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Final mortgage thoughts

By Mathew Padilla : February 4, 2010

Folks, this is my last day writing for the Orange County Register and this blog. I am leaving for a job in corporate communications.
This county was home to a dramatic boom and bust in alternative mortgages, and it was entertaining, hectic and sometimes frustrating to try and tell that story to our readers. I wrote [...]

Final mortgage thoughts is a post from: Mortgage Insider

And mortgages for all

By Mathew Padilla : December 25, 2009

Wait, mortgages for all is how we got in this mess. Let me simply extend good will to all. Cheers.
I am on vacation until January 4, so Happy New Year a little early. I have some posts timed to go up while I am gone, and some other Register writers are around to keep an [...]

Mortgage thoughts and predictions

By Mathew Padilla : November 26, 2009

Happy Thanksgiving to all. I am thankful we avoided Great Depression II, at least for now, and the worst of the credit crisis is over.
However, I do miss writing stories about the boom and bust of the subprime lords. Oh New Century, why did you go gently into that good night?
If there is anyone on [...]