January 1, 2015
New Year’s Morning
New Year’s Morning Helen Hunt Jackson Only a night from old to new! Only a night, and so much wrought! The Old Year’s heart all weary grew, But said: “The New Year rest has brought.” The Old Year’s hopes its … Continue reading
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December 25, 2014
The True Christmas
The True Christmas, Henry Vaughan (1678) So stick up ivy and the bays, And then restore the heathen ways. Green will remind you of the spring, Though this great day denies the thing. And mortifies the earth and all But … Continue reading
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November 28, 2014
Accurately Measuring Mortgage Availability
The Urban Institute’s Housing Finance Policy Center has posted a research report, Measuring Mortgage Credit Availability Using Ex-Ante Probability of Default. This report tackles an important subject: How to strike a balance between credit availability and risk to achieve a … Continue reading
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November 27, 2014
Just Now, Happy Thanksgiving
Just Now In the morning as the storm begins to blow away the clear sky appears for a moment and it seems to me that there has been something simpler than I could ever believe simpler than I could have … Continue reading
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November 24, 2014
Reiss on Avoiding War
MaintStreet quoted me in How to Avoid War Between Homeowner Associations and Residents. It reads in part, When Robert Stern moved into the Sedgefield retirement community in Ocean Isle Beach, N.C. four years ago, all he could see was four … Continue reading
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November 11, 2014
Veterans Day Then and Now
Pericles, the greatest orator of Athens, had this to say more than 2,400 years ago when commemorating the sacrifices of his city’s soldiers during the Peloponnesian War: Our form of government is called a democracy because its administration is in … Continue reading
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November 10, 2014
Reiss on Refis Redux
Refinancing must be in the air because I was interviewed twice in the last week about them. The first story appeared here. The second story, This Could Be Your Last Shot to Refinance a Mortgage, is in the Fiscal Times. … Continue reading
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