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By Marc Atkins



For most people, the home buying process can be intimidating as well as exciting. This is likely the largest financial investment of the homebuyer’s life. The current buyer’s market and low interest rates, not to mention recent tax incentives, are encouraging buyers to take the plunge. Nevertheless after years of easy financing during the real estate boom, banks are now reluctant to lend, frustrating would-be homebuyers. According to Agence France Presse, Federal Reserve… Continue

By Phil Christiano

You might think that with all the billions of dollars in bail out money that the banks were given, they would be lending money. After all, the reason the government gave the money to the banks was to lend it to the public, and help get the economy going again.

However that hasn’t been the case, so why are they still not lending? The answer may surprise you, or maybe even upset you.

One of life’s lessons is that we can take lemons and make lemonade. Many look at… Continue

By Marc Atkins



Mention the economy, especially the housing crisis, and you are likely to get a barrage of strong and often conflicting opinions. The current consensus among financial analysts and other talking heads is one of at least cautious optimism. They point to gains in the stock market, GDP growth, slowing unemployment, and what is often touted as evidence of a bottom in housing prices. But there is growing concern over so-called “shadow foreclosures”, creating…

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