Here is your open thread for Monday September 14th, 2009. You may post random links and off-topic discussions here. Also, if you have an idea or a topic you’d like to see covered in an article, please make it known. Be sure to also check out the forums, and get your word in the user-driven…
Month: September 2009
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Weekly Twitter Digest for 2009-09-12
Chart posted with this NYT story shows Seattle #1 in past-due construction loans. Yikes! http://digg.com/u1C7Ut # Via Fortune: WaMu: The forgotten bank failure – http://digg.com/u1CCmO I don't think people in Seattle have forgotten it yet… # RT @jillayne: FHA default rates. One bank is as high as 48%. Seattle? http://bit.ly/1aW1jN # Former WaMu HQ to…
Seattle is #1… In Delinquent Construction Loans
I posted about this earlier this week on the official Seattle Bubble Twitter account, but I thought it would be worth a post of its own. Via The New York Times: Construction Loans Falter, a Bad Omen for Banks Even as the economy may be starting to recover, banks across the country are confronting a…
Weekend Open Thread (2009-09-11)
Here is your open thread for the weekend beginning Friday September 11th, 2009. You may post random links and off-topic discussions here. Also, if you have an idea or a topic you’d like to see covered in an article, please make it known. Be sure to also check out the forums, and get your word…