Ron Avneri (Finance and Mortgage Blog)

    Countless ex-mortgage bankers have switched careers and gone into the exciting world of farm-raised sea monkeys. (Not to be confused with wild sea monkeys.) http://www.sea-monkey.com/ It is comforting to know that not only are they nowhere near extinction, but apparently thriving. Now, if I c...

Most folks still in the business feel that many of the "bad apples" have left the industry, whether they are companies or individuals. (Unfortunately, of course, many "good apples" are no longer in the mortgage industry either.) And agents will admit that the products are more sensible now. "I co...

Option arms.What's the first thing that comes to your mind?    Default rates?  The cause of the real estate mess?  When Herb and Marion Sandler, owners of World Savings (now Wachovia) created this loan almost 30 years ago, it was not with the intent of killing an industry or bailing out people wh...

Well, I said it last time and sure enough, here it is.  Who is Sheikh Ahmed Bin Zayed Al Nahayan? He's the Managing Director of ADIA, which is the investment arm of the Abu Dhabi government. (Considered the richest city in the world, and, along with Dubai, is one of the seven United Arab Emirates...