Foreclosure Nation

Proposals pending in Florida, one of the hardest hit states, reflect the problem at the foundation of our crisis; Who should be responsible for bad buying and lending decisions? How should we allocate the risk of bad decisions? The third proposal relates to rental properties. This one would give...

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Proposals pending in Florida, one of the hardest hit states, reflect the problem at the foundation of our crisis; who should be responsible for bad buying and lending decisions? How should we allocate the risk of bad decisions? The second proposal, titled the "Foreclosure Bill of Rights," would ...

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Proposals pending in Florida, one of the hardest hit states, reflect the problem at the foundation of our crisis, who should be responsible for bad buying and lending decisions? How should we allocate the risk of bad decisions? The first proposal addresses deficiency judgements and essentailly w...

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Government intervention has officially become a bigger problem than letting free markets fails before they can recover. Far more investors, banks and even folks on main street are frozen in their tracks waiting to see what Washington will do next or because they know the rules can be changed any mi...

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If progress can be measured by folks wanting to participate in yet another bailout initiative then progress seems clear for the TALK program. Investors asked the Feds for $2.3 billion to be collateralized by those all too hard to sell/until Uncle Sam’s paying no one wants to buy CMBS created before...

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