Bernie Real Estate News

Sunday Jan 3 | via Bloomberg 

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said low central bank interest rates didna t cause the housing bubble of the past decade and that better regulation would have been more effective in curbing the boom.

Related Topix: Ben Bernanke, US Politics, US News, Christopher Dodd, Missouri, University of Missouri, US Senate, Republican, Richard Shelby, Home, Mortgage

Saturday Jan 2 | via KansasCity.com 

Kyna Franklin thought she was handling her mortgage problems last March. She was negotiating with the lender to catch up on her overdue home loan.

Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Foreclosures, Missouri

Friday Jan 1 | via Fired Up! Missouri 

Over at The Erstwhile Conservative , Duane Graham has found a really interesting article about a Roy Blunt trip to Joplin in March 2008 , printed ten days after the collapse of the subprime mortgage market brought down the fifth-largest Wall Street investment bank, Bear Stearns, foreshadowing the broader financial crisis.

Related Topix: US Politics, Roy Blunt, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Missouri

Monday Dec 28 | via Myrtle Beach Online 

Financial services firm Stifel Nicolaus & Co. has reached an agreement with Missouri and other states that will speed up the buyback of auction rate securities from individual investors.

Related Topix: Financial Services, Stifel Financial, Investment Services, Missouri, Personal Finance, Retirement, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage

Sunday Dec 27 | via Springfield News Leader 

There's only so much the Missouri Department of Natural Resources can do to prevent the flow of untreated sewage seeping into Missouri's lakes and riverways.

Related Topix: Missouri Government, Missouri, Home Listing, Home, Real Estate

5 min ago | via North Jersey Media Group 

Many have made New Year's resolutions to better budget finances. Critical to meeting that resolution is budgeting.

Related Topix: Life, Holidays, New Year's Day/Eve, Mortgage, Home

7 min ago | via Online Sun 

AVERAGE house prices have leapt by more than 14,550 since APRIL - a surge of nearly TEN PER CENT.

Related Topix: Mortgage, Home

9 min ago | via Mercury-Register 

Gregg Felice and Suzanna Jones in their San Jose home Wednesday Jan 6, 2010. The couple were in bankruptcy court in downtown San Jose on Tuesday and they may be losing their home.

Related Topix: Economics News, Bankruptcy, Banking, Financial Services, Silicon Valley Bancshares, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

10 min ago | via The Daily News 

CUTTING DEBT: Jack Hogan, education director at Consumer Credit Counseling Services, holds a jar full of chopped-up credit cards.

Related Topix: Marketing, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Southaven, MS, Economics News, Bankruptcy, Opinion

10 min ago | via Bloomberg 

U.S. regulators including the Federal Reserve told banks to guard against possible losses from an eventual end to low interest rates and reduce risk or raise capital if needed.

Related Topix: Investment Banking, Financial Services, Goldman Sachs Group, Investment Services, Wells Fargo , Banking, Financial Markets, Home, Mortgage, US News