Prices are falling … and Jim the Realtor says: “You won’t hear me say it’s a great time to buy, but … it’s a great time to look.”
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MBA Q2 2010: 14.42% of Mortgage Loans Delinquent or in Foreclosure
The MBA reports that 14.42 percent of mortgage loans were either one payment delinquent or in the foreclosure process in Q2 2010 (seasonally adjusted). This is down slightly from the record 14.69 percent in Q1 2010.
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From the National Center for Health Statistics: Births, Marriages, Divorces, and Deaths: Provisional Data for 2009 The NCHS reports that U.S. births declined to 4.136 million in 2009, from 4.247 million in 2008. The birth rate declined to 13.5 from 13.9 in 2008 (births per 1000 total population). Here is…

This summer, I’m going to be posting a series of fifteen low-cost, tasty, and easy-to-prepare meals that are literally straight from my own kitchen. First, right off the bat, I apologize for the strong green color of the meal in this post. Ratatouille is typically pretty colorful, but the…

The Census Bureau released the weekly payroll data for the week ending August 14th this week (ht Bob_in_MA). If we subtract the number of temporary 2010 Census workers in the week containing the 12th of the month, from the same week for the previous month – this provides a close…

Bank of America Grows Direct-to-Consumer Auto Loans Leveraging VINtek Solutions
PHILADELPHIA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–VINtek, a provider of automotive collateral management services and direct auto finance solutions, today announced that it has expanded its Direct-to-Consumer auto loan service for Bank of America to include providing the bank with direct auto finance leads…

Just some quick thoughts on Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke’s speech today. Bernanke has a political problem on the FOMC. I believe this is why the recent FOMC discusssions were leaked to Jon Hilsenrath at the WSJ: Fed Split on Move to Bolster Sluggish Economy Bernanke is saying the economy is…

From Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke: The Economic Outlook and Monetary Policy . Excerpt on monetary policy: Policy Options for Further Easing … I will focus here on three that have been part of recent staff analyses and discussion at FOMC meetings: (1) conducting additional purchases of longer-term securities, (2) modifying…

Yesterday, Get Rich Slowly posted an article entitled Why I Buy Local , in which J.D. makes the case for buying from local suppliers, even if the costs are a bit higher, because of the secondary benefits. J.D.’s support of local businesses goes quite a bit further than mine…

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