"Out with the poor, in with the rich"
01/05/09 19:41 Filed in: Collectanea
Other councils are watching as north London borough
prepares to offer its 500 best council houses to
top-earning private tenants. By Ruth Bloomfield from
HomesAndProperty.co.uk, Evening Standard
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16/12/08 21:30 Filed in: Collectanea
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Fannie Mae to stop evictions of tenants
16/12/08 21:18
Fannie Mae is
finalizing a national policy that will allow tenants to
remain in their homes even if their landlord goes into
foreclosure -- a landmark decision for tenants.
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UK Treasury - Interbank lending problems until 2013
“The [UK]
Treasury quietly conceded yesterday that the crisis
undermining banks' ability to borrow from each other
and from financial institutions could last for five
years.
In fact, it's likely that banks' ability to borrow on wholesale markets will never recover to the boom conditions that characterised the few years before the summer of 2007.” Read More...
In fact, it's likely that banks' ability to borrow on wholesale markets will never recover to the boom conditions that characterised the few years before the summer of 2007.” Read More...
Mortgage interest relief for UK homeowners in default
A new UK
government program to help borrowers who cannot keep up
with their mortgage payment because of job loss or
other temporary problems. For up to two years the
government will pay or guarantee the interest element
of the monthly payment. Read
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Black Friday sale and no lines?
"Be fearful
when people are greedy and greedy when people are
fearful" -Warren Buffett Read
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Finished - NaNoWriMo
28/11/08 15:22 Filed in: Personal
Job
done. 50,000 word novel produced in under a month. Rock
and roll! Boy does it fee good. NaNoWriMo challenge
complete. Read
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UBS recovers some bonuses
26/11/08 01:13 Filed in: Economics
“I
hope that my action will help to resolve a situation
that was inconceivable to me until a short while ago,”
said Mr Ospel. The three men said they “want to make
clear that they are facing up to reality” and accepted
in hindsight that some decisions “would have been taken
differently”.
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Ospel - Ex-Chairman of UBS prior to the bank’s credit meltdown Read More...
Let Detroit Go Bankrupt
20/11/08 12:41 Filed in: Economics
Mitt Romney says to let
the auto sector sort themselves out in bankruptcy court
like normal companies do when they mess up.
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Back to work
01/09/08 21:07 Filed in: Technology
September marks the back to work season in Europe. Time
for me to spruce up the blog and learn how the newest
version of RapidWeaver (v 4.1) works. Expects some
changes this month and quite a few more posts while I
catch up on some past topics I have been meaning to
share. Read
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