| Louisville Downtown Management District luncheon scheduled The board of directors of the Louisville Downtown Management District plans to host its annual meeting and luncheon Wednesday, March 24, at noon, in the Archibald Cochran Room at the Galt House Hotel. bizjournals.com |
D.C.'s Gessford Court is a little alley oasis David Weiner moved to Gessford Court 26 years ago and has never been successful at organizing a block party on this mews of about a dozen small alley dwellings. feeds.washingtonpost.com |
Investigation finds fraud in WaMu lending The mortgage lending operations of Washington Mutual Inc., the biggest U.S. bank ever to fail, were threaded through with fraud, Senate investigators have found. Washington Mutual - United States - United States Senate - JPMorgan Chase - Business pheedo.msnbc.msn.com |
Dowell: So near to Pennsylvania Avenue, and yet so far There's a running joke in Dowell that the tiny waterfront community in Southern Maryland is at the opposite end of Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House -- literally and figuratively. Pennsylvania - United States - Business and Economy - Pennsylvania Avenue - Washington DC feeds.washingtonpost.com |
A reward for responsible homeowners The government has bailed out Wall Street firms, giant banks, creditors of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac -- and is trying to bail out people who've defaulted or are about to default on their mortgages. But let's say you're a hardworking family that has done nothing wrong except buy a home when the housing bubble was at its peak a few years ago. Your mortgage is now way underwater, but you're still making payments because you want to stay in your home -- and you're actually honorable. You're paying for everyone else's bailout, but because you have no equity in your house, you can't refinance to take advantage of the ultra-low mortgage rates that Uncle Sam's bailout strategy has produced. To use the technical term, you're being screwed. rss.cnn.com |