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
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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