Cheronda Guyton

    By Bruce Watson

    | 1:20PM 9/15/2009
    Wells Fargo and Company (WSF) announced yesterday that it has fired a senior executive who moved her family into a bank-owned property. Cheronda Guyton, the bank's senior vice president for foreclosed properties, apparently used a home in California's Malibu Colony as a personal party pad and...

    By Bruce Watson

    | 7:00PM 9/11/2009
    It's hard to imagine a pleasant foreclosure. Like root canals or appendicitis, they don't really come with a silver lining; after all, it's hard to find a way to put a smiley face on being turned out of one's home. However, while there are few things that can make a foreclosure enjoyable, there are...

    By Bruce Watson

    | 4:00PM 9/11/2009
    Malibu Colony may well be, inch for inch, the wealthiest neighborhood in the United States. Nestled alongside Malibu Lagoon Beach State Park, it's just under three quarters of a mile of densely packed beach homes, populated by some of America's most beloved boldfaced names. Robert Redford, Mel...