Next up: Commercial Loans to Bear Brunt of Future US Bank Losses – McKinsey expects  the US banking and securities industry to incur losses averaging $125 billion per quarter through 2010, with the bulk of it concentrated in commercial banking loans. … estimates that total credit losses on US-originated debt from mid-2007 through [...]

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Helping borrowers who don’t deserve it – How much is enough? – BY JACK GUTTENTAG – I don’t ordinarily like to publish long letters, but this one is worth the space because it captures the mood of a sizable segment of the population: … – Inman News
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How to Rebuild US Home Prices and Fix [...]

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Geithner Rents Westchester Home After Failing to Sell – By Brian Louis – …  is renting his home in Westchester County, New York, for $7,500 a month after failing to find a buyer, according to data on the Westchester-Putnam Multiple Listing Service Inc. … – Bloomberg
CNBC points to Zillow slideshow of Geithner’s [...]

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Las Vegas home prices continue to slide – Business – ReviewJournal.com 
The article linked above is full of speculation on both sides of the argument on whether home prices in Las Vegas are reaching a bottom. Not a lot of hard information included.  I find it interesting that homebuilders are starting and selling [...]

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