Popular Economics Weekly This is making the case for a higher growth rate and greater prosperity, not the ‘new normal’, post-recession slo...

The Mortgage Corner It’s not only the S&P Case-Shiller Home Price Index that is finally rising after falling drastically since June 20...

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The Mortgage Corner The new ‘high balance’ conforming limits kick in, with a single-unit $625,500 maximum in Santa Barbara County, on loan...

The Mortgage Corner Please don’t blame Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, guarantors of most of the housing market’s conventional mortgages and r...

Financial FAQs We were wondering why June’s unemployment report looked so bad— a net 18,000 nonfarm payroll jobs created , according to th...

Financial FAQs Higher gas and foot prices are not the real ‘headwinds’ that threaten to stall this economic recovery. They are really a sy...