declineandfallofwesterncivilization.blogspot.com - 21 days ago
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via the daily crux , dan ferris offers the updated mortgage recast chart presented by whitney tilson illustrating all too well the option ARM impulse that looms between today and 2012. though many variable-rate mortgage resets are mitigated by the ultra-low interest rates being bought by the ...
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