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Why 'For Sale By Owners' Miss 'The Right Buyer'

Trisha Ocona Francis | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Debt, Loan, Nyc, Economics, Ny, Financial Literacy, Economy, Buy, Jobs, Real Estate, Buyer, Seller, New Jersey, Luxury, Homeownership, Bank, Nj, Refinance, Money, Close, Negotiate, Home, New York, Owner, House, Mortgage, Purchase, Investment, Careers, Crisis, Credit Card, Broker, Agent, Savings, Business Finances, Cash, Sold, Business News
Trisha Ocona Francis

In this tough economic market everyone wants to save money, especially home sellers. A home seller may want to consider or even actually venture into ...

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Watchdog To Propose New Rules That Could Save Homes

AP | DEREK KRAVITZ | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Loan, Foreclosure Crisis, Congress, Robo-Signing, Payday Lenders, Borrowers, Homeowners, Mortgage Payments, Video, Loan Modifications, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Financial Crisis, Foreclosure, Housing Bubble, Business News

WASHINGTON — The federal government proposed new rules on Tuesday that will give homeowners more ways to avoid foreclosure and get an accurate a...

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Catherine New

Where Do You Go When You Need $10,000?

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine New | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Bad Credit, Loan, Borrow Money, Springleaf, Credit Score, Payday Loans, High Intest Loan, Onemain, Personal Loan, Money News

Where do you go for a $10,000 loan when you have bad credit? Don't try a storefront lender. Some are closing their doors. Folks with spotty credit his...

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Catherine New

More Facebook Friends Could Lead to Better Bank Rates

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine New | Posted 03.01.2012

Read More: Loan, Social Media, Job Application, Twitter, Experian, Credit Score, Credit Reporting, Credit Card, Transunion, Facebook, Privacy, Money News

The only thing stopping banks from putting your Facebook page into your credit file is the law. But even that line is growing blurrier. One new ba...

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Medicaid: Help in Hard Times

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Loan, Junior College, Children, Social Security, Community College, Health Coverage, Children?S Health Insurance Program, Federal Poverty Level, Defense, Insurance, Disabilities, Loans, Student Loan, Chip, Disability, Children's, Low Income, Schip, Grant, Fund, Disabled, Childrens, Poverty, Social Security Disability, Pell Grant, Student Loans, School College, Child Poverty, Education, Chipra, Health Insurance, Medicaid, Higher Education, Pell Grants, President Obama, Safety Net, Michigan, Children's Health, Poor, Poor Children, Working Poor, Poor Families, Politics News
Marian Wright Edelman

Medicaid is vital -- it provides hundreds of millions of children who are poor or have disabilities with comprehensive health coverage enabling them to become productive, taxpaying members of society.

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Review: Bonsai People: Celebrating the Work of Muhammad Yunus

John Wellington Ennis | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Loan, Grameen, Yunus, Documentary Film, Grameen Bank, Nobel Peace Prize, Bangladesh, Poverty, Muhammad Yunus, Bonsai, Bonsai People, Bonsai People Documentary, Bonsai People: Celebrating the Work of Muhammad Yunus, Entertainment News
John Wellington Ennis

In a destitute country facing famine, natural disasters, and a beleaguered government, Muhammad Yunus saw an opportunity to help people one by one, and built an organization of others helping poor people help themselves

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The 'Most Egregious Manifestation' Of The Mortgage Crisis

Reuters | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Interest Rates, Loan, Credit Report, Foreclosure Crisis, Video, Wall Street, Housing Boom, Wells Fargo, Reuters, National Consumer Law Center, Mortgage Crisis, Foreclosure, Mortgage Payment, National Association of Consumer Advocate, Business News

By Michelle Conlin Jan 25 (Reuters) - In July 2009, Roy and Sheila Bowers refinanced the mortgage on their suburban ranch home in Tope...

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Are You Staying Together For the House?

Natalie Pace | Posted 08.29.2011

Read More: Short Sale, Trump, Loan, Pace, Rating, Natalie, Saving, Nest Egg, Mortgage, Credit, 401k, NataliePace.Com, Bank, Underwater, Reo, Foreclosure, Delinquent, Annuity, Real Estate, Retire, Ira, Divorce News
Natalie Pace

Some couples stay together for love, and others stay together for the kids. But today, with unemployment at 9.1% and real estate prices continuing to...

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Are You Draining Your Nest Egg to Stay Afloat on an Underwater Mortgage?

Natalie Pace | Posted 08.27.2011

Read More: Loan, Short Sale, Remodification, Bankruptcy, Pace, Retirement, Natalie, Suze, Rich, Bach, Fortune, Life, 401(K), Money, Unemployment, Credit, Mortgage, Millionaire, Insurance, 401k, NataliePace.Com, Bank, Foreclosure, Annuity, Cramer, Forbes, Real Estate, Business News
Natalie Pace

If you are one of those seriously delinquent homeowners, or one who is draining your nest egg or tapping home equity to make the mortgage payments, is there a way to hang on long enough?

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Amanda M. Fairbanks

Newly Graduated And Drowning In Six-Figures Of Student Loan Debt

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda M. Fairbanks | Posted 06.26.2011

Read More: Loan, Debt, $25, Unemployment, Mark Kantrowitz, College, 000, Jobs, Student Loan, Home Ownership, Students, 1 Trillion, College Graduates, College News

NEW YORK -- Hardly a day goes by where Ashley Angello doesn’t fret about her student loan debt. Angello thinks about it at night, when packing ...

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Bankers Win: No Capitol Hill Action on Mortgage Foreclosure Protection for Two Years

Peter G. Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: OurBroker.Com, Loan, Tea Party, Congress, Ownership, Mortgage, Lenders, Note, Produce the Note Act, Foreclosure, Subprime, Home Ownership Equity Protection Act, Title, Kaptur, Hoepa, Marcy, Peter G. Miller, Business News
Peter G. Miller

Stashed away in a draw somewhere on Capitol Hill is a simple piece of legislation that would have done much to stop the mortgage mess, robo-signing, unfair foreclosures, and the growing claims against lenders.

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Foreclosures: Why The New York Times Is Wrong

Peter G. Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Outsourcing, Michael, Loan, Checks, Affidavits, Mortgage, Staffing, Computers, Balances, Foreclosures, Banks, Hudson, Documentation, S&Ls, Credit Unions, Media News
Peter G. Miller

The latest stumble in the foreclosure mess -- and probably not the last -- has been the revelation that huge numbers of sworn affidavits have been i...

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Student Loan Forgiveness: Too Early for 'Waiting for Superman 2'?

Jon Chattman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Debt, Loan, Education, Waiting for Superman, Robert Applebaum, President Obama, Jon Stewart, Student Loan, Schools, Student Loans, Students, Repayment, Education News
Jon Chattman

Waiting for 'Superman,' the highly-regarded documentary about the failures of our school system, is heightening national concerns over our education s...

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The Real Foreclosure Crisis: Who Owns the Mortgages?

Peter G. Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nevada, OurBroker.Com, Loan, Mortgage Electronic Registration System, Mortgage, Robo-Signing, Ohio, Foreclosure, Mers, Missouri, Kansas, Boyko, Business News
Peter G. Miller

For all the headlines given to foreclosure affidavits and robo-signing virtually no one has mentioned the real point, the idea that the affidavits themselves may not prove loan ownership regardless of how they were signed.

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Astoria Characters: The World-Wise Window Washer

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Barry Feirstein, Ammonia, Loan, Alexander's Department Store, Astoria, E.J. Korvette, City College, Chevy Malibu, Lane Bryant, Stamp, Poker, Poker Chip, Window Washer, Retail, Nancy Ruhling, Lerner Shops, Manhattan, Steinway Street, Bucket, The Limited, Boy Scout, Stickball, Judi Feirstein, Ditmars Boulevard, Suit, New York News, Squeegee, Bronx, Yankees, New Balance Shoes, Prostate Cancer, New York News
Nancy Ruhling

The secret's in the squeegee. That's what gets windows streak-free, squeaky clean. So says Barry Feirstein, the guy who does windows for a living.

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When You Don't Have To Pay Your Mortgage

Peter G. Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Electronic Transfer, Calls, Loan, Payment, Fee, Mortgage, Late, Lender, Identity Theft, Bank, Grace Period, Business News
Peter G. Miller

If you've been getting strange calls from your mortgage lender demanding payment, don't be so quick to reach for your checkbook -- such calls could be...

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Loan Modifications: A $4 Billion Con Game

Richard Zombeck | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bank of America, Ocwen Financial Corp., Loan, Loan Modification, Lending, Business News
Richard Zombeck

Banks and servicers have fleeced nearly $4 billion from homeowners on false hope and empty promises. For the relative few, like my wife and I who received permanent mortgage modifications after a 15-month battle, the fight is far from over.

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Last Words From the Vanishing Middle Class

Francine Hardaway | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Capitalism: A Love Story, Michael Moore, Mortgage Relief, Phoenix, Aurora Loan Services, Loan, Small Business, Mortgage, Economic Crisis, Economic Hardship, Middle Class, Financial Crisis, Declining Middle Class, Mortgage Crisis, Politics News
Francine Hardaway

I personify the vanishing middle class. When I started my business in 1980, I had a pretty good life. Twenty-five years later, my standard of living has totally deteriorated.

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Michele Brown: Christie Aide Who Got Loan May Have Helped Chris Christie Campaign For NJ Governor

New York Times | DAVID M. HALBFINGER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Corruption, Loan, Chris Christie, Doj, Bush, Michele Brown, Christie Campaign, Foia, Money Laundering, Race, Corzine Campaign, John Corzine, Governor's Race, Federal Prosecutor, New Jersey, Karl Rove, Justice Department, Gubernatorial, US Attorney, Fbi, New York News

When news broke in August that the former United States attorney, Christopher J. Christie, had lent $46,000 to a top aide in the federal prosecutor's ...

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Weekly Audit: Fixing the Foreclosure Problem

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Loan, American Prospect, Dick Durbin, Bankruptcy, Economy, Washington Monthly, Labor Department, Colorado Independent, Salon, Labor Cash for Clunkers, Weekly Audit, Unemployment, Michigan Messenger, The Media Consortium, Mother Jones, Zach Carter, Treasury Department, Labor Market, Foreclosure, Wall Street, Tmc, Housing Crisis, Business News
The Media Consortium

The U.S. job market may be showing signs of life, but the scenario isn't really so rosy, as our government has yet to relieve the foreclosure pandemic.

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Defunct Bank Loaned Millions To Former Director Convicted Of Felony Theft

The Denver Post | Miles Moffeit | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dean Juhl New Frontier Bank, Loan, Colorado Felony Theft, Bad Loan, New Frontier Bank, Bank, Dean Juhl, Bankruptcy Colorado, Colorado, Felony Theft, Denver News

In the years leading to its collapse, New Frontier Bank financed about $9.6 million in business loans for a former director who later was convicted of...

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Friday Talking Points [55] -- "Bretton Woods II"? Not Quite.

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Loan, Russ Feingold, Mormon, Proposition 8, Economy, World Bank, New Years, Redistribution of Wealth, Imf, Iraq, Obama, Plan B, President-Elect, Sarah Palin, Putin, Bush, Lieberman, Automakers, Paulson, Rnc, Economic Summit, Senator, Sarkozy, Bailout, Sofa, Bretton Woods II, Midotw, New Hampshire, Tax Cuts, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Taxpayer Money, Treasury, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Status of Forces, Mount Washington Hotel, Reid, Detroit, Taxes, Palin Clothes, Oath, Bretton Woods, Socialism, Speakeasy, Feingold, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Constitution, Mddotw, Chris Weigant, Rahm Emanuel, Palin, Georgia, Harry Reid, President-Elect Obama, Secretary, Politics News
Chris Weigant

I have to begin here today by stomping all over a cutesy term the media has come up with for the upcoming economic "summit" George W. Bush is holding ...

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An Explanation Of the Treasury's Debt Purchase And Equity Injection Program

Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Economy, Mortgages, Loan, Debt, Wall Street Bailout, Wall Street Crisis, Wall Street, Equity, Bailout, Financial Crisis, Business News
Hale

The government says it isn't buying an ownership interest that will lead to directing bank policy. I'm finding that a bit hard to believe.

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Schwarzenegger To U.S.: California May Need $7-Billion Loan

The Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: California, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Economy, $7 Billion Loan, Credit, Recession, Loan, Politics News

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, alarmed by the ongoing national financial crisis, warned Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson on Thursday that t...

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