"The hearing provides a lens through which to examine whether the executive compensation and severance arrangements at these companies provided appropriate incentives to protect shareholders from these losses," the committee said.

*Nero fiddles (and get rich) while Rome burns. picked by dollyllama 6 months ago

When you've got negative equity in your house, you are screwed. When millions of home "owners" have negative equity, the entire country is screwed. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

"A bailout at this stage would be the worst possible outcome for American taxpayers and mortgage holders, who have been paying a risk premium to these foreign investors. It would change the rules of the game retroactively and would directly subsidize the risks taken by sophisticated foreign investors.""A bailout of GSE bondholders would be perhaps the greatest taxpayer rip-off in A... read full post picked by siennablue 2 months ago

“What’s happening in the housing market, a financial bust of epic proportions, clearly isn’t just staying there any longer. Once mortgage defaults began to rise, however, lenders and investors began to wonder what they had wrought.” picked by hyperlexic 1 year ago

I'm guessing that mortgage is already paid picked by wildminou 10 months ago

Search for a new home or find mortgage rates, real estate agents, and relocation services throughout the US, and Worldwide. picked by jackdj24 1 year ago

Extreme Makeover and Beezer Homes builds you a luxury home, gives you 100,000 dollars, paid off your mortgage, and you lose the home to foreclosure.

How the hell does that happen? picked by DemureArt 1 month ago

You can pick up the Seitz 6x17 when it is released next year after selling off your car, the dog and mortgage your house! picked by Ziaphra 2 years ago

The commute will cost you and may be more than the savings on your mortgage payments. picked by musicgirldani 2 years ago

"Another, a single woman who made $50,000, complained that her fixed expenses -- taxes, insurance, mortgage, etc. -- ate up more than half of her salary, leaving her "only" $22,000 a year for her other living costs. She was oblivious to the fact that 20% of American households live on less than $20,000..." picked by gammerus 1 year ago

A Spanish bank repossessed a house and put it up for auction complete with the mummified body of the former owner who had missed her mortgage payments, newspaper El Pais reported on Wednesday. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

What should you do when your spouse or significant other can’t seem to control his or her credit card spending? Bankrate.com’s Debt Adviser offers a few ideas. My boyfriend has more than $30,000 in credit card debt that he wants me to help pay off. He amassed an additional $30,000 debt three years ago but rolled this into his mortgage. I don’t think I should help pay for any of ... read full post picked by femina 2 years ago