Mexico City My money says that if Treasury Secretary Geithner is designated to make the announcement on the Administration’s future plans for the housing finance mortgage guarantors Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, it should be understood as a message directly to Wall Street and the housing industry, and therefore indirectly to the Republicans and the …
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More Tenants? More Rights!
Toronto Given the housing and foreclosure crisis in the United States, it was not surprising to see that homeownership rates have fallen rapidly in recent years. The Wall Street Journal published an estimate saying: The nation’s home-ownership rate is also falling, to 67% of U.S. households in 2010, after topping 69% in 2004, according to …
Colors and Dawn on the Marcala Mountains
Marcala In an afterthought I had thrown a small flashlight in my bag. You never know. As Tim sings, “there’s the cowboy in us all,” and with me there’s still a boy scout deep down riding alongside I guess. Good thing. We had driven up the mountains from Marcala in pitch dark to where our …