Down economy means more discounts for million-dollar...
Saturday Dec 19 | via OregonLive.com
They may be worth big bucks but even million-dollar homes are taking a hit in this economy, reports this morning's Idaho Statesman . Comment?
Ada County Property Tax Update
Thursday Dec 17 | via Boise Guardian
Monday, December 21 is the deadline for paying first installment of property taxes and Ada County Treasurer Cecil Ingram tells the GUARDIAN collections are "just about the same as last year to date," despite an ailing economy. Comment?
New Treasure Valley foreclosure data
Oct 8, 2009 | via KBOI-AM Boise
Foreclosures in the Treasure Valley are on the decline. IdahoDataProviders.com tracks them. Comment?
Treasure Valley Foreclosure Numbers Drop
Sep 9, 2009 | via KBOI-AM Boise
The number of home forclosures in Ada County has dropped for the first time in three months. Comment?
Idaho GOP honcho who helped spur coup arrested for a...
Aug 20, 2009 | via KMVT Twin Falls
Challis McAffee, one of 231 voting members of the state Republican Central Committee, is in Ada County jail after being accused of pointing a gun at a man's head. Comment?
Wasden: Cheated homeowners get $19K in settlement
Tuesday Dec 29 | via Today's 6
Attorney General Lawrence Wasden says Idaho homeowners who were duped into paying a New Jersey company to help them modify their mortgages will get more than $19,000 in a settlement. Comment?
Economic crisis tops among year's stories
Monday Dec 28 | via KMVT Twin Falls
The economic crisis touched nearly every aspect of life in Idaho, reaching into public school classrooms, local housing markets, the halls of the Statehouse and the courts to become the biggest news story of 2009. Comment?
Economic crisis tops Idaho news stories
Monday Dec 28 | via KBOI-AM Boise
More than 33,000 jobs were lost, millions of dollars cut from the state budget, and foreclosures peppered neighborhoods across the state as many Idaho residents spent 2009 hoping and praying for better times ahead. Comment?
Refunds Coming for Idaho Mortgage Modification Victims
Thursday Dec 24 | via Today's 6
Twelve Idaho homeowners who paid a Meridian man, Paul Clarence Aughtry, IV, for mortgage loan modifications will receive refunds totaling $12,400 as a result of settlement agreements with State Attorney General Lawrence Wasden and the Idaho Department of Finance. Comment?
Idaho joins "Operation Stolen Hope"
Thursday Dec 17 | via KIVI-TV Nampa
KIVI Today's Channel 6 News Idaho joins "Operation Stolen Hope" Attorney General Lawrence Wasden joined the Federal Trade Commission and 26 other state and federal regulatory agencies in "Operation Stolen Hope," a nationwide enforcement and consumer education effort to combat foreclosure rescue fraud. Comment?
Pirate cash suspected cause of Kenya property boom - AP
6 min ago | via Guardian Unlimited
A A A' Property prices in Nairobi are soaring, and Somali pirates are getting the blame. Comment?
Bubil: Let's hope last decade does not repeat itself
18 min ago | via HeraldTribune.com
Published: Friday, January 1, 2010 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, December 31, 2009 at 6:04 p.m. It's over. Comment?
Moody's: US$2.7b not enough to stabilise GMAC unit
18 min ago | via Business Times
NEW YORK: GMAC Financial Services' US$2.7 billion infusion into its Residential Capital, its struggling mortgage arm, will not be enough to stabilise the company, and continuing support for the unit is uncertain, Moody's Investors Service said on Thursday. Comment?
Flashback: In middle of housing crisis, Blunt worrie...
19 min ago | 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. Comment?
US banks borrow less as credit stresses ease
20 min ago | via Business Times
WASHINGTON: US banks borrowed slightly less from the Federal Reserve's emergency lending programme over the past week, a sign credit stresses are easing. Comment?