Monthly Archives: November 2007

Short Sales: A Witches Brew of Mortgage Fraud

The smoke hasn’t yet cleared from the [tag]mortgage meltdown[/tag]; trouble continues and foreclosures rise. Finger-pointing, the blame-game  and failing mortgage companies color the autumn landscape. Rampant mortgage fraud is suspected and being investigated. Yet a new source of fraud looms on the horizon. “Short sale” is the buzzword on the street. Realtors talk about it [...]

Happy Thankgsiving!

I’d like to wish you and your family a very Happy [tag]Thanksgiving[/tag]!   I hope this day finds you happy, healthy, prosperous and momentarily reflective of all those things in life for which you are thankful.   If you own a [tag]home[/tag], I hope you are thankful for the moment when you accomplished that goal.  [...]

I never said that

The bad news continues. More homes go into [tag]foreclosure[/tag] everyday; the blame game continues. I don’t think any single group or party is to blame for the [tag]mortgage[/tag] meltdown of 2007. “Too many cooks…” as it were. That having been said, let me say this (as I’ve often said before) about the “professionals” in the [...]

Say “Thank You” to a Veteran on Veterans Day

[tag]November 11th[/tag] is Veterans Day. This day of remembrance began after the end of the “Great War” in 1918. A moment of silence on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month commemorated the loss of millions of young lives in a deadly conflict. That moment marked the anniversary of the end [...]