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As Home Prices Plummet, When Will You Buy?
June Fletcher of The Wall Street Journal sagely advises that the answer is "For some people, yes. For example you see Bank of America adopting a massive, systematic loan modification program. We tried to do the right thing but are personally a bit peeved because we worked hard, paid our bills, and bit the bullet and sold in a downward market and now people who are in foreclosure or defaulting because they took out big loans they couldnt afford and pay for, Home prices in 20 of the nation's major metro areas in July were collectively down 16.3 percent from a year
www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Will Main Street Sink Wall Street?
Mounting mortgage defaults by American homeowners with shaky credit have claimed their first Wall Street casualty, as investment banking giant Bear Stearns shuffled the leadership of its asset-management division and lost billions in the risky hedge fund market last month. Furthermore, to contain the damage, Bear Stearns brought in Jeffrey Lane on June 29, from rival Lehman Brothers and named him chief executive officer to replace Richard Marin, who gets the courtesy title of senior adviser to the asset-management division. Two Bear Stearns hedge funds that invested heavily in subprime mortgage securities racked up huge losses last month after they made bad bets on complex securities backed by risky mortgages.
www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Will Main Street Sink Wall Street?
    Mounting mortgage defaults by American homeowners with shaky credit have claimed their first Wall Street casualty, as investment banking giant Bear Stearns shuffled the leadership of its asset-management division and lost billions in the risky hedge fund market last month. Furthermore, to contain the damage, Bear Stearns brought in Jeffrey Lane on June 29, from rival Lehman Brothers and named him chief executive officer to replace Richard Marin, who gets the courtesy title of senior adviser to the asset-management division. Two Bear Stearns hedge funds that invested heavily in subprime mortgage securities racked up huge losses last month after they made bad bets on complex securities backed by risky mortgages.
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • As Home Prices Plummet, When Will You Buy?
    June Fletcher of The Wall Street Journal sagely advises that the answer is "For some people, yes. For example you see Bank of America adopting a massive, systematic loan modification program. We tried to do the right thing but are personally a bit peeved because we worked hard, paid our bills, and bit the bullet and sold in a downward market and now people who are in foreclosure or defaulting because they took out big loans they couldnt afford and pay for, Home prices in 20 of the nation's major metro areas in July were collectively down 16.3 percent from a year
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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