What’s The Point?
As we wrote two weeks ago and for which we took a bit of heat: “Just when the financial markets seemed to have recovered from the Great Greek Debacle, the…
It Must Just Be Because We’re “Bearish,” Why Else Would We Care?
∙ S&P Posts Worst Losing Streak in Two Months ∙ Kostin: S&P 500 May Fall to 1,100 ∙ Ciao?
Demand Up, Supply Down, And Yet The Median Falls?
The pace of seasonally adjusted existing-home sales in the U.S. rose 1.4 percent from 4.90 million in September to a
FHA Loan Limits Up To $729,750 Close To Being Resuscitated
Having expired at the end of September following a three year run, and having effectively been out of reach since August, it would appear that the $729,750 loan limit for…
Ciao?
Just when the financial markets seemed to have recovered from the Great Greek Debacle, the S&P 500 dropped 3.67 percent today stoked by uncertainty over Italy and the stability of…
Financial Markets Balk At Vote To Accept Voluntary Writedowns
With bondholders agreeing to “voluntarily” accept 50 percent writedowns on Greek debt, last Thursday the Euro STOXX 50 jumped 5.9 percent and the S&P 500 over two percent. Today, the…
The San Francisco Foreclosure Rigging Four
Among eight Northern California real estate investors who have pleaded guilty to rigging public foreclosure auctions are Laith Salma, Patrick Campion, Keith Goodman and Craig Lipton, all of San Francisco.…
Equity Markets Jump As Holders Of Greek Debt Are Jabbed
With bondholders set to “voluntarily” accept 50 percent writedowns on Greek debt, the Euro STOXX 50 jumped 5.9 percent while the S&P 500 opened the day up 2 percent. With…
No Equity? No Appraisal? No Problem!
From Bloomberg with respect to a new plan to save the housing market and economy: U.S. regulators will let qualified homeowners refinance mortgages regardless of how much their houses have…
A Homeowner’s Counterintuitive Wish Comes True
As we first reported back in July of 2007: A tipster directs our attention to the listing for 741 Noe, a two bedroom “Tales-of-the-Cityesque” condo “on Eureka Valley’s famed Liberty…