Douglas Duncan
Douglas Duncan
Douglas M. "Doug" Duncanis an American politician and member of the Democratic Party. Duncan served as County Executive of Montgomery County, Maryland from 1994 to 2006. Duncan held the office longer than any other county executive in the county's history. In 2006, Duncan was a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the Maryland gubernatorial election. He abruptly dropped out of the race on June 22, 2006, citing clinical depression, handing the nomination to Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley. Following his exit...
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We expect modest rises in delinquencies in the quarters ahead, particularly as related to Hurricane Katrina and its effect on the Gulf Coast.
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We expect home sales will drop marginally -- about 3 percent -- in each of the next two years from this year's level, which will be an all-time record.
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You won't see any serious slowing unless rates jumped to 8 percent, in which case I'd expect a 10 percent decline in values,
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We see housing as being strong over the next three years within a strong economy.
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These are very modest interest rate increases for the level of economic growth we are expecting.
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Anecdotally we're hearing that lenders' pipelines (pending mortgages) are down 50 percent from their peaks, ... There is no question companies are seeing the pressures of competition.
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Rates are going to stay at these ranges for awhile.
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People are trying to judge the degree of the (housing) slowdown and whether it is a slowdown, and if they are on the margins in terms of making a final decision, a small interest rate change one way or the other can have the effect of changing people's minds.
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We are asking people to walk their children to school, and to get children together and to assist them as best they can, ... We're asking for parent volunteers to look as they're walking if there are other kids walking separately, to bring them into the group and assist them that way.
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I am disappointed, but not surprised, that the Bush Administration would deny hard working people access to cheaper prescription medications,
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I would question any fee. Let them know you're comparison shopping among several lenders.
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Some companies were just assigning people a closing date.
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Through providing absolute on-time service and by raising the bar in this business we should be able to keep taking market share.
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To me, that's giving them a better chance at rehabilitation than sitting in jail for 60 days.