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Housing and Gasoline news November 21, 2008

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

Housing News
Buy-to-let dream has turned into a nightmare
Second shot at stopping the auto bailout
Bank CEO that took the bailout opposes bailing out autos
The mother of all bailouts keep growing larger
Washington and Wall Street conspired to defraud Japanese banks
Suspect in a triple slaying owned 19 properties
The ethics of mortgage defaults
Gasoline News
Oil falls below $53 on demand [...]

Housing and Gasoline News November 20, 2008

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

Housing News
Sex, Lies, and Subprime Mortgages
The former middle class
30 reasons why the Great Depression 2 is upon us
Who really owns that loan
Lincoln, Aegon May Buy S&Ls With `Unsafe’ Practices
Washington debates bailout
Gasoline News
So today I filled up my car with a special Safeway gasoline discount, it is a program that they have where for every $100 [...]

Housing and Gasoline News November 19, 2008

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

Housing News
Why Paulson and Bernanke’s Plans Don’t Work
Housing Writedowns Resisted
People of modest means hitched hopes on Little Lake Street
Japan faces another major real estate downturn
Everyone wants on the financial rescue train
The tab is already in the trillions, you’re left to pay it
Gasoline News
Gold stabilizes on oil
Quinnipiac to Harness the Wind for Power
Cranking the Volt [...]

Housing and Gasoline News November 18, 2008

Monday, November 17th, 2008

Are you an idiot to keep paying your mortgage?
Why does someone who can’t swim need to be saved for jumping into the pool?
The faces of for sale by owners
FDIC, U.S. Treasury clash on anti-foreclosure plan
$500K is the new $1 million
Let’s break the bailout
Why Canada doesn’t need bank bailouts
Discretionary income slams to a halt
Gasoline News
OPEC building [...]

Housing and Gasoline News November 17, 2008

Sunday, November 16th, 2008

Housing News
Is our education gap growing ever wider?
America is on the hook for $5 Trillion and guess who pays it?
Any oversight of the bailout was a mess
Prosecutors are going after Fraud borrowers
Santa Clara, CA homes are underwater
Homeowners in Santa Clara County who are underwater - Map
1 in 7 homes are underwater in Santa Clara
Misguided policies [...]

Housing and Gasoline News November 15, 2008

Friday, November 14th, 2008

Housing News
Where is the Bailout Money going?
Silicon Valley looking to cut jobs
Bay Area homeowners owe more than homes are valued
Wall street’s boom is Over
New Homeowner Bailouts Won’t Work Either
American Express seeking a piece of that bailout
Gasoline News
Gas prices may be falling, but wallets are still empty
Decline in crude oil prices helped to narrow the United [...]

Housing and Gasoline News November 14, 2008

Thursday, November 13th, 2008

Housing News
“Housing a Buy:” Where Is the “Real Bottom”?
Where Homes Are Worth Less Than the Mortgage
A short sale story
Bank chief tries to spread the blame
Fannie, Freddie Boost Effort to Minimize Foreclosures
Five dumb questions about housing mess
Post-Crash U.S. Home Deflates, Adds Vines, Cisterns:
US may lose its AAA credit rating
Gasoline News
Chairman of Hunts Petroleum dies at 85
Credit [...]

Housing and Gasoline November 13, 2008

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

Housing News
Questions are raised about the Treasury’s $125 billion investment in financial firms
Chinese face job losses in as well
Retail sales are collapsing
Bailout Update: Fed Balance Sheet Reaches $2 Trillion
Hedge fund managers ‘funereal’ in midst of crisis - More pain expected, but some look for opportunities in ‘rubble’
Landlord told to pay tenants millions
Visualizing Uncle Sam’s Debt
Gasoline [...]