Happy holidays

Whatever holiday you celebrate at this time of year, there's something quintessentially festive about 10 nicely dressed men singing in harmony.

Thrilling? You decide

Thrillist is a new lifestyle/food/shopping website with editions for several cities, including San Francsico.

A golden age for first-time home buyers?

"Five or 10 years from now, when the financial crisis has ended and housing prices are up smartly once more, we will look in the rearview mirror and realize that we missed a golden age for first-time home buyers."

So begins a recent article in the New York Times. Read it here.

The Treasury Department's next move

According to the Washington Post, the U.S. Treasury Department is strongly considering a plan to intervene directly in the mortgage industry to dramatically force down rates.

Read the entire article here.