Diane Gerdes's (dianegerdes) Blog

One day after President Obama's State of the Union address with the promise of adding more jobs, the City of Phoenix announced they are cutting 1379 positions including police officers and firefighters to offset the $242 million deficit. Instead of eliminating necessary personnel, the following a...

2010 is bringing unprecedented changes to lending. Our squabbling, not talking parents, HUD and the FED have put new regulations into place to monitor home loans. (They don't even meet for coffee. More on that at a later date)  In the old days (2005-2006) if a buyer was using an unethical  lender...

2010 is bringing unprecedented changes to lending. Our squabbling, not talking parents, HUD and the FED have put new regulations into place to monitor home loans. (They don't even meet for coffee. More on that at a later date)  In the old days (2005-2006) if a buyer was using an unethical  lender...

The housing market continues to cloud our economic recovery throughout the United States. The Obama administration has finally admitted its $75 billion program to stop foreclosures may need some more tweaking. According to the New York Times only Ocwen Financial, a subprime lender, can claim succ...

  "Is that liquid nitrogen in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?"  took on a  new meaning over the holidays.   Personally, I like to travel in silence, read a good book, or work on my computer.  But now I will need to take an airline sponsored course "The terrorist sitting next to you". ...