You are the one that has lost touch with reality. My husband was one of those that just got laid off after 30 years. I hope to hell your next. What an insensitive jerk. At this point I think you just get your rocks off making people mad no one can be this stupid.

According to a recent report, there were 86,126 mortgage job cuts in 2007, with another 30,000 to 40,000 expected by early 2008.

30,000 Ford workers in North America, out of work. Ford's plan, announced includes the shutting of 14 plants in the next seven years,

Beazer Mortgage Corp. halts loan origination
H&R Block to cut 505 jobs related to closure of Option One
WaMu to cut 381 jobs in California

IndyMac reportedly halting construction-to-perm lending
E-Loan reportedly suspended wholesale lending
BF Saul Wholesale Group layoffs and closures
Equifirst reportedly for sale, continued layoffs
1st Choice Mortgage â?? to close, layoffs
Aames Investment Corp â?? acquired by Accredited Home Lenders
ABN Amro Mortgage â?? 1700 layoffs
Aegis Funding â?? closed, seeking bankruptcy protection
Aegis Mortgage Corp. â?? laying off 401 employees
ACC Capital Holdings â?? mass layoffs, closed Ameriquest,
Acoustic Home Loans â?? closed
ACT Mortgage Capital â?? suspended all submissions/fundings until further notice

Alliance Bancorp â?? closed, filed for Ch. 7 bankruptcy
Alliance Title Co. â?? shut down, layoffs

Allstate Home Loans â?? shut down after buyout
ALT Funding â?? believed to have ceased operations
Alterna Mortgage â?? New Jersey wholesale lender closed
Alternative Financing Corp. â?? wholesale division closed
Altivus Financial â?? closed wholesale operations, now believed to be shut down
AMC Lending â??ceases wholesale lending
AMC Mortgage â?? acquired by Transnational Financial Network Inc.
American Brokers Conduit â?? shut down all operations
American Business Financial Services â?? closed
American Equity Mortgage â?? closing 6 of 30 offices, laying off 40 employees
American Freedom Mortgage â?? filed bankruptcy
American Home Mortgage â?? closed

Ameriquest â?? closed, laid off 3,800, shut 229 retail branches
Ameritrust Mortgage Company â?? subprime wholesale division closed
AmPro Mortgage closed
Amstar Mortgage Corp. â?? most staff laid off,
Apex Financial Group/Aapex Mortgage â?? commission checks delayed, licenses suspended
Apex Mortgage/Aapex Mortgage â?? reportedly cease all operations
APS Mortgages Limited (UK) â?? independent brokerage shutting downn

Aurora Loan Services â?? 160 employees laid off
Axix Mortgage â?? closed

Bank of America â?? cutting 3,000 jobs
Bank of America â?? to cut 650 jobs, sell its prime brokerage unit
BankUnited â?? to close four wholesale mortgage sales offices, 200 layoffs

Bay Capital Corp. â?? closed
BayRock Mortgage Corp. â?? ceased wholesale lending
BB&T â?? bought Collateral Real Estate Capital
BC Bancorp â?? shut down
Bear Stearns â?? layoffs
Bear Stearns â?? closed two hedge funds after huge subprime losses, 240 subprime layoffs

Bear Stearns â?? more layoffs
Bear Stearns â?? cuts 150 jobs in Irvine, CA

Beazer Homes â?? cut 25% of staff
Belvedere Trust Mortgage â?? two default notices, unlikely to pay back loans
Beneficial Finance â?? layoffs
Blackstone Group â?? buying PHH Mortgage
BMC Capital â?? to acquire NMB Capital
BNC Mortgage LLC â?? shut down â?? consolidated with Aurora Loan Services layoffs
BNC Mortgage â?? cut 175 jobs in Nor. Cal, 400 in So. Cal
BNY Mortgage â?? changes name to EverBank Reverse Mortgage
Broad Street Mortgage â?? sold to Wausau Mortgage Corp.

and that is just the As and Bs you want the whole alphabet?...oh no it must be a newspaper conspiracy don't believe what you hear on the news every body is happy. You are living in a fantasy land. What the hell are the top economic pros in this country talking about? Can you say recession?

Bad karmas gonna get you.