The US Labor Department Jobs Report came our for December showing a sobering loss of yet another 524,000 jobs, which totals 1.9 Million in the year’s final four months since the credit crisis began in September. 2008 will truly be remembered for a number of things, but as it relates to jobs, the news is [...]
In an effort to find more and more assistance with the current real estate problems, Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae are in talks with the Treasury, White House officials and the Federal Reserve. In essence, both Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae are looking for ways to give additional financing for the struggling mortgage companies whose [...]
Investors and Homeowners had a tough year. It started with the Real Estate market crash and it ended, so far, with thousands and thousands of foreclosures. In the past year 267 banks have closed their doors and more banks are on the verge of ending their business. Let’s face it; the world is in serious [...]
As a UK citizen, I want to eventually be able to afford my own detached house with a garden and a lovely front lawn completed with white picket fences. However, in this day and age one cannot but dream and find that the dream will not come as a reality if the economy does not [...]
Foreclosure is the legal proceeding in which a mortgagee, or other lienholder, usually a lender, obtains a court ordered termination of a mortgagor’s equitable right of redemption. Usually a lender obtains a security interest from a borrower who mortgages or pledges an asset like a house to secure the loan. If the borrower defaults and [...]