8/27/2008 11:07:00 PM
Ode To Chase
After the beginning of the real estate meltdown in 2005, banks began
to tighten their lending standards. They realized that the housing
market wasn't not everything it was cracked up to be. There was no way
anyone could convince a bank to lend money on ...
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8/27/2008 7:17:00 PM
FDIC Friday Failure
Friday is the most common day for your friendly neighborhood
regulator to lock the doors of your the local bank and take it over.
The FDIC is keeping busy these days with yet another bank failure. On
August 22, 2008 The Columbian Bank and Trust, Topeka, KS ...
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8/26/2008 2:18:00 PM
Need a Vacation?
I was browsing the articles on MarketWatch and this one jumped out at me. It made me chuckle. From MarketWatch: So Cal's Bail-Bonds.com Is Offering a $500 Gas Card With Bail ... Bail-Bonds.com, which has 24 locations throughout the So Cal area including ...
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8/23/2008 7:22:00 AM
Will Retirement Ever Come?
One of the key factors of the presidential campaign
this election year is the state of the Economy. Talk about tax cuts,
tax increases, the rich, the poor, the middle class are abundant. The
Republicans are going to save us and the Democrats are going to ruin ...
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8/21/2008 3:37:00 AM
I Hope My Bank Goes Bust
The FDIC took over IndyMac Bank on July 11, 2008 .
It was the 5th bank failure in 2008. Shortly after taking over Indymac,
the FDIC temporarily halted all IndyMac foreclosures on July 14, 2008
as reported by Reuters .
FDIC chairwoman Sheila Bair has been critical ...
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8/19/2008 12:29:00 AM
Hometown Olympians
Leslie Pandey from Zillow wrote a post about the number of Olympians from each State. California has the
highest number of Olympians that call it their hometown. I figured
California would have a lot. After all, we are the largest state in
population. I made ...
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8/13/2008 2:51:00 PM
Cost of Fuel Saves Miles
Have you noticed that less people are driving around
these days in the Inland Empire? The freeway traffic is much lighter as
well as the surface street traffic. With school starting, the traffic
will definitely be increasing, but overall, the traffic is down. ...
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8/8/2008 4:19:00 PM
No Stopping
Apparently somebody must have sensed my vexation.
When I drive, I have a 90% probability of catching that red light. If I
am in your car, be prepared to stop. Maybe my luck is about to change.
The San Bernardino Associated Governments has funded a major traffic ...
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7/29/2008 11:01:00 PM
Family Emergency Plan Review
Now would be a great time to review and update your Emergency
Preparedness Plan. If you don't have one, get one. If you would like
more information on how to create a Emergency Preparedness Plan refer
to the links at the bottom. A strong earthquake shook ...
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7/28/2008 7:03:00 PM
Weekly Median Asking Price July 28, 2008
The weekly numbers from HousingTracker.net are out again and the trend continues down. This week the median asking price is at $254,900,
a reduction of -1.0%. Inventory decreased -2.6% to 45,999. Inventory
levels are hovering around the same amount give or ...
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