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professor1 It Makes Sense Blog 2/17/2012 Congressman Allen West (R-FL) released this statement today after voting no on the extension of the Payroll Tax Cut: “Americans are exhausted, out of work and many have simply lost hope in the political system. They have been struggling now with nearly five consecutive years of record job stagnation, […] February 18th, 2012 | Tags: federal budget deficit, FHA, mortgage fees, mortgage foreclosures, payroll taxes, Rep. Allen West, Rep. John Conyers, slavery, Social Security | Category: Congress, Economy, Federal spending, Politics, Taxes | Comments are closed
Warren Buffett’s net worth jumped $154 million thanks to mortgage settlement Patrick Howley The Washington Free Beacon 2/10/2012 Warren Buffett’s stake in Bank of America Corp. increased in value by $154 million after President Obama and the U.S. Justice Department announced a $25 billion foreclosure abuse settlement with the five largest U.S. banks Thursday, records […] February 10th, 2012 | Tags: "Keep Your Home", Bank of America, Bank of America Stadium, Berkshire Hathaway Inc., crony capitalism, Kamala Harris, mortgage foreclosures, Tony West, Warren Buffett | Category: Banking and finance, Barack Obama, California, corruption, Department of Justice, North Carolina, Politicians, Progressives | Comments are closed
Tyler Durden ZeroHedge 2/9/2012 While today’s foreclosure settlement deal is by some accounts expected to help the housing market, as the foreclosure pipeline is once again unclogged, it is unclear what this will actually do for price discovery and clearing levels when one considers the already untenable shadow housing inventory, which can be summarized simply […] February 9th, 2012 | Tags: GDP, housing crisis, interest rates, mortgage foreclosures | Category: Banking and finance, Barack Obama, Department of Justice, Housing and Urban Development | Comments are closed
Ed Morrissey HotAir.com 1/20/2012 For years, the Left has asked why the Obama administration hasn’t pursued prosecutions against lenders who arguably engaged in fraud when foreclosing on mortgages in the wake of the housing-bubble collapse. It turns out that these lenders had friends in high places in the Department of Justice. Reuters reports that both […] January 20th, 2012 | Tags: Attorney General Eric Holder, conflict of interest, Covington & Burling, crony capitalism, forgeries, fraud, John Garland, Lanny Breuer, mortgage foreclosures, Steven Fagell | Category: Banking and finance, Barack Obama, corruption, Department of Justice | Comments are closed
President Barack Obama’s chief of staff has resigned from the White House after less than a year in charge. Telegraph [UK] 09 Jan 2012 Bill Daley, a former Clinton administration official and a member of a Chicago political dynasty, stood down after a troubled 12 months as the White House’s top aide, which saw growing […] January 9th, 2012 | Tags: Chicago, Chief of Staff Bill Daley, Heather Higginbottom, Jack Lew, Jacob Lew, mortgage foreclosures, Peter Rouse, Valerie Jarrett, William Daley | Category: Barack Obama, Books/media, Illinois, Michelle Obama, Politics, Racism | Comments are closed
Joe Weisenthal Business Insider 12/3/2011 Michelle Meyer, the well-known housing analyst for BofA/ML, has some bad news: The housing crisis isn’t over. In fact, in her 2012 outlook piece, she says it’s “far from over” and that prices still have another 7% to decline nationally. The basic problem: There are still tons more foreclosures or […] December 3rd, 2011 | Tags: housing crisis, liquidations, Michelle Meyer, mortgage foreclosures | Category: Banking and finance, Economy, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac | Comments are closed
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