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    Bond Insures and their effects on Municipalities

    I was just curious to know what effects that the bond insurers like Ambac and MBIA are going to have on Mello-Roos, if any, on a forward going basis. My understanding of Mello-Roos is that it is a bond that is created to put in place the infrastructure needed to support new residential...
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    Rental Fees

    Sorry for creating a new thread but I just moved out of my apt and my landlord is trying to charge me $1000.00 for damages that were one not their when I left and two were not identified during the initial walk through. Does anyone know where I can find the California Rental Laws that...
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    Forclosure Updates

    Had not seen anyone post this yet so I thought I would. Here are some highlights: <em><strong>"California, the largest state, reported foreclosure activity increasing by 30% from the previous month and more than 350% from May 2006, which boosted the state's foreclosure rate to the third...
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    My bad Consumer Spending News

    So lets get this straight....Car sales way down b/c of housing woes and consumer debt, retail sales saw the largest decline in volume since 1970, lending standards are getting more stringent, housing inventory in the majority of metro-US markets are at or near all time highs, and Mr. Sheriff...
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    Existing Home Sales Tumble in March

    http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070323/economy.html
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    Hedge Fund Impact

    Thought this was an interesting read. Note that the fund lost nearly 70% of its value largely due to bets on the subprime industry. Wonder how many other funds got drilled like this...
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    6 mth Moratorium

    Thought this would make for an interesting conversation. Not only do they call for a Moratorium but the ACLU also calls on lenders to refinance all loans that are in jeopardy of defaulting. I know some lenders are already doing this but for peet sake when do we start making people responsible...
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    Greenspan's Comments

    Has anybody read this article? http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17343814/ I have my own thoughts on this but would like to hear other's first.
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