Susan Belknapp
With more than 25 years as a professional writer and editor, Susan has extensive experience in multiple subjects, including business, housing, food, travel and entertainment. The former editor of the award-winning OC Register Metro, an Orange County business-lifestyles magazine and website, and OC Register Family, an internationally renowned multimedia title in parenting media, Susan has published hundreds of articles on topics that range from semiconductors to surf culture. With expertise in print and web and a passion for the ever-evolving dynamics of the how content is developed, packaged, shared and consumed, Susan believes it will continue to be at the core of modern information sharing. She holds a degree in screenwriting from USC and has done extensive post-graduate writing-for-publication coursework. Susan is a full-time staff member at loanDepot.
I temporarily moved to Los Angeles not long ago and during that time I toured a lot of brand-new, modern homes. Investors are taking small, older houses in good areas and rebuilding them into ultra-modern dream homes. The glass walls, slate floors, lighting fixtures and dream kitchens were dazzling, but the lavish backyards were one of the biggest selling points.
Whatever happened to savings account interest? Have you checked the rates for savings accounts, money market accounts, interest checking accounts or CDs lately? Most are in the neighborhood of 1 percent, with only a few five-year CDs netting a whopping 2.5 percent.
Harvard’s School of Government released a study this month analyzing the recent shift in borrowing from banks to nonbank lenders in the U. S. mortgage market. It focused on the reemergence of non-depository lenders, also known as nonbank lenders, and the role they are playing in the current residential mortgage market.
It's incredible to think the fated summer of 2008 was almost seven years ago – the dark days that foreshadowed the impending devastation just ahead.
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