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Morning Quickie 02/03/2009

by phillenbrandFebruary 3, 2009 We're Reading

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!The Big Picture - Property Owners Lost $3.3 Trillion in 2009
Irvine Housing Blog - Liar’s Poker
The Big Picture - The Rise And Fall Of WaMu
The New Republic - Foreclosing The Crisis

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The Banking Crisis is Over (?) Long Live the Economic Crisis

by MorganOctober 15, 2008 Economy

Another guest post from MG who went from Wharton to Wall St. to real estate to Blown Mortgage.

If you believe in the United States of America then you will believe in: JPMorgan Chase (which includes Bear Stearns and Washington Mutual); Bank of America (which includes Merrill Lynch); Wells Fargo (which includes Wachovia); Citigroup; Bank of [...]

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WaMu finds its sugar daddy

by MorganOctober 1, 2008 Mortgage Musings

Well, leave it to the folks who brought you Woohoo! to bring you the latest in marketing for failed banks – pimping your new sugar daddy. WaMu’s headline in-branch flyer reads: “We love Chase. And not just because they have a trillion dollars.” Actually, it’s precisely because of their money, but I [...]

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Wachovia – Time to Bail?

by MorganSeptember 28, 2008 Mortgage Musings

A guest post by new Blownmortgage.com contributor, MG Dungan.  MG has gone from Wharton to Wall St. to real estate to Blown Mortgage. And we’re excited.  I hope you are too.
After last week, and last weekend in particular, we can?t help but wonder who?s next.
Although possibly a ploy to gain passage of the Paulson Bailout Plan, [...]

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The LOLCats hit the bailout

by MorganSeptember 26, 2008 Random Thoughts

Friday Bailout Funny. (h/t Graeme)

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I hate to say it, but I told you so about Washington Mutual

by MorganSeptember 26, 2008 Mortgage News/Insight

So the biggest bank failure in the history of our country occurred yesterday and quite frankly was somewhat of a non-event. The quick FDIC step-in and subsequent fire sale to JP Morgan kept bank failure on page two with the $700 billion federal bailout clearly the bigger headline. This is something that hopefully [...]

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WaMu up for auction

by MorganSeptember 17, 2008 Mortgage News/Insight

Market Watch is reporting Washington Mutual is for sale via an auction being conducted by Goldman Sachs. The shopping began a few days ago according to sources at Goldman.
This is the only thing they could do, or else they will go bankrupt, leaving the nation’s largest S&L in the hands of the [...]

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Fed tries to woo suitor for WaMu

by MorganSeptember 17, 2008 Mortgage News/Insight

The Fed is looking to avoid the inevitable bankruptcy and receivership of the nation’s largest S&L, Washington Mutual, by playing matchmaker this morning. Now that they’ve gone and loaned AIG $85 billion, the government knows it will be on the hook for a huge chunk of cash when WaMu folds. So, like that [...]

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