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Me Media: With WCCO on Walking Away

by Alex Stenback 08.04.2008

If you were up early, you might have caught us at the Downtown WCCO studio this morning with Bill Hudson as we discussed the potential impact of homeowners walking away from mortgages worth more than their home. Check it.

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Me Media: Tune in Tonight for WCCO’s Good Question Segment

by Alex Stenback 07.14.2008

First, catch up here, and here, for the latest in goings on at Fannie and Freddie. Then, tune in tonight, wherein we help to explain for reporter Jason DeRusha and the good viewers of WCCO land the oft asked question: "What in the &^%$ is a Freddie or a Fannie and why should I care?" [...]

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Media Appearance: Quick Update

by Alex Stenback 02.12.2008

Our interview with KSTP 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS, which we teased Yesterday, only to get bumped by a drug bust story, will run at 6:30Pm tonight. That’d be channel 5 locally, or right here on the interweb: http://www.kstp.com/ Link to the Story Itself Here: http://kstp.com/article/stories/s348369.shtml?cat=63v=1

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Media Appearance: KSTP News on Declining Markets

by Alex Stenback 02.11.2008

Just completed a quick interview with KSTP News’ Chris Keating discussing the impact of what are known as "declining market" lending restrictions on our real estate market.  It is planned for air at 6PM. Update: Drug bust bumped our story to 6PM, Tuesday the 12th Tune in.—————-For the uninitiated, declining market restrictons work like this:  [...]

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Behind The Mortgage, UK Edition: Across the Pond with the BBC

by Alex Stenback 02.07.2008

One of our very favorite non-finance & real estate related blogs on the planet is English Cut, a little gem by Bespoke Savile Row Tailor, Thomas Mahon. So, this morning, while coveting bespoke shirts over a cup of coffee, the phone rings and of all things, there’s this dude chap with an english accent on [...]

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Twin Cities Business: The Business of Blogs

by Alex Stenback 02.04.2008

Twin Cities Business Magazine has a nice piece up on the business of blogs.  You might even recognize one of the featured business bloggers pictured above. This actually ran in the December issue, and we just now discovered the online piece during a vanity google search.The Business of Blogs [tcbMag.com]

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Media Appearance: KSTP News on Mortgage Fraud

by Alex Stenback 12.10.2007

At 1PM today, a press conference will be held to announce criminal charges against two suspects in yet another mortgage fraud ring in the Twin Cities.  The suspects, Donald L. Walthall,  40, of Anoka, and Rahmeen D. Underwood,  30, of Minnetonka, both of Universal Mortgage Inc. (which you might remember from this Story) were arrested [...]

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Pioneer Press on Construction Loan Woes

by Alex Stenback 11.13.2007

The Pioneer Press has picked up the thread we started last week on the surprising number of Minnesota banks that are hip-deep in non-performing and delinquent construction loans. The piece, ably penned by Jennifer Bjorhus, ads some excellent context, and digs a little deeper into some of the lingering questions surrounding these institutions.  In other [...]

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Media Appearance: WCCO Live Expert Chat Today

by Alex Stenback 11.07.2007

At 12:30 today, I’ll be conducting a "live expert chat" over at WCCO Channel 4, fielding viewer questions about the state of the mortgage and real estate market. Come on over and join in.  For the life of me, I can’t find a link to the actual "live chat" area, so we’ll just link to [...]

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