America’s Urban Distress: Which States And Regions Set Up Their Cities To Fail?
Submitted by F.F. Wiley of CyniconomicsAmerica’s Urban Distress: Which States And Regions Set Up Their Cities To Fail?In 2011, the four U.S. cities with the highest unemployment rates were:Stockton,...
View Article"Eminent Domain" Bailout Comes To New Jersey
With Richmond, CA's plans to use eminent domain to "help" underwater homeowners still ongoing (as suits from mortgage-backed securities owners such as PIMCO, Blackrock, and DoubleLine having been...
View ArticleDOJ Announces $13 Billion "Largest Ever" Settlement With JP Morgan
To the DOJ, a $13 billion receipt is the "largest ever settlement with a single entity." To #AskJPM, a $13 billion outlay is a 100%+ IRR. And perhaps more relevant, let's recall that JPM holds $550...
View ArticleA mortuary of 7,000,000 foreclosures and counting
If a foreclosure happens in the wilderness, does it make a sound? It seems like people have conveniently forgotten that since the housing crisis hit we have witnessed more than 7,000,000+ foreclosures....
View ArticleThe Greenspan Housing Bubble Lives On: 20 Million Homeowners Can’t Trade-Up...
Submitted by David Stockman via Contra Corner blog,One of the most deplorable aspects of Greenspan’s monetary central planning was the lame proposition that financial bubbles can’t be detected, and...
View ArticleUnderwater Homeowners "Here To Stay" Zillow Says
A few weeks back we commented on the rather disturbing news that repeat foreclosures jumped in January: According to Black Knight Financial, both new and repeat foreclosures hit a 12-month high during...
View ArticleMark Hanson Is In "Full-Blown, Black-Swan Lookout Mode" For Housing Bubble 2.0
Submitted by Mark Hanson via mhanson.com,Speechless: The Kardashian’s are now house flippers“No more neighbors, friends whose past Real Estate experience is renting an apartment or buying a starter...
View Article"The Populist Upsurge is Real" When A Liberal College Professor Finds Common...
Submitted by Mike Krieger via Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,People are going to be pissed off no matter who wins this election and that is a very important social dynamic I believe is vastly under...
View ArticleGoldman Slammed With $5.1 Billion Fine For "Serious Misconduct" In Mortgage...
Hot on the heels of Wells Fargo's $1.2 billion settlement, Bloomberg reports that Goldman Sachs will pay $5.1 billion to settle a U.S. probe into its handling of mortgage-backed securities involving...
View ArticleHow Obama Booby-Trapped Trump
After doing virtually nothing to help underwater homeowners for 8 years, Obama acted to slightly reduce mortgage insurance payments.But there’s a catch …Obama made sure the program to reduce mortgage...
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