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Tue Jan 11 2011

Legal confusion and uncertainty now surrounds the housing market (thestreet.com)
Massachusetts Ruling on Foreclosures Is a Warning to Banks (nytimes.com)
A Lawsuit That Dirty Debt Collectors Should Be Worried About (dailyfinance.com)
Grandma in California Uncovers Major Robo-notary Violations (4closurefraud.org)
The Truth About Real Estate Prices (sfgate.com)
Trend Toward Renting Continues, Even Among Those Who Could Easily Buy (online.wsj.com)
The job market: a lost decade (marketwatch.com)
The End of New Deal Liberalism (thenation.com)
The long-term fall in the housing price index (themarketfinancial.com)
Gold is a bubble - resist its charms (money.cnn.com)
China property market limps into new year (malaya.com.ph)
Central banker urges China to cut US debt holdings (reuters.com)
Sovereign Debt Unsafe, Default Concern Spreads to US, Japan (bloomberg.com)
Brooke Astor Apartment to Sell For $27M Off? (ny.curbed.com)

Mon Jan 10 2011

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Decades for house prices to re-inflate (finance.yahoo.com)
Housing market to drag on rebound: NY Fed official (reuters.com)
Fannie Mae is jacking up mortgage fees (latimes.com)
Bank may go after your other assets if you're in foreclosure (sun-sentinel.com)
Beverly Hills foreclosure listed at $16.95M now on market for $8.59M (doctorhousingbubble.com)
How Foreclosure Crisis Hits Jewish Community (jewishtimes.com)
Banks lose key foreclosure ruling in top Massachusetts court (reuters.com)
On Australians buying US foreclosures (financialfollies.blogspot.com)
Rent costs half my income - and it's worth it (money.cnn.com)
U.S. Payrolls Miss Forecast, Showing Labor Market Recovery May Take Years (bloomberg.com)
Credit card debt plummets as banks recover sanity about risk (mybudget360.com)
Elizabeth Warren & Bill Maher Discuss Usury And The Credit Card Bill Of Rights (dailybail.com)
MERS page gives info on some mortgages (mers-servicerid.org)
Why was Giffords shot? (greaterfool.ca)
The Conservative Constitution of the United States (washingtonpost.com)
The problem is fraud, deregulation, and vast concentration of wealth (nytimes.com)
The little red book that swept France (independent.co.uk)
Patrick on CBS in San Francisco about Blue Shield price gouging (sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com)
Medicare for all is a reasonable answer (youtube.com)

Fri Jan 7 2011

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After an Ugly 2010, the Housing Market Won't Look Much Better in 2011 (theatlantic.com)
Map: House price declines (latimes.com)
Housing means QE is here to stay (blogs.reuters.com)
What came of 20 pricey O.C. foreclosures (ocregister.com)
Foreclosures May Be Undone by State Ruling on Mortgage Transfer - Bloomberg (bloomberg.com)
The only way rental apartment prices make sense is unrealistic rent expectations (snl.com)
Anatomy Of A Fraudclosure -- Florida AG Reveals How It's Done (businessinsider.com)
Lenders must disclose how credit scores affect your interest rate (firsttuesdayjournal.com)
Bust in housing creates new kind of declining city (latimes.com)
Zero-down loans to "credit challenged" applicants are on the rise (smirkingchimp.com)
Why the World Is Financially Doomed, in Four Charts (Charles Hugh Smith)
Get ready for lower living standards (except for the rich, of course) (kunstler.com)
Japan's Finances "Approach Edge of Cliff" (Mish)
Recession-bruised states' revenue sank 30 percent in 2009 (washingtonpost.com)
Why Are Taxpayers Subsidizing Goldman Sachs? (economix.blogs.nytimes.com)
Government mortgage subsidies keep prices unnaturally high (nytimes.com)
How to end the filibuster (slate.com)
Meet the creator of "The American Dream" Money Movie (financialsurvivalradio.com)
Blue Shield Seeks Significant Hike In California Health Insurance Rates (npr.org)
Blue Shield's 59% Rate Hike Should Push Lawmakers To Regulate Rates (consumerwatchdog.org)

Thu Jan 6 2011

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5%-10% house-price dip eyed for '11, especially at high end (lansner.ocregister.com)
San Diego Economy Still Staggering (sandiegoreader.com)
Seattle's Bellevue Towers developer turns project over to lenders (seattletimes.nwsource.com)
Chicago's real estate picture not looking good (suntimes.com)
Manhattan Housing Prices Dip (online.wsj.com)
Nightmare Scenarios To Watch For When Buying A House In 2011 (businessinsider.com)
2011: The Year of Foreclosure? (totalmortgage.com)
Housing insurance rates to increase in 2011 (starnewsonline.com)
When States Default: 2011, Meet 1841 (online.wsj.com)
Which country has successfully borrowed its way out of a debt crisis? (theautomaticearth.blogspot.com)
Low price with higher interest better than high price with low interest rate (doctorhousingbubble.com)
B of A Settlement, Another Taxpayer Rip-off (usawatchdog.com)
Mortgage Database At The Center Of Foreclosure Storm (totalmortgage.com)
Savers lose billions transferred to debtors via low interest rates (ukhousebubble.blogspot.com)
Sound Money, Gold Fever, and Crackpot Ideas (Mish)
Key players in the debate on housing finance (reuters.com)
Wasting thousands per month paying mortgage, and credit rating falls too (huffingtonpost.com)
Ratings Agencies Struggle With Mortgage Bonds (dealbook.nytimes.com)
Be afraid: a new 'Ice Age' is coming (smh.com.au)
Excellent cartoon explanation of The American Dream (youtube.com)

Wed Jan 5 2011

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The housing market does not need "saving" (jewishworldreview.com)
Manhattanites Move to Luxury Rentals as Cost Falls Versus Buying (bloomberg.com)
Manhattan Apartment Sales Fall 7.2% After Tax-Credit Boost Ends (bloomberg.com)
The Truth about the US Housing Market (unconventionaleconomist.com)
Government Uses Our Tax Dollars To Push Mortgage Debt (patrick.net)
Help get the corporations out of government (movetoamend.org)
The Senate filibuster: Time for a change (latimes.com)
US will soon be more unequal than Brazil (opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com)
The Medical Causes of Foreclosure (works.bepress.com)
Federal Reserve Really Purchasing Over 60% of 2011's Fiscal Deficit? (gonzalolira.blogspot.com)
Federal Reserve is robbing the public in open daylight (mybudget360.com)
China expects further rate hikes to cool property market (english.peopledaily.com.cn)
Overheating East to falter before the bankrupt West recovers (telegraph.co.uk)
SP 500 PE Ratios Well Above Mean and Median Long-Term Averages? (Mish)
In Investing, Its When You Start and When You Finish (nytimes.com)

Tue Jan 4 2011

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House Prices Will Decline For Years (zerohedge.com)
Analysts expect further 10% fall in US property prices (propertywire.com)
Declining house prices leave owners where they were a decade ago (ajc.com)
How I Missed the Housing "Recovery" of 2010 (bloomberg.com)
Story Of 2011 Will Be Second US Housing Crash (businessinsider.com)
S&P warns on shadow inventory of foreclosures (marketwatch.com)
An American dream: government gets out of housing (blogs.reuters.com)
Banking fraud as driver of bubble (latimes.com)
The problem was fraud, not subprime (businessinsider.com)
Deflation is more likely than inflation (PDF - libertarianpapers.org)
Debt leads SD man to burn house, death with wife (signonsandiego.com)
Non-Charitable Rich Should Lose Their Passport, Rich Guy Says (blogs.wsj.com)
Insurance companies should publicly justify unreasonable rate increases (healthcare.gov)
Proposed Amendments to US Constitution (reclaimdemocracy.org)
Lap Dancers, Cheap Sperm Expose Hidden Secrets of Prices (bloomberg.com)

Mon Jan 3 2011

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Unfair Law Stops Troubled Borrowers from Hiring Attorneys (olenderpham.com)
Now is time to sell your house, before prices fall yet more (latimes.com)
Experts say housing inflation appears years away (lasvegassun.com)
Foreclosures jump in 3rd quarter (reuters.com)
Over 4.3 million loans 90+ days or in foreclosure (calculatedriskblog.com)
S&P revises shadow inventory timeline upward, again (housingwire.com)
Bonds' dramatic year sets stage for higher rates (finance.yahoo.com)
Housebuying unlikely to get easier in 2011 (chicagotribune.com)
House Prices Still Too High: must decline 20% more (nationalmortgageprofessional.com)
Housing Distress Pits Neighbor Against Neighbor (online.wsj.com)
Subprime Shakeout: Shorter Path to RMBS Putbacks (subprimeshakeout.blogspot.com)
Mortgage lawsuit deals setback to Bank of America (boston.com)
English minister pledges an end to the housing price rollercoaster (guardian.co.uk)
Aus. buyers warned of risks in 'bargain' US houses (brisbanetimes.domain.com.au)
Microlending turns malignant: Suicides in India (bloomberg.com)
Fed and Obama Efforts to Increase GDP Via Consumption Must Fail (Mish)
Giving Back Unfair Tax Cuts: The Right Thing To Do (freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com)
Insurance Outrage: Hike Prices, Pay CEO $100,000,000 (from April - moneytalksnews.com)
New Rule in 2011: Insurance Companies Must Use Premiums to Pay Medical Bills (moneytalksnews.com)

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