Want to see what the Credit Crisis LOOKS like? I got permission from an amazing designer, Jonathan Jarvis, to share the video he created on the crisis of credit in the United States: The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo. JOHN BROOKMAN SENIOR MORTGAGE CONSULTANT REFINANCE
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02/27/2009
Finally, the lawmakers in our state have passed a budget! After a monumental week of long negotiations, the state legislature sent the budget on to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday. I'll write more about this later. Expect higher taxes and lots of cuts in spending. The stock market
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02/20/2009
I'm writing this post in the last half hour of the stock market being open today... so, I'm trying to wait things out before posting the final numbers... Notes On The Economy and Mortgages (Week of February 17th) Today, President Barack Obama signed the $787 billion economic stimulus package into
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02/17/2009
President Barack Obama's economic recovery plan passed the Senate today. Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada said the passage was, "the first step on the long road to recovery." The markets did not react so favorably. The Dow Jones fell over 4 percent today- down 382 points! Wall Street seemed f
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02/10/2009
Today- Monday February 10, 2009 Today the proposed $838 billion economic stimulus bill barely made it through the test vote in the Senate. 60 votes were needed to send it on to tomorrow's probable passage. The vote ended up at 61-36. President Barack Obama held his first prime-time news confer
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02/09/2009
"The time for action is now. If we don't move swiftly to put this plan in motion, our economic crisis could become a national catastrophe."- President Barack Obama Unemployment numbers came out worse than expected, while the Senate continue to bicker over the proposed $827 Billion (plus or minus
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02/07/2009
