by Jeffery Battersby | Aug 4, 2009 | Asides
…to my last post about mortgages, the banks, and my unrequited desire to refinance. At this point in time, due to the decline in housing prices, I am ever-so-slightly above water equity-wise. And because I’m neither FMae or FMac, standard equity rules...
by Jeffery Battersby | Mar 2, 2009 | Asides
So… you’re probably starting to wonder if Ira Glass has me on his payroll. (No, he doesn’t, but Ira, if you’re listening, it would be a gig I’d love. Feel free to give me a call!) This week, once again, Adam Davidson and Alex Blumberg...
by Jeffery Battersby | Dec 4, 2008 | Commentary
I originally found the link to the article at the bottom of this post on John Gruber’s most-excellent Daring Fireball site, a worthy RSS feed if you’re so inclined. To put a finer point on the already fine point made in this article, about two weeks ago I...
by Jeffery Battersby | Sep 25, 2008 | Commentary
Dave Ramsey has an article on his site about how to resolve the current banking “crisis” without putting the taxpayers on the hook for 700 billion dollars. His idea beats the hell out of what’s currently being offered and might even make it possible...