Reminder - New Schedule - MortgageNewsClips is being sent twice a week - Wednesdays and Saturdays. . . ABX, JEC, So Over!, Using Plastic 2, 2 Million x 2, Latino, Owen E 2, Ira A 1, Miami, Mortgage Brokers, Van Hoisington, Dept. Stores, Tsunami, Homebuilders, Bill Gross, Fully Indexed, Case Shiller 4, Litigation Scorecard, Quants, Commercial [...]

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. .  Special Announcement plus Request For Your Opinions . Hello to all. . Most of you who know me are aware that I have not been actively working in the mortgage industry since July, yet have continued to maintain this blog/website. Most people on the street in my former job are required to live in [...]

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.  Hello – I am back from London, having visited our daughter who is in school there. We had a great time. It is quite expensive there- as someone pointed out to me what costs $1 in the US costs 1 Pound in London (true). A cup of coffee (not that good) cost me 3.25 Pounds ($6.50 US). [...]

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Please note:I am off the grid for 2 weeks. Mortgage NewsClips returns October 29.

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  Access Denied, Catalogue Opt-Out, High End, Decline, Poole, Foreclosure Auction, Morgan Stanley, Split, Experian, Make The Payments, Tradeweb, Rosengren, Hard Day’s Night, ASF, Nashville, Losing $50, Class, Warmer Than Normal, San Diego, Diane Swonk, OFHEO, Super Jumbo Reverse, Hovnanian, Get A Lexus, Atlanta Fed Video, Jobs To Avoid, Moody’s Cuts, Schumer, Price Not Available, No [...]

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      Net Worth, Portland Glut, Irrelevant, $615k Mortgage on $9/hour Income, Afford The Basics, D-FW, Poole Speech, MBA Debut, Gary North, Cargo Decline, Rich Pay Taxes, Thornburg, Early Morning, 2008 Forecast, Goldman Sheds Assets     Has the Dollar’s Devaluation Affected Amercian Households’ Net Worth? - very interesing take - seeking alpha   ———— [...]

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    Naked Shorts 2, Flashback, Short Case, Bank Bet On Condos, Foundations Shift, Not and Not, Detroit is Paradise, Rich at 26, PArking Meters, Til 2009, St. Joe Hurts, SF Area 2, Bad things … Good people, All Not Well   1.  The Easing Credit Crunch I - Ellington freeze latest shoe to drop [...]

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Finger-Pointing, Season To Sue, Everyone Knows It, Ben-Carry Trade, Hartford, Charts, Exit The Bunker, Up In Arms, Freeze, Wachovia Loves California, Ellington, Last Week $20 Billion, San Diego Auction, Staten Island, Homebuilder Sales, Chart Series       Mortgage Meltdown: Let the Finger-Pointing Begin - rismedia http://rismedia.com/wp/2007-10-05/mortgage-meltdown-let-the-finger-pointing-begin/ ———— Is the season to sue just beginning? [...]

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  Mega-Mansions, Credit Spread Madness, Servicers’ Fate, Scary Homebuilder Chat, Next Crisis?, Sinking Feeling, Dow vs. Gold Chart, TED Spread, Priced-In, JPM and BofA Next?, Moody’s Catches Up, SLO-MO Recession, Goldman Likes C-Bass, Who Runs The Fed?, Haves and Have Nots, Phantom Income     Credit crunch ripples into U.S. mega-mansion market   -  Reuters Yahoo  [...]

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  Lew Ranieri, Kohn, Lockhart, Netbank, Bernanke Revealed, Baltimore, Trafic Jam, Demcrats Split, Countrywide, Milken, How You Look, Go Do This, PIMCO, Greenspan “Call’, DC Area, Minneapolis Latest interview with Lewis Ranieri - is fiduciary duty in our future? - thanks OE - IDDmagazine  http://www.iddmagazine.com/idd/NYTSStories/nytsstories.cfm?id=14444&issueDate=current   ———— Speech by Vice Chairman Donald L. Kohn - [...]

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