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Jason Wheeler

What Happens If Countrywide BKs?

Many of us have noticed that Countrywide's stock price is down 20% this morning, into the $6 range. The price is down based on rumors of a credit downgrade and possible bankruptcy filing.

An business partner of mine, who works for a large investment bank, wrote to me and said, “Investors are literally buying thousands upon thousands of puts to bet on its demise - keep in mind every thousand puts is equivalent to 100K shares of stock - I have seen about 100K puts change hands myself - that's 10 million shares.”

As I have said in the past, although few of us really like and enjoy working with Countrywide, they are indeed the “canary in the coal mine” for our industry, always trading #1 & #2 with Wells Fargo, and one must wonder if CFC does have to go Chapter 11, what are the implications?

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Who do You Know that is Being Forclosed On?

The pace of defaults on privately insured mortgages soared almost 35%, reaching the highest level since the data was first collected in 2001, according to data from MCIC, PMI, AIG, Old Republic, and Triad. The association said 61,300 insured borrowers were at least 60 days late on payments in November. That's up 35% from a year earlier and up 3% from October. The number had not exceeded 60,000 since data was first collected in 2001. Policy-wise, due to tougher underwriting guidelines, the number of policies issued in November totaled 153,865, up 67% from a year earlier, the association said. For the first nine months of 2007, the number of policies issued rose 42%.

I've found this very sad, although I am one to take advantage of the foreclosures in the market as an investor I was looking at the newly reported notice of defaults in my area today and was not surprised but sad to see THREE associates of mine on the list. One of course was in the mortgage business and the others are also associates that I do business with. I would do what I could to help out if there was some equity in the properties.

I don't see an end to this madness any time soon!

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Upcoming Networking Events In Pleasant Hill!

As a Director with the Pleasant Hill Chamber of Commerce I would like to inform the community of some great networking events! If you are a small business owner in Pleasant Hill you need to come meet some of our community members. I'ts a great way to create relationships and meet local business owners.

New Member Orientation
3:30 PM to 5:00 PM
New Member Orientation
233 Gregory Lane
PH, CA 94523
3:30pm - 5:00pm
RSVP TO: Ingrid 687-0700
Single Day Event

Mixer @ Senior Center
5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
January 2008 Mixer @ Senior Center
233 Gregory Lan
PH, CA
5:30pm to 7:30pm
RSVP TO: Ingrid @ 925-687-0700
Single Day Event

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Can Our Government Really Help Fix the Foreclosure Crisis??

Criticized for not doing enough to stave off foreclosures, the White House seems prepped to put on a full-court press in dealing with the housing crisis.View the Entire Article Here

Should we expect our government to step in on the current foreclosure crisis? Or should we simply let the markets and capitalism work the problem out on it's own? Many believe that the government should step in however I'm curious as to what they really CAN do! Personally if think the current administration is simply speaking for the sake of telling people what they would like to hear.

The fact is that our government has been unable to successfully manage any big task. What are your thoughts on the government stepping in? No matter what they do I say it will be interesting to watch the attempt.

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Events In Pleasant Hill CA! This Monday!

Grand Opening & Ribbon Cutting @ Take Shape 4 Life 5:15 PM

Join Us for a Grand Opening/Ribbon Cutting @
"Take Shape for Life"
2395 Pleasant Hill Road, 2nd Floor
Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
Questions: Barbara Kelly @ 925-200-2371

Join us in Pleasant Hill on Monday along with the Pleasant Hill Chamber Of Commerce Network and get to know new business contacts with us! Jason Wheeler is Director to the Pleasant Hill Chamber and looks forward to seeing you at this event!

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