Freddie Mac announced today that its mortgage investment portfolio grew by an annualized 7.3 percent rate in September, while delinquencies on loans it guarantees accelerated. The portfolio increased to $784.2 billion, for an annualized 3.4 percent decrease year to date, and delinquencies, which increase stress on the company’s capital, jumped to 3.33 percent of its book of business in September from 3.13 percent in August and 1.22 percent in September 2008. The multifamily delinquency rate accelerated slightly in September to 0.11 percent from 0.10 percent in August. A year earlier it was 0.01 percent.

If you are tired of crime and mayhem in your life and you still want to live in a city, we have the Top 10 List for you. Our most popular post every year is the Top 10 Most Dangerous Cities but if I had to spend my money I would rather live in one of these cities. Top 10 Safest Cities In The United States in 2009 1 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 2 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 3 Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 4 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 4 Seattle-Tacoma-

Reverend Joan Montagnes and about 50 members and friends of the East Shore Unitarian Church took it to the streets of Bellevue, Washington Sunday. Rev. Joan said she put out the call for lay leadership, Chris Conkling answered, and the event happened in short order. Their message: Vote APPROVED on Referendum 71 ! Their philosophy: The visibility was a natural expression of the U-U’s foundational Seven Principles, especially We covenant to affirm and promote the inherent w

Reverend Joan Montagnes and about 50 members and friends of the East Shore Unitarian Church took it to the streets of Bellevue, Washington Sunday. Rev. Joan said she put out the call for lay leadership, Chris Conkling answered, and the event happened in short order. Their message: Vote APPROVED on Referendum 71 ! Their philosophy: The visibility was a natural expression of the U-U’s foundational Seven Principles, especially We covenant to affirm and promote the inherent w

This is something I meant to post on several weeks back when I first heard of it, but I didn’t get to it. Now Stars & Stripes has a story: Army to phase in tan-colored Stryker vehicles More than six years after sending the first Stryker armored vehicles into desert combat, the Army has decided that it’s probably a good idea to start painting them tan so they will blend in with the environments in Afghanistan and Iraq. “Safeguarding soldiers is the primary purpose for this color cha