4 Articles match "Foreclosures","Houses","Washington Mutual"

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And the Hits' Just Keep On Coming!
Washington Mutual and Merrill Lynch. Now with the first week of October behind us, Citigroup, Washington Mutual (WaMu as it likes to be known) and Merrill Lynch announced their organizations would be taking major hits in the pocketbook for the third quarter of 2007. Ongoing weakness in the housing market, along with held-for-sale mortgages, net losses in the company’s trading securities portfolio and losses on investment grade mortgage-backed securities were cited as key contributors to the projected loss for the Countrywide. Citigroup.
www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Not Enough Rope in Administration's Lifeline' Program
Last week Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson threw out what the administration considers to be a life preserver to homeowners facing foreclosure. Called “Project Lifeline,” it has the backing of Alphonso Jackson, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and Faith Schwartz, Executive Director of the Hope Now Alliance, a foreclosure prevention coalition of the public and private sectors. Washington Mutual and Wells Fargo & Co. — Just a few short months ago President Bush stood in front of the press and swore that it was not the federal government’s job to bail out either lenders who made bad loans or speculative homebuyers who purchased more home than they could rightly afford utilizing the so-called “exotic” or “liar loans” popularized over the past few years.
www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Foreclosure Fouls Up Sports Stars
It’s not just average Americans who are losing their homes to foreclosure these days. Canseco owed Washington Mutual more than $2.5 Neighbors reportedly call it “The Hotel” because it was the biggest house in the neighborhood. He now lives in a smaller home in an unknown location. As for Sprewell, Even rich and famous athletes who earned millions of dollars during their careers can be subjected to the emotional highs and lows of losing a home. Two recent cases in point: record-setting baseball player Jose Canseco , and former NBA star Latrell
www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • And the Hits' Just Keep On Coming!
    Washington Mutual and Merrill Lynch. Now with the first week of October behind us, Citigroup, Washington Mutual (WaMu as it likes to be known) and Merrill Lynch announced their organizations would be taking major hits in the pocketbook for the third quarter of 2007. Ongoing weakness in the housing market, along with held-for-sale mortgages, net losses in the company’s trading securities portfolio and losses on investment grade mortgage-backed securities were cited as key contributors to the projected loss for the Countrywide. Citigroup.
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Foreclosure Fouls Up Sports Stars
    It’s not just average Americans who are losing their homes to foreclosure these days. Canseco owed Washington Mutual more than $2.5 Neighbors reportedly call it “The Hotel” because it was the biggest house in the neighborhood. He now lives in a smaller home in an unknown location. As for Sprewell, Even rich and famous athletes who earned millions of dollars during their careers can be subjected to the emotional highs and lows of losing a home. Two recent cases in point: record-setting baseball player Jose Canseco , and former NBA star Latrell
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • When Foreclosure Is Not Politically Correct
    Typically when you read about a politician and foreclosure, it’s in relation to some piece of legislation created to combat the recent surge in foreclosures. But the topic of foreclosure recently became much more personal for one Long Beach, Calif ., Laura Richardson has lost, via foreclosure, the 1,600 square-foot, two-story Sacramento home with three bedrooms and 1.5 politician. Multiple media outlets are reporting that U.S. Rep.
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Not Enough Rope in Administration's Lifeline' Program
    Last week Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson threw out what the administration considers to be a life preserver to homeowners facing foreclosure. Called “Project Lifeline,” it has the backing of Alphonso Jackson, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and Faith Schwartz, Executive Director of the Hope Now Alliance, a foreclosure prevention coalition of the public and private sectors. Washington Mutual and Wells Fargo & Co. — Just a few short months ago President Bush stood in front of the press and swore that it was not the federal government’s job to bail out either lenders who made bad loans or speculative homebuyers who purchased more home than they could rightly afford utilizing the so-called “exotic” or “liar loans” popularized over the past few years.
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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