Monthly Archives: November 2007

Short Sales: A Witches Brew of Mortgage Fraud

The smoke hasn’t yet cleared from the mortgage meltdown; 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 [...]

Happy Thankgsiving!

I’d like to wish you and your family a very Happy Thanksgiving!
 
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 home, I hope you are thankful for the moment when you accomplished that goal. 
 
If you don’t yet [...]

I never said that

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

Say “Thank You” to a Veteran on Veterans Day

November 11th 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 [...]