Blog Archive: March 2009

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Freddie Mac Shares At 42 Cents

Added March 11, 2009 by Melanie G. Rogers

Freddie Mac announced fourth quarter 2008 and full year results today, after the closing bell. It made me curious to see what was the company's current stock price. It closed at 42 cents a share today. It fell 2 cents to 40 cents a share in after hours trading.

If the company doesn't raise its share…

Topics: mortgage

Mortgage Lending Reform Testimony

Added March 11, 2009 by Think Glink Staff

Sandra F. Braunstein, Director, Division of Consumer and Community Affairs, Federal Reserve Mortgage lending reform Before the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, Committee on Financial Services, U.S House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. March 11, 2009

Chairman Gutierrez…

Topics: mortgage

Updates At ThinkGlink.com

Added March 10, 2009 by Jennifer A. Freeman

As you can tell, there's a lot of exciting things going on at ThinkGlink.com!

Today, we launched the new redesign of ThinkGlink.com. Sure, we've got a fancy new logo and pretty colors, but this redesign is really all about making the thousands of pieces of content easier for you to find. We have…

Topics: real estate advice

Grade Schoolers Win Coldwell Banker "American Dream" Contest

Added March 10, 2009 by Jennifer A. Freeman

I’ve lived in three different states in the past three years as I finished undergrad, completed grad school, and moved out on my own. Home is a bit amorphous for me as I find my footing, but I think I would still call the place where my parents, grandparents and black lab live, “home.”

Coldwell…

Topics: homeowners