply for a loan auto loans bad credit auto loans bad credit home mortgage loan bad credit loan bad credit loans bad credit personal [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 14:24:01

Mortgage Confidential: Co-borrowers' good credit won't erase your bad

Mortgage Confidential: Co-borrowers' good credit won't erase your bad David Reed Jul 17th 2008 Filed under: Real Estate, ... who had the bad credit. Lenders understood that, just like other consumer loans, if something went awry ... , "I've got terrible credit but my Uncle said he would co-sign for me" and we would put together [more...]

Date: 2008-07-17 20:01:06

When You Are Eligible For A Free Credit Report

By Federal law, you are entitled to one free credit report per year directly from a credit-reporting agency only if you certify that: 1 ... to know, whether you need a new credit card, an auto loan, or a mortgage. Lenders use your credit scores ... to obtain the best rates. Bad credit costs thousands of dollars! About The Author Virginia Broobin [more...]

Date: 2008-12-27 07:59:27

Your Lenders And Mortgage Brokers Information To Better Assist You With Your Loans

Mortgages are offered or promoted by various kinds of lenders. Your loan can be obtained from mortgage brokers, banks, credit unions and mortgage bankers, where ... . This normally includes discovering customized or tailored “Bad Credit” mortgage programs [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 14:29:49

What To Look Out For When Shopping For Lenders On-Line

The lending industry will often resort to offering great benefits on some of their products ... conditions. They do exist. Quick Online Bad Credit Mortgage Approvals Now, do not rush. They are giving ... . Now, with bad credit, can they just approve your mortgage without digging into your financial records, job [more...]

Date: 2008-12-28 14:55:57

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