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Obama secretly programming people with hypnosis
by MarkInSF on 6 May 2011   11 comments, latest 14 years ago
I randomly came across this searching for something entirely different. Somebody actually wrote up a 67 page paper explaining how we're being controlled by Obama's hypnotic powers! here #politics

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What will lower conforming loan limit to do Bay Area prices?
by MarkInSF on 22 Apr 2011   16 comments, latest 14 years ago
Beginning on October 1, the government will dial back on the size of mortgages it guarantees in high-cost areas like San Francisco, New York and Washington. After that, the ...

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CA Handouts to those who took cash-out refis
by MarkInSF on 6 Apr 2011   41 comments, latest 14 years ago
Soon after launching a $2 billion statewide mortgage assistance program, the California Housing Finance Agency said Tuesday it would loosen eligibility requirements – allowing owners who used their homes ...

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Leasing is in fashion among wealthy house hunters
by MarkInSF on 14 Apr 2011   Posted 14 years ago
Real estate agents have been hustling lately but not necessarily to sell homes. Instead, leasing is in vogue, particularly at the top of the price spectrum. If phone inquiries ...

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CTA disingenuous stance on retirement benefits
by MarkInSF on 4 Apr 2011   32 comments, latest 14 years ago
Teachers and public employees are being scapegoated for problems caused by Wall Street, and pensions are being used as a wedge issue to divide working class Americans. Why the ...

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Good audio programs about Fannie Mae
by MarkInSF on 6 Apr 2011   Posted 14 years ago
From Planet Money http://www.npr.org/blogs/money http://www.npr.org/blogs/money I think they mentioned something about another part to this series. These are smaller segments for a different program, that seem to cover the ...

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Finally, the Feds take down a Big Fish
by MarkInSF on 26 Mar 2011   1 comment, latest 14 years ago
On Valentine’s Day, the elder Mr. Engle said, his son had entered a minimum-security prison in Beaver, W.Va., to begin serving a 21-month sentence for mortgage fraud....Supposedly, he lied ...

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What happens to housing if Freddie and Fannie go away?
by MarkInSF on 3 Mar 2011   4 comments, latest 14 years ago
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03 Interest rates would rise for most borrowers... Life without Fannie and Freddie is the rare goal shared by the Obama administration and House Republicans... One prominent investor, William ...

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One year later....
by MarkInSF on 13 Jan 2011   6 comments, latest 14 years ago
OK, time for some accountability here. This thread is for predictions in the coming year, to be followed up a year later. Feel free to add on.

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Goldman Sachs sued for securities fraud
by MarkInSF on 16 Apr 2010   27 comments, latest 15 years ago
It's about time. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04 “The product was new and complex, but the deception and conflicts are old and simple,” Robert Khuzami, the director of the S.E.C.’s division of enforcement, ...

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Do health reform advocates use tactics like this?
by MarkInSF on 27 Mar 2010   9 comments, latest 15 years ago
Here is a great example to the blatant lies being throw around by those that oppose health care reform. It was posted on another thread and I decided to ...

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Whitman's $10,000 Tax Credit for Home Purchases
by MarkInSF on 25 Mar 2010   5 comments, latest 15 years ago
So, I was checking out Meg Whitmans policy agenda, and ran across this: Provide a $10,000 Tax Credit for Home Purchases To encourage homeownership and lessen the economic damage ...

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It wasn't CRA, or predatory lending
by MarkInSF on 7 Jan 2010   2 comments, latest 15 years ago
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.c Krugman: From my perspective, the CRE bubble is highly significant; it gives the lie both to those who blame Fannie/Freddie/Community Reinvestment for the housing bubble, and those who ...
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