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The Growing Foreclosure Crisis
The Growing Foreclosure Crisis
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 	FORECLOSURE ACTIVITY INCREASES 81 PERCENT IN 2008
FORECLOSURE ACTIVITY INCREASES 81 PERCENT IN 2008
realtytrac.com — By RealtyTrac Staff Nearly 3.2 Million Foreclosure Filings on More Than 2.3 Million Properties Reported IRVINE , Calif. – Jan. 15, 2009 – RealtyTrac® ( realtytrac.com ), the leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties, today released its ... (more) FORECLOSURE ACTIVITY INCREASES 81 PERCENT IN 2008
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We're All Subprime Now! *
Calculated Risk — Atrios notes: ... suddenly our great newspapers are discovering the "stereotypes" they helped to perpetuate weren't, you know, true. Subprime loans were never the problem, just an early warning signal ...Oh well, better late than never. * Note: "We're all subprime now!" was Tanta's response to the false subprime meme. From the WaPo: The Growing Foreclosure Crisis One oft-repeated assertion no longer holds true. Those in trouble are not, primarily, lower-income borrowers. The foreclosure crisis has become a wave, ...

Sunday morning links
The Mess That Greenspan Made — ... trade: Surplus to requirements - Economist Europe had "catastrophic" 4th quarter: EU Verheugen - Reuters Cost of some EU debt protection reaches record levels - FT Europe's economy: Nowhere to hide - Economist Trichet Vision Unravels as Italy, Spain Debt Shunned - Bloomberg World economy: Accelerating downhill - Economist HOUSING Strategy for a retired couple as home value falls - LA Times The Growing Foreclosure Crisis - Washington Post Trading places - Boston Globe Worst Small ...

Sneak Peek at Weekend Reading
Paul Kedrosky's Infectious Greed — Here is a sneak peek at some links from my weekly Weekend Reading over at TheStreet.com. The trouble with trailing stock loss alerts (Forbes) Global lending thaw may yet return to deep freeze (Reuters) The foreclosure crisis extends far beyond subprime, especially into new subdivisions (WashingtonPost) Will George W. Bush Pardon Mike Milken? (LA Weekly) Monetary union has left half of Europe trapped in depression -  (Telegraph) The perils of bailouts ( ...

THE FINTAG NEWSLETTER @ 19 January 2009
FiNTAG - Hedge Fund News, Views, Opinions and Gossip — ... Fintag says I am not sure this is legal under EU law. But then what a stupid idea! The market is awash with unemployed bankers ... THE GROWING FORECLOSURE CRISIS washington post ...

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