On a year-over-year basis, the bankruptcy filing rate has been dropping around 12-16%, and last … [Read more...]
How’s the View from Where You’re Sitting?
So, I was wondering… how’s the view from where you’re sitting these days. Is it … [Read more...]
Bankruptcy Filings Are Down — Everywhere
With half the year over, there is half of the year still to go. For our few readers who might … [Read more...]
Terrifying Foreclosure & Housing Data Points – 2.8 Million Americans are 12 Months or More Behind on their Mortgages
Fascinating Mortgage & Housing Data Points Foreclosure Details -There have been an average of … [Read more...]
We’re Being Fed a Steady Diet of Econocrap
Where to begin, where to begin? This past week started off with a thud when the … [Read more...]
Has cheating gone mainstream in America?
Honor, integrity, and rational self-interest now passé? I tend to think that concerns about … [Read more...]
Olympia Snowe: I’m tired of this darned partisan dysfunction
“We’re not working out issues anymore, we’re working in a parallel universe.” Stick with it … [Read more...]
Bankruptcy Filings Down 11.7% in 2011
The year-end bankruptcy statistics from Epiq Systems have arrived. There were just over 1,379,000 … [Read more...]
Gallup: Romney surges nationally
Breakout? Alternate headline: “Percentage of Republicans in Not Romney camp declines from high … [Read more...]
The Value(s) of Foreclosure Law Reform?
As Alan White reported recently, the Uniform Law Commission in the U.S. has named a committee to … [Read more...]
Arizona’s Rep. Jack Harper Says Walk Away and You’ll Pay
Arizona Representative Jack Harper has absolutely stumped the panel, as they say. If you had asked … [Read more...]
Romney: Allegations against Cain must be “addressed seriously”
"Particularly disturbing." Was it wise for Mitt Romney to offer any opinion on Herman Cain’s … [Read more...]
Income declines for first time in two years in August
Spending flattens. Despite the high level of unemployment, wages have grown at a slow rate over the … [Read more...]
There’s Pain in Spain as Banks Go Down the Drain… Let Me Explain
Please don’t assume that this article is only about Spain, and therefore not one you should … [Read more...]
Bankruptcy Filings Dropping More Rapidly Than Expected
According to the most recent data from Epiq Systems, there were 120,800 bankruptcy filings in August … [Read more...]
Omnibus Update on (Declining) Bankruptcy Filing Rates
The June bankruptcy filing figures came out while I was away, and the July figures came out a little … [Read more...]
Residential starts drop 1.5%, single-family starts drop 4.9% in July
Permits drop 3.2%. The housing market continues its struggle to find a bottom. The Census Bureau … [Read more...]
88% Decline in NY Foreclosures- WOW!
Who knows exactly what the numbers are in Florida, but I expect we should see a similar percentage … [Read more...]
September’s Horrendous HAMP Numbers
The figures published by our friends within the federal government confirm what we all know … [Read more...]
Face to Face With Polished Wall Street Psychopathy
Face to Face With Polished Wall Street Psychopathy Posted on June 25, 2010 by … [Read more...]
Home sales surge amid government incentives
Home sales rose more than expected in March, reversing three months of declines, as government … [Read more...]
Asians hit worst by decline in housing market
Asians, many of them living in foreclosure-ravaged California, suffered the sharpest drop in … [Read more...]
The Decline in Bankruptcy Filings by Chapter
Bankruptcy filings have been on the decline, but has this decline been spread differently between … [Read more...]