The Economic Recovery Decoy: Bank Refuge and Auto and Home Sales Plummet. Two Largest Purchases for Americans still Treading Water. Number of Renters Increases by 748,000 in one Quarter.
When I hear about the banks and Wall Street returning TARP money to the government I can’t help to think of a successful Trojan Horse hitting our economy from within. The initial rush to back an unprecedented bailout for the sake of the economy actually turned out to be a strategic looting of the American […]
California Loan Modification Scams: Kicking the Financial Can Down the Road. SB 1137 and SBX2 7. Mortgage Cram-Downs Stripped from Rescue Bill. Loan Mods that make your Payment go up.
In another chess move to reward banks and fleece the American public, cram-down legislation was stripped out of the new rescue bill. This is significant since this was one of the keystones in the new housing agenda. Yet the banking oligarchy wasn’t pleased with this legislation and applied pressure via lobbying to get this piece […]
Suburb Cat Thousandaire: How Americans Lost a Decade of Wealth through Debt and Listening to the Banking and Housing Industry.
Not all that glitters is gold. And not everyone touting to be a financial expert should be regarded as such. Americans have lived in what could be considered a decade built on a debt façade. As many Americans strolled their neighborhoods, possibly taking the dog out for a walk, many suddenly would come across a […]
Monthly Foreclosures and the Dreaded Road Ahead: On Path to another 3,000,000+ Foreclosures for 2009. 1 out of Every 173 Homes Received a Foreclosure Filing in California. 8,800 Foreclosure Filings a Day in the United States.
Foreclosures filings in past economic downturns were usually driven by job losses or contractions in the economy. In our current recession we had an interesting dynamic in that many foreclosures were caused by the actual mortgages given to borrowers. This of course spurred the housing bubble but more importantly, positioned a double whammy for our […]