What do Governor Gregoire’s actions mean for local Countrywide employees and short selling homeowners? June 25, 2008
Is Governor Gregoire just a little too late in regards to Countrywide’s lending tactics? Aren’t we merely days away from the Bank of America takeover?
As I drove back to the office today after teaching yet another short sale class, I heard the news on KIRO 710 AM that Governor Gregoire is seeking to pull Countrywide’s lending [...]
Subprime Solutions May 11, 2007
This is part four of a four-part series of blog articles about the subprime mortgage problems. In part one I sketched the rise and fall of subprime loan products and their relation to predatory lending practices within a capitalist system. In part two, I examined the structural relationship between a professional and his or her [...]
This Just In: Zero Interest Loans, at a Cost of Zero, with a Monthly Payment of Zero (APR 0%)* April 13, 2007
This is part three of a four-part series of blog articles about the subprime mortgage problems facing the real estate industry. In part one I sketched the rise and fall of subprime loan products and their relation to predatory lending practices within a capitalist system. In part two, I examined the structural relationship between a [...]
Winds of Change; The Rise and Fall of the Subprime Market March 20, 2007
This is part one of a series of blog articles on the subprime mortgage market correction. In today’s article, I will briefly sketch the rise and fall of subprime loan products and their relation to predatory lending practices within a capitalist system.
When I first entered the industry in 1985, Conventional loans were the cream of [...]
There are now five drink sizes at Starbucks: Short, Tall, Grande, Venti, and Chuck Cross January 9, 2007
Chuck Cross, former Director of Consumer Services for the Washington State Department of Financial Institutions is on his way to the other Washington to serve within the Conference of State Bank Supervisors.
Quoting from the CSBS press release, “Chuck was one of the key investigators, architects and negotiators of the multistate settlement with Household Finance and [...]
