Foreclosures up in Bexar, but many are re-postings
4 hrs ago | via San Antonio Business Journal
It has not remained immune from the phenomenon either. But to determine the depth of the foreclosure crisis requires looking at some numbers behind the scenes - namely re-postings. According to a recent analysis by Addison, Texas-based Foreclosure Listing Service Inc . Comment?
Former Dem treasurer may face foreclosure
Thursday Dec 31 | via MySanAntonio.com
Dwayne Adams, the former Bexar County Democratic Party treasurer accused of siphoning money from the party, has abandoned his home owing several months' worth of mortgage payments and likely faces foreclosure, according to a local physician who sold Adams the house. Comment?
S.A. postings jumped 55%in 2009
Thursday Dec 31 | via San Antonio Express-News
Hundreds more San Antonio commercial properties fell into foreclosure this year than last, another signal of a slowdown in the commercial market. Comment?
Democrats' treasurer has left ire in his wake
Wednesday Dec 23 | via MySanAntonio.com
Dwayne E. Adams always made a great first impression. Adams, the former Bexar County Democratic Party treasurer accused of siphoning more than $200,000 out of the party's coffers, has left a trail of disgruntled associates over the past decade. Comment?
SA Foreclosure Rates At Record High
Tuesday Dec 22 | via KSAT.com - Local News
San Antonio and Bexar County are both showing disappointing numbers in the real estate market. Comment?
UTA, UNT students save cash by renting textbooks
18 hrs ago | via The Dallas Morning News
You can rent an apartment, a car or a DVD. Now add college textbooks to the list expensive items that people are renting because they are short on cash or looking for a better deal. Comment?
May 18, 2009 | via Dallas Business Journal
In a time when most banks are throwing suspect loans and customers overboard, Beal Bank has been loading the boat. Comment?
Mortgage foreclosures still swamping federal efforts...
Sunday | via Kansas City Star
Banks and other lenders are still foreclosing on Americans' homes at a rate that's outpacing the Obama administration's main effort to stem the crisis.In fact, while the Treasury Department's Home Affordable Modification Program, or HAMP, has started the mortgage modification process on almost 760,000 homeowners who are at risk of losing their ... Comment?
Sunday | via National News
WASHINGTON: Banks and other lenders are still foreclosing on Americans' homes at a rate that's outpacing the Obama administration's main effort to stem the crisis. Comment?
Believe It Or Not, They Have Found Another Way To Bl...
Friday Jan 1 | via Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph
University of Texas at Dallas economist Stan J. Liebowitz drops a huge bomb on conventional wisdom about the real estate bubble: This has not been a "subprime" mortgage crisis at all. Comment?
8 min ago | via WiscNews.com
Dodge County saw its unemployment rate rise, and home foreclosures level off, in 2009. Comment?
Stocks start year with a rally
12 min ago | via CNN
Wall Street surged Monday, starting off the new year on a positive note, after a report showed manufacturing activity is picking up and the weak dollar propelled commodity prices and stocks. Comment?
Cafferty: Blame for U.S. money woes?
13 min ago | via CNN
The past decade of self-delusion and self-indulgence has damaged the U.S. severely... and we may not be able to fix it. Comment?
Mortgage Modifications: Help or Hindrance?
14 min ago | via Megan McArdle
Is the mortgage modification program making things worse? An article in the New York Times gives voice to fears that by encouraging homeowners to stay in homes that they cannot really afford, Obama's Making Home Affordable program is actually increasing the agony of homeowners, who pour money down the rathole of their mortgage rather than ... Comment?
For car buyers, lending market sees signs of thaw
17 min ago | via Seattle Post-Intelligencer
For car buyers, four words mean the difference between going home in a new sedan or their old clunker: Your loan is approved. Comment?