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Oct 08

Watching California: The National Yard Sale Begins

By Scott Burns SAN DIEGO. “License to Chill” glides by a wonderful sight in San Diego harbor. Hundreds of sea lions, basking at leisure, occupy their own private resort, a long dock that is anchored out in the harbor. Respectful pelicans, cormorants and gulls mingle carefully, searching for inconspicuous...

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Apr 08

Stay the Course, But Rethink Shelter

By Scott Burns Q. My wife and I are 52 years old. We’re slogging through a lot of expenses, and we’re nervous about the market. Here are the basics: Our two children in private school cost $19,000 a year. College starts for one in 2 years. Both will be in college in 4 years. We have about $225,000 in...

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Feb 08

Hazard at the Extremes

By Scott Burns A recent listing of mortgage foreclosure rates in 100 top areas drew a lot of attention. Released by RealtyTrac, a firm that compiles data on home foreclosures, the listing showed the number of foreclosure filings in each city, the percentage of homes being foreclosed and the percentage...

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Feb 08

Shouldn’t We Be Really Nice To Everyone?

By Scott Burns Remember Gresham’s law? It’s the one that says bad money drives out the good money. Well, it also applies to lending. During the home price boom, bad money lending--- subprime mortgages and no-down-payment adjustable-rate mortgages--- displaced conventional 30-year mortgages. The popularity...

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Oct 07

Déjà vu, Texas

by Scott Burns Lately I've been getting that déjà vu feeling. If you lived in Texas through the S&L debacle of the late ‘80s, you probably have too. If you didn't, listen up. What happened to houses in Texas back then may be the template for what happens across the country as the housing...

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Sep 07

Getting Out from Under Isn’t Easy

Q . A couple of years ago, I purchased an investment property in Sacramento California. For a period of time all went well. But in 2006 I was without a tenant for the first half of the year. Making the mortgage payments ate through all of my cash reserves. Current I do have tenants but the income does...

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Sep 07

Re-Thinking the Joys of Inflation

This year may be the first since 1991 with a 4 percent inflation rate. After years of running just under 3 percent, a 4 percent rate will be a shock, particularly since it won’t apply to home prices. The combination of slowing wage gains, higher inflation, and lower home prices could mean stagflation...

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Aug 07

How to Estimate Your Future Social Security Benefit

Q. I am 56. I retired after 30 years of teaching at the age of 52. I plan to take Social Security at age 62. My understanding is that for the 10 years I will have been retired and have not contributed to Social Security, the benefit I will get will be decreased a small percent each of those 10 years...

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