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Joe the Plumber Salary: How to Live Like you Make $250,000 when you only make $40,000 a year. Republican Pipe Dream Machine at Work.

I know many of you are sick of hearing about Joe the deadbeat plumber but it warrants a full budget article because...
by Mybudget360 - Oct 18, 2008 - in Economy

Freddie and Fannie to Buy $40 Billion a Month in Toxic Sub-prime and Alt-A Mortgages.

This is actually breaking news that has the potential to really destroy the U.S. taxpayer...
by Mybudget360 - Oct 12, 2008 - in Economy

Bank of America: Third Quarter Earnings, $1.18 Billion. Countrywide Loan Settlement, $8.6 Billion. One of the Biggest U.S. Banks Unable to do Math, Priceless.

I'm sure it is difficult for most people who are struggling with the day to day items of life to focus on the macro...
by Mybudget360 - Oct 07, 2008 - in Economy

California Housing Prices Down 41%: Examining the Summer Selling Season and Future Trends

What a difference a year makes.  In May of 2007 the median price for a California home was $595,000...
by Mybudget360 - Sep 27, 2008 - in Economy

Total California Housing Inventory 159,898: Or is it Higher? Foreclosures and Playing with Actual Inventory Numbers.

Many readers to this site know that I am fascinated with trying to get an actual overall housing inventory number for...
by Mybudget360 - Sep 11, 2008 - in Economy

Fannie Mae Mortgage Portfolio: $64.5 Billion in Alt-A or Sub-prime Loans. Why This is not a Conservative Bailout.

As we inch closer and closer to a full fledged bailout of the two giant government sponsored entities,...
by Mybudget360 - Sep 08, 2008 - in Economy

You Cannot Afford a $350,000 Home with a $75,000 Household Income!

You would think that before people make the largest financial decision in their lives,...
by Mybudget360 - Aug 31, 2008 - in Economy

Foreclosure Cassandra: The Tangled Housing Web: Looking the Other way While Mortgage Fraud runs Rampant.

Today a reader sent in a link to an article that was published in the Fort Worth Weekly regarding predatory lending...
by Mybudget360 - Aug 26, 2008 - in Economy

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