Posts Tagged ‘real estate’

Why Foreclosures Won’t Be Stopping Anytime Soon

Why Foreclosures Won’t Be Stopping Anytime Soon

The reason foreclosures won't stop is that life events won't stop happening, and we're no longer able to borrow our way out of trouble.... (Continue reading)

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Max Gardner on Yvanova v. New Century Mortgage – A Mandelman Matters Podcast

Max Gardner is one of the superstar lawyers of the foreclosure crisis. Here's a chance to hear his analysis of the recent California Supreme Court decision that everyone's talking about.... (Continue reading)

Michael “Air” Jordan Sees $15 Mil Disappear into Thin Air

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New home sales are down. They're only a small part of the much larger housing market, but their numbers are important to the U.S. economy in terms of job creation along with being a strong indicator of builder confidence... (Continue reading)

Ex-Asst. Treasury Secretary Herb Allison Back at Beautiful Connecticut Home

Ex-Asst. Treasury Secretary Herb Allison Back at Beautiful Connecticut Home

See, because in the old days public servants, those that worked for the government, seemed to make less money than Phil Donahue or Marlo Thomas. They didn't used to have 7,379-sq.ft. 1911 wood and stucco $25 million Greens... (Continue reading)

Voting on Principal Reductions: Treasury: YES… FHFA: NO… Obama Administration: YES… Congressional Republicans: NO. Good Lord.

Voting on Principal Reductions: Treasury: YES... FHFA: NO... Obama Administration: YES... Congressional Republicans: NO.  Good Lord.

Obama has been pressuring FHFA to let Fannie Mae grant principal reduction... the President of the United States is pressuring them… Ohhh, is it like Guantanamo… or more like Canyon Ranch… pressure me some more, Barack… I like it when... (Continue reading)

Care to Guess How Many NEW Homes Sold Over $750,000 in June and July?

Care to Guess How Many NEW Homes Sold Over $750,000 in June and July?

The biggest question I have about the real estate market is… why are we all pretending that there’s a real estate market at all. There’s no real estate market in this country, hasn’t been one since July 10, 2007,... (Continue reading)

It’s Mandelman on The Real Estate Guys Radio Show!

It's Mandelman on The Real Estate Guys Radio Show!

It's Mandelman on The Real Estate Guys radio show! Yay! It's sort of like Click & Clack, those brothers that do the Car Talk show on NPR on weekends. You think it's going to be dull, but... (Continue reading)

CNBC’s Diana Olick’s Husband is More Than Just a Little Scared Tonight…

CNBC’s Diana Olick’s Husband is More Than Just a Little Scared Tonight…

The idea behind principal reductions is to prevent the United States banking system from imploding, and to prevent the deflationary spiral we’ve been in for the last two years from becoming a full scale depression from which we are unlikely... (Continue reading)

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Bringing Up the Rear – Ex-NAR Chief Economist David Lerah

He says he's retired, but can you retire from lying? Can you be a retired liar? How would anyone know for sure when you retired? ... (Continue reading)

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Songs of the Mortgage Meltdown

Song of the Mortgage Meltdown... CD Coming in April... I'm always looking for new ideas though... so what do you think...... (Continue reading)

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