As we’ve pointed out on numerous occasions here and on “The Money Show”, the root cause of the mortgage meltdown/crisis/fiasco was a combination of 1) mortgage lenders basically throwing their core underwriting standards out the window (thus giving loans to countless homebuyers who could not a... [More]

Time and again on “The Money Show”, we’ve warned that, when it comes to virtually everything – and certainly, virtually everything having to do with money – the old saying “If it sounds to good to be true, it usually is,” applies. That’s especially true when it comes to the plethora... [More]

Tom Gleason said it best: “They put their lives on the line to take care of us. It’s an honor to be able to do something for them.”OK. Who’s Tom Gleason, and what’s he talking about? Gleason is the Executive Director of MassHousing, the state’s quasi-public/quasi private first time ho... [More]

FDR once famously stated, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” Many people interpreted that to mean that there were no problems we need be concerned about. Of course, that’s not what he meant. Rather, what FDR meant was that, while the world is filled with problems we need be ve... [More]