Archive for October, 2009
Where the Wild Things Are
Photo by Warner Brothers Pictures Maurice Sendak’s classic has been adatped for the big screen by Director Spike Jonze. Here are pieces of a recent New York Times review of the film .
As Some Top Metro Foreclosure Activity Rates Decrease, New Foreclosure Hot Spots Emerge in Q3 2009
RISMEDIA, October 28, 2009—RealtyTrac, one of the leading online marketplaces for foreclosure properties released its Q3 2009 Metropolitan Foreclosure Market Report, which shows that cities in California, Florida and Nevada accounted for the 10 highest foreclosure rates in the third quarter among metro areas with a population of 200,000 or more. But five of those Top 10 metro areas reported decreasing foreclosure activity from the third quarter of 2008, while many other metro areas with Top 50 foreclosure rates reported sharp increases in foreclosure activity. “Rising unemployment and a new variety of mortgage resets continued to gradually shift the nation’s foreclosure epicenters in the third quarter away from the hot spots of the last two years and toward some metro areas that had avoided the brunt of the first foreclosure wave,” said James J
Follow-Through
Who is your 150?
Seth Godin says you can only have 150 friends in his recent blog post.
Appraisers Not Responsible for Low Appraisals
RISMEDIA, October 20, 2009—Responding to recent testimony before the House Small Business Committee, the Appraisal Institute, one of the nation’s largest organizations of real estate appraisers, reminded the Committee’s leaders that appraisers are not responsible for so-called low appraisals. The Appraisal Institute joined the American Society of Appraisers, the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers, and the National Association of Independent Fee Appraisers in a letter reacting to recent testimony by National Association of Home Builders President Joe Robson.
Bankruptcies’ Slowdown a Good Sign, But is it Good Enough?
RISMEDIA, October 13, 2009—(MCT)-In another promising sign of economic recovery, the torrid pace of personal and business bankruptcies slowed during the third quarter of 2009. In the first quarterly decline since the overhaul of bankruptcy laws in 2005, commercial, or business, bankruptcy filings fell 4.5% to 22,710 in the third quarter from 23,782 in the second quarter, according to data compiled by Automated Access to Court Electronic Records, an Oklahoma City bankruptcy management and data company.
No Rest for the Weary: 75% of Americans Plan on Working as Long as They Can
RISMEDIA, October 7, 2009—A new study released by Bankrate, Inc. shows that the vast majority of working Americans plan to work as long as they can during retirement age, showing a redefinition of how Americans view traditional retirement plans. The poll, conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International, is included in the new Bankrate Financial Literacy series on Retirement Income.
