Archive For November 2008

Thomas Elias: California’s bond mania continues

on November 30, 2008 by up in Foreclosures, News, Save Money, Comments Off

If you think this year’s state budget struggles have been long-running and difficult, with plenty of sacrifices in store for almost all Californians, just wait ’til next year, which begins in about a month.

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Taking Another Stab at Foreclosure Moratorium

on November 29, 2008 by up in Foreclosures, News, Save Money, Comments Off

An assemblyman from the South Bay says he will try again to get the California Legislature to approve a moratorium on mortgage foreclosures, a plan backed by the governor but strongly opposed by the state’s …

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Civil rights suit filed in subprime meltdown

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In what is apparently the first legal action of its kind, an association of community-based organizations has filed a federal civil rights complaint against two of the three largest Wall Street ratings …

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Solano County foreclosure rate slowing

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Solano County’s per-household foreclosure rate may be slowing but it remains worse than nearly anywhere else in the nation, according to a newly released survey.

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Settlement with failed lender bars foreclosures

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A bankrupt subprime lender has been barred from accepting mortgage applications in Ohio and has effectively been put out of business, Ohio Attorney General Nancy H. Rogers said yesterday.

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Foreclosures under review in Britain

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The Financial Services Authority, Britain’s financial watchdog, has given lenders until Jan.

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