Archive for May 2009

Sanity Returns to Mortgage Lending – After Trillions In Losses

Sanity Returns to Mortgage Lending - After Trillions In Losses

Liar Loans To Become Illegal New legislation passed by the House will outlaw “stated income”  mortgage loans (commonly called liar loans). WASHINGTON — The House voted Thursday to outlaw “liar loans,” ballooning mortgage payments and other bank [...]

Insiders Lose Taste For Chipotle

Insiders Lose Taste For Chipotle

Insiders on Selling Rampage Led by Chief Executive Steve Ells, Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) insiders sold over 230,000 shares in April.   This large number of sales by insiders has investors wondering if they should follow the lead [...]

New Twist On Stimulating Economies – Work Less

New Twist On Stimulating Economies - Work Less

Desperation Produces Silly Suggestion Governments worldwide are obsessed with pushing consumers to spend more.  From Japan we now have a new twist on how to stimulate spending.   Government bureaucrats (with obviously too much time on their [...]

FHA 203k Program – Financing Uninhabitable Homes

FHA  203k Program - Financing Uninhabitable Homes

Good Intentions Gone Astray? The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) currently provides over one third of all mortgage financing.  One unique mortgage program the FHA offers is the “Rehabilitation Loan Program (203k)”. The benefits and features of the [...]

Low Rate Credit Cards That Make Sense

Low Rate Credit Cards That Make Sense

Make Your Credit Card Work For You Many consumers with impeccable credit have seen huge rate and fee increases imposed on them recently by the major credit card companies – see Pay Back Time For Credit Card [...]

Pay Back Time For Credit Card Companies

Pay Back Time For Credit Card Companies

Card Company Practices Draw Heat                                                                                   The credit card industry has drawn considerable attention in Washington.  It’s the kind of attention that the card industry did not want but probably deserves.   In an effort to reduce mounting credit [...]