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I'm quoted in today's BusinessWeek.com story (http://www.businessweek.com/lifestyle/content/oct2008/bw20081023_281059.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index+-+temp_lifestyle) about trading down and living below your means.
Published: Oct 24, 2008
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In my best-selling book, 100 Questions Every First-Time Home Buyer Should Ask, I include a list of 10 mistake home buyers often make. I should probably revise those 10 mistakes to include some new ones that have come up in the current housing recession/credit crisis.
In the meantime, here are some of…
Topics: housing market
It was shocking to hear former Federal Reserve Bank Alan Greenspan admit he recognized a "flaw" in his logic and reasoning. So, he thought banks wouldn't be greedy and would rise to the occasion and protect their shareholders and their capital base.
Wrong!
Like everyone else, the CEOs of these banks…
Topics: banks
You may have seen this comment on an Oct 14 entry to this blog:
Listened to Glenn Beck tonight on cable --had a senator (sorry don't remember his name) said that Barney Frank and his group got a bill passed this last year --a $460 fee is attached to the closing costs of financing or re-financing a…
Topics: mortgage
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