JP Morgan Chase Faces Criminal and Civil Investigations

It’s been nearly five years since the housing market suffered its catastrophic collapse, and new mortgage fraud charges are still being filed against the big banks responsible for most of the disastrous subprime mortgages and the widespread foreclosure abuses that...

Rental Insurance Protects Investors

You’ve worked hard to start building wealth with rental income property. You’ve followed Jason Hartman’s recommendations to educate yourself, diversify and take out a fixed rate mortgage, and now you’re ready to get rent-paying tenants into your new investment. But...

Another Round of Lawsuits Reveal More Bank Fraud

It’s often said that the more things change, the more they stay the same. That’s dismally true where Bank of America is concerned, as two more lawsuits filed against the banking giant this week reveal that once again, BofA and mortgage fraud go hand in hand. The...

Stagflation — A Blast From the Past for Today’s Economy?

It was an unpleasant word when it was coined back in the seventies, and that’s still true today. But some economists fear that stagflation _- that hybrid of stagnation and inflation that raised its ugly head fur decades ago may be returning to haunt the emerging...

Changes Are Coming for Government Housing Policies

As the Federal Reserve prepares to wind down its bond buying stimulus plan, policymakers in Washington are debating proposals to make drastic changes to the whole housing finance system – changes whose impact isn’t yet clearly understood. That’s why Fed Chairman...