Jim The Realtor

CNBC's Diana Olick has the breaking story on alleged fraud in the mortgage industry. She has been writing about this for a few days now.  See Big Banks Accused of Short Sale Fraud - Realty Check with Diana Olick at CNBC’s website.…

Jim the Realtor is back with a bunch of foreclosures, REOs and short sales on the market in North County San Diego.  Some of these places look pretty nice.  In this particular video, the property is in Carmel Valley and on the…

Here is some anecdotal evidence of the return of euphoria  in housing via Jim the Realtor.  Check out these videos of Carlsbad (North County section of San Diego) and the surrounding community to see what I mean – many but not all…

Bernanke Says Add Consumer Protection to Fed Mandate - Bloomberg.com You have to respect the chutzpah behind this. Audacious NAB raises $2b in oversubscribed placement Banks are getting capital everywhere. Buffett's $91,000 shares…

If you haven’t seen any of Jim the Realtor’s videos over at Calculated Risk, you are not getting a feel for what’s happening in residential real estate in America.  The guy really gives the whole housing problem in California a look…

No Longer Alone, Ron Paul Fights the Fed - Real Time Economics - WSJ Paul's bill to audit Fed has 274 co-sponsors. Some bailout firms up lobbying spending in 2Q - Yahoo! Finance Increased lobbying plus climb in shares equals no…

This morning I was reading Simon Johnson’s excellent post “President Obama’s Regulatory Reforms Announcement: A Viewer’s Guide” about what Barack Obama should say when he makes his regulatory reform pitch today at 12:30 PM.  I agree…