I have been receiving emails and even phone calls asking for the location of the HUD Mortgagee Letter about this all morning so I thought I needed to go ahead and post the details that I have. [Details are now available here ]
In a speech this morning HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan announced that FHA has come up with a way to allow first time home buyers to use the $8000 first time home buyer tax credit as a down payment at the time of purchasing a home. They will no longer have to wait... Read Full Story
Announces eligibility for borrowers up to 125% underwater in Las Vegas with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Congresswoman Dina Titus
WASHINGTON – U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today announced an expansion of the Obama Administration’s Home Affordable Refinance Program to include participation by borrowers who are current but up to 125 percent [...] Read Full Story
It's a space so nice, they built it thrice. And on Tuesday, February 17, students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends all gathered at the James C. Colgate Student Union to cut the ribbon on a newly remodeled Donovan's Pub.
With a jazz trio playing on-stage, guests mingled beneath the bar's hand-carved inscription, "Céad Míle Fáilte," Gaelic for "a hundred thousand welcomes." Others sat in the café, where a flat-screen television showed pictures of the construction process -- a vivid... Read Full Story
I was going to do a post on the keys to Sunday’s game, but I can really sum it up 3 bullet points…
Get pressure on Kurt Warner
Control the clock
No bad turnovers
We are the better team, and if we play within ourselves (and cover Larry Fitzgerald and Anquan Boldin), we should win. We aren’t the guarantee some would make it seem, but we should win.
Instead of getting into a discussion about the obvious, I’d like to open up a discussion that has been popular around the area... Read Full Story
Donovan Quinn is a singer-songwriter from San Francisco, possibly better known to readers of this blog as one half of The Skygreen Leopards (along with Glenn Donaldson). Quinn has released a couple of enchanting 'solo' albums, 2007's 'October Lanterns' and 2008's 'Donovan Quinn & the 13th Month'. The son of Dave Carter, from the legendary 60's psychedelic rock group Country Weather and named after Donovan Leitch, Quinn began writing songs at a young age. 2001 saw the release of the first... Read Full Story
That makes 11 in just over a month for the PEBO cabinet. PEBO? Ana Marie Cox , who's been all over the 'sphere--former Wonkette, former Time-ette, and current " Twit ," which is where I ran into her "tweet" (don't worry, you'll catch on) this morning that explains the latest nick: " Learned a hot new pool report acronym today!!! PEBO: President-Elect Barack Obama. Impress your friends, confuse your enemies." Via email at 6 this morning, PEBO announced his pick for Housing and Urban... Read Full Story
Artist Tara Donovan wins the MacArthur Foundation Genius Award, story in today's New York Times .
Life could not be better for artist Tara Donovan, her new retrospective is opening up at the wonderful
Boston ICA in just a few weeks .. and Today, she is one of the only visual fine artists to join in winning the $500,000 MacArthur Genius award. Congrats Tara!
(photo #1, Tara Donovan, Untitled , 2003,Ink on Paper, 6'H x 4' 11"W)
We've long been a fan of Tara's obsessive art work. Hello... Read Full Story
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Obama says mortgage crisis must be resolved, will nominate Donovan … The Miami Herald, FL - 6 hours ago "To end this economic crisis, we must end the mortgage crisis where it began. This all started when Americans took out mortgages they couldn't afford," … Video: Obama Reveals HUD Cabinet Pick in Address AssociatedPress
Obama nominates NY's Donovan for HUD MarketWatch Obama names NY housing commissioner to head HUD The Associated Press Washington Post... Read Full Story
Barack Obama announced this morning that he's picked Shaun Donovan as his secretary of housing and urban development.
President-elect Obama said he think Donovan, currently the New York City Commissioner of Housing Preservation and Development, "will bring to this important post fresh thinking, unencumbered by old ideology and outdated ideas."
Donovan is no stranger to Washington. He served at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under Bill Clinton's administration... Read Full Story
It has been six long years since the murder and disappearance of Alice Donovan from the WalMart parking lot in Conway, SC. Her remains have never been found. The effect this has had on her daughters and remaining family has been astounding. Issac Bailey of the Sun News wrote an excellent and informative article which was published on the front page Sunday, November 9, outlining interviews with Alice's daughters and also one of the convicted murderers, Chadrick Fulks, who is on death row... Read Full Story
