Month: May, 2008

Lending collateral: the Quadruplet Borrowers, Part 2

22 May, 2008 (08:05) | Primer Posts | No comments

[Continued from yesterday’s Part 1.]
 
“Two other forms of lending.”  Having had a blog break to refresh himself after describing consumer lending and project finance, Holmes repacked his pipe and lit it, sending up contented clouds of blue smoke.
 

To understand lending, you have to read a lot of mortgage documents
 
“Those are indeed the only forms available […]

Lending collateral: the Quadruplet Borrowers, Part 1

21 May, 2008 (09:03) | Primer Posts | No comments

“Our friend the Worldly Philosopher appears to have underestimated his vulnerability to appearances and the triumph of mob psychology,” said Holmes dejectedly, laying aside the Positions Wanted section of the Times.  “That is a pity, for it obscures the greater question facing his charitable society, and that is what lending they should pursue.” 
“What type?” asked […]

You are what you live in

20 May, 2008 (10:42) | Homeownership, Innovations, Speculation, Tenure | No comments

In Jungian dream interpretation, the house is the self:
 
A house in a dream generally speaks of one’s psychological house, the house of the “soul.” We often see different homes that we’ve lived in. Ask yourself, if the home in your dream is a childhood home, or a current home. Each of these may have different […]

Month in Review: April 2008

19 May, 2008 (08:30) | Admin, Month in review | No comments

[Previous Months in Review available here: Mar 08 Feb 08 Jan 08]

[A complete set of 2007 Month In Reviews available here:  Dec 07, Nov 07, Oct 07, Sep 07, Aug 07, Jul 07, Jun 07, May 07,  Apr 07, Mar 07, Feb 07, Jan 07.]
 

Starting the month off right
 
April opened with yet another AHI […]

Water economics essential principles: Part 2, all channels flow into the Basic Model

16 May, 2008 (08:17) | Cities, Essential posts, History, Infrastructure, Urbanization | No comments

[The original post may be found here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, and Part 7.]
 
We saw yesterday that cities grow when they have more clean water, and that increasing water supply means mastering technology, law and government, and finance. It’s almost as if the physical difficulties of […]