Tell All Tuesday: Four Figure Debt Edition

Our total non-mortgage debt is now in the four figure range ... demolition!  Yesterday I made my “new” $300 payment to my student loan.  We are still building ... like that.  I like to feel like I am making progress.  This knocked the balance of my student loan down [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 18:08:14

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How Much Can You Afford?

Source: Yahoo! Real Estate If you’re like many first-time homebuyers, ... -to-income ratio. This is the figure lenders use to determine how much mortgage debt you can handle ... (Debt-to-income ratio) = $2,340 (Total allowable monthly debt payments) Next, add [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 12:27:26

Mortgage Market Week in Review

I’ve got to tell you, I’d love to be able to write one of my Friday updates and tell you about some good news or tell you, “You know, ... side (the stock markets) and the debt side (bonds, loans, mortgages, Fed Funds, and all other types ... of a few firms, a total meltdown.    On the debt side, it really was very close to a nuclear reactor [more...]

Date: 2008-09-19 20:26:22

The Biggest Bailout Ever

Cross posted on myDD Like the proverbial thief in the night, ... ) total mortgage debt. That corresponds to one third of America's gross domestic product [more...]

Date: 2008-09-08 21:31:26

my new studio

Now I've gone and done it. In the midst of the financial crisis and global markets melt down which has totally effected our lives ... two kids to feed, a mortgage, credit debt I could go on an on with the giant list of bills — did [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 22:43:31

Ascendas REIT - Looks undervalued

A-REIT has obtained S$200m in credit facilities to refinance part of its S$300m commercial mortgage-backed securities (16% of total debt) due in August 2009 at a low credit spread of 120bp (vs [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 04:05:00

Wall Street bailout plan to include more than bad mortgage debt: Feds to absorb unpaid bar bets, inadvertently laundered postage stamps, unredeemed soda cans and insufficient tooth-fairy disbursements

Totally absurd? Think twice: In the dark of night over the weekend when most people were snoozing, the Treasury dramatically expanded its bailout plan to include buying student loans, car loans ... in draft language that also opened the bailout program to foreign banks with extensive loan operations [more...]

Date: 2008-09-23 06:05:06

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