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Consumer confidence drops to 2012 low

August 28, 2012 by Ed Morrissey Leave a Comment

Or did it? How do voters feel about the economy? Why not ask consumers in general? According to … [Read more...]

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Gallup: Economic confidence dropping sharply for second month in a row

August 7, 2012 by Ed Morrissey Leave a Comment

But an Obama bump? The question for the economic fight in the presidential election may not be … [Read more...]

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Retail sales fall again in June, third straight month of decline

July 16, 2012 by Ed Morrissey Leave a Comment

Across the board. Falling consumer confidence led to a third straight month of contraction in the … [Read more...]

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Gallup and Rasmussen agree: Consumer confidence plunging in June

June 26, 2012 by Ed Morrissey Leave a Comment

Wreckovery Summer III: Food Stamp Explosion. And it’s not as if it was all that terrific … [Read more...]

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Romney up 4 in new Rasmussen tracking poll

June 2, 2012 by Ed Morrissey Leave a Comment

Consumer confidence sinks five points overnight. Coincidence? Twenty-four hours after a jobs … [Read more...]

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Has the worst recovery ever left 6.5 million jobs on the table?

May 30, 2012 by Ed Morrissey Leave a Comment

Confidence. So argues John Merline at Investors Business Daily, who analyzed the trajectories of … [Read more...]

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Consumer confidence plunged in May, more long-term jobless to be cut loose

May 29, 2012 by Ed Morrissey Leave a Comment

But perhaps a bottom in the housing market. The news from today’s economic indicators was … [Read more...]

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Poverty at highest rate in 15 years, business and consumer confidence plunging

September 13, 2011 by Ed Morrissey Leave a Comment

The wages of class warfare. In his Rose Garden speech yesterday, Barack Obama insisted that his … [Read more...]

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HUD Investigation Shows Banks Covered Up Widespread Illegal Acts – Government offers to bring them their check and validate their parking

May 19, 2011 by Mandelman Leave a Comment

It seems that the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Inspector General has been … [Read more...]

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Books That Matter: Crisis Economics, by Nouriel Roubini & Stephen Mihm

May 30, 2010 by Mandelman Leave a Comment

I just finished reading: Crisis Economics – A Crash Course in the Future of Finance, by Nouriel … [Read more...]

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False recovery?

March 8, 2010 by LH Leave a Comment

Doesn’t anyone see that if “financial services” accounts for 40% of our GDP that … [Read more...]

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Beazer Homes to post 3Q results

August 6, 2009 by LH Leave a Comment

"The company is expected to report a quarterly loss for the three months ended June 30, reflecting … [Read more...]

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Burt Reynolds' Ex-Wife Loni Anderson Pops Up in Foreclosure! - Gossip Extra May 22, 2013
Burt Reynolds' Ex-Wife Loni Anderson Pops Up in Foreclosure!Gossip ExtraLoni Anderson, the 1980s sex pot sitcom star, is back in the life of Jupiter area actor Burt Reynolds – for better or worse. Anderson, who played the dumb blond in old WKRP in Cincinnati, has popped up in the foreclosure lawsuit that targets the famed ... […]
Survey: The Number of Americans in Foreclosure Down 25 Percent - U.S. News & World Report (blog) May 22, 2013
U.S. News & World Report (blog)Survey: The Number of Americans in Foreclosure Down 25 PercentU.S. News & World Report (blog)The number of Americans in the foreclosure process has fallen by nearly 25 percent in the past year. As home prices rise and sales pick up, the housing crisis is increasingly becoming a distant memory as the United States recove […]
Mistaken Identity in Foreclosure - Florida Times-Union (blog) May 22, 2013
Mistaken Identity in ForeclosureFlorida Times-Union (blog)Mrs. Widow Homeowner had paid her mortgage all her life, even after her husband passed away, and she was still making her payments on time every month. First, Woolworth Wealth sent her a foreclosure lawsuit, and then she received another foreclosure ...and more » […]
Father, son sentenced for rigging Alabama foreclosure auctions - Thomson Reuters News & Insight May 22, 2013
Thomson Reuters News & InsightFather, son sentenced for rigging Alabama foreclosure auctionsThomson Reuters News & Insight(Reuters) - Two real estate investors were sentenced to 20 months each for their role rigging public foreclosure auctions in southern Alabama, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Monday. Robert Brannon, his son Jason Brannon an […]
Dallas-Fort Worth home foreclosure postings down almost 40 percent this year - Dallas Morning News May 22, 2013
Dallas Morning NewsDallas-Fort Worth home foreclosure postings down almost 40 percent this yearDallas Morning NewsSo far in 2013, Dallas-Fort Worth area home foreclosure filings have dropped almost 40 percent from the first six months of 2012. And the number of homes threatened for forced sale by lenders next month is 43 percent below levels from a year ago. […]
Waypoint Files for Latest Foreclosure-to-Rental IPO - Wall Street Journal (blog) May 21, 2013
Wall Street Journal (blog)Waypoint Files for Latest Foreclosure-to-Rental IPOWall Street Journal (blog)As Waypoint notes in Tuesday's filing, there were 4.1 million completed foreclosures between September 2008 and 2012, presenting an unprecedented opportunity for investors—particularly private equity and hedge funds—looking for higher yields that ...an […]
Homeowners receive nearly $2B in foreclosure settlement - Chicago Sun-Times May 21, 2013
Homeowners receive nearly $2B in foreclosure settlementChicago Sun-TimesLast year, the Attorney General's office participated in a $25 billion nationwide settlement to address “allegations of widespread robo-signing” of foreclosure documents and “other fraudulent practices banks employed while servicing loans of struggling ...Vermont homeowners get fore […]
Foreclosure Reports Highlight Racial Disparity - Seattle Weekly (blog) May 21, 2013
Foreclosure Reports Highlight Racial DisparitySeattle Weekly (blog)Last week, we wrote about a campout to stop South Park homeowner Jeremy Griffin from being evicted after a foreclosure. As we noted, the housing crisis may be officially over, but foreclosures keep happening. Two new reports make that point as well ... […]
Foreclosure Fraud Failures Come To A Head In Justice Department Protest - ThinkProgress May 20, 2013
Press TVForeclosure Fraud Failures Come To A Head In Justice Department ProtestThinkProgressFrustration with the failed execution of various weakly-constructed legal settlements stemming from widespread foreclosure fraud bubbled over today into a protest at Justice Department headquarters that culminated in homeowners being arrested.Occupy Wall Street Challe […]
3 big banks nearly halt foreclosure sales after US tweaks orders - Los Angeles Times May 19, 2013
American Banker (subscription)3 big banks nearly halt foreclosure sales after US tweaks ordersLos Angeles TimesSales of homes in foreclosure by Wells Fargo & Co., JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Citigroup Inc. ground nearly to a halt after regulators revised their orders on treatment of troubled borrowers during the 60 days before they lose their homes. The […]

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