(Source: The Wichita Eagle By Ron Sylvester) – A state senator who serves on the budget and banking committees has filed for personal bankruptcy.
(Source: McClatchy/Tribune) – Deborah asks: I don’t feel safe paying with my credit card online. What are some alternatives? As the digital age marches forward and online shopping further threatens brick-and-mortar dominance, shoppers are making a deliberate move back to [...]
(Source: Herald; Rock Hill, S.C.) – Many financial institutions use your credit score to determine whether you will qualify for a loan and what interest rate you’ll get. But that’s not the only way the score is used today.
(Source: The Honolulu Star-Advertiser) – Honolulu ranked fourth in the country for the highest credit card debt at the end of 2010, according to a study by Experian, one of the nation’s largest credit reporting companies.
(Source: Daily Press) – Hampton Roads ranked sixth in the nation for personal credit card debt at the end of December, according to data released Wednesday by credit reporting agency Experian.
(Source: Tulsa World) – Warren Buffett, who supported Goldman Sachs Group Inc. during the financial crisis with a capital injection and public praise, had his trust in the investment bank betrayed by an insider-trading leak on the firm’s board, U.S. [...]
(Source: United Press International) – One could argue pointedly that greed among a few U.S. bankers set the entire nation back in 2008.
(Source: Source: The Economic Times, India) – The Economic Times, India HSBC is ‘hungry’ to ramp up its presence in India and is prepared to do that by expanding its existing network or buying an existing bank if allowed, its [...]
(Source: Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, Calif.) By Eve Mitchell, Contra Costa Times) – Loc Chau was looking for a super-low interest rate to finance his San Jose condominium, a place he envisions living in for a few years. Super-low [...]
(Source: The Hartford Courant, Connecticut By Kenneth R. Gosselin) – Mortgage rates dropped for the third consecutive week as the struggling economic recovery kept housing demand weak.
(Source: Mint, New Delhi By Madhurima Nandy) – Real estate funds trying to raise a couple of billion dollars overseas are struggling to tie up commitments, with potential investors put off both by integrity worries over India’s realty sector and [...]
(Source: Money Marketing) – The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries is calling for mortgage advice to be mandatory for most consumers, particularly first-time buyers, credit-impaired borrowers and those borrowing into retirement.
(Source: Money Marketing ) – Decisions on buying their home and finding the best mortgage are among the most significant choices people ever make. The FSA market analysis incorporated in its mortgage market review suggests we need to make big [...]
(Source: The Seattle Times) – Home prices plummeted to new post-boom lows in February, dragged down by a continuing surge in lower-priced “short sales” and bank resales of repossessed homes.
(Source: Money Marketing) – As the monetary policy committee argued their very different views on interest rate changes, many in the mortgage industry pondered secretly, some publicly, that quite frankly an early rate rise will be good for business.
(Source: The Atlanta Journal and Constitution By Michelle E. Shaw) – There are two opportunities for homeowners to get mortgage help starting Thursday.
(Source: The Times Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pa. By Terrie Morgan-Besecker) – Attorney James Hayward says he believes he was subjected to unduly harsh punishment by the state’s disciplinary board because he publicly criticized Luzerne County Children and Youth Services and the [...]
(Source: Record, The; Bergen County, N.J) – Q: I am a commercial real estate broker representing a seller who has filed a Chapter 11 case. Will the bankruptcy proceeding affect my ability to receive a commission?
NEW YORK (Source: Associated Press/AP Online By TOM HAYS) – A federal appeals panel reviewing a compensation plan for former clients of disgraced financier Bernard Madoff cast doubt on claims by the embattled owners of the New York Mets and [...]
(Source: CBS Atlanta Reporter by Rebekka Schramm) – Alvin White and his wife Naomi spent the night bundled up outside the Americas Mart. They said they wanted to be among the first in line Thursday morning to meet with someone [...]
(Source: Washington Post By Dina ElBoghdady and Brady Dennis) – As part of a settlement with banks that engaged in shoddy foreclosure practices, the Obama administration is weighing whether to impose quotas that would force the firms to modify a [...]
(Source: KING 5 News/ by Jesse Jones) – There are lots of homeowners searching for modifications of their mortgages. Many are looking out of state for help and some are ending up with unlicensed agents who may do nothing more [...]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Source: The News & Observer) – There’s a hallowed rule in U.S. housing policy: If you own a home, you get a tax deduction on your mortgage interest.
(Source: The Atlanta Journal and Constitution / By Michelle E. Shaw) – There are two opportunities for homeowners to get mortgage help starting Thursday.
CHICAGO (Source: Chicago Tribune) – Condo buyers who sat out last year’s real estate market, waiting for prices to bottom or their own financial footing to improve, find themselves in an enviable situation.
(Source: Detroit Free Press / By Greta Guest) – As Congress weighs whether to continue foreclosure prevention programs, the Obama administration applauded its efforts to modify mortgages today.
(Source: The Macon Telegraph / By Phillip Ramati) – A controversy between Macon City Council and the city administration over houses built by the city with federal funds has been simmering for the past couple of years. Now the issue [...]
(Source: Chicago Tribune / By Mary Ellen Podmolik) – The Obama administration on Wednesday vigorously defended its Home Affordable Modification Program, which faces sharp criticism by Republican lawmakers who want it axed.
(Source: United Press International) – The Mortgage Bankers Association said U.S. mortgage activity decreased in the week ending Feb. 25, although long-term interest rates declined.
(Source:The Philadelphia Inquirer/By Jeff Shields and Jennifer Lin) – City Councilwoman Jannie L. Blackwell has become the first Philadelphia Housing Authority board member to quit in response to demands from federal housing administrators intent on overhauling an agency that has [...]
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