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Struggling Homeowners

U.S. Alleges Struggling Homeowners Lost $1 BILLION To Scams

AP | PETE YOST | Posted 12.09.2012 | Business
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal investigators have charged 530 people for allegedly defrauding more than 73,000 desperate homeowners around the country wh...

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Double Standards at Work

Preeti Vissa | Posted 08.04.2012 | Business
Read More: Banks, JPMorgan Chase, Foreclosure Crisis, Dodd-Frank, Wall Street, Volcker Rule, House Foreclosures, Economic Crisis, Financial Reform, Home Foreclosures, US Economic Crisis, US Financial Crisis, Financial Crisis, Struggling Homeowners, Business News
Preeti Vissa

So sure, let's have a strong Volcker Rule. But how about a second rule -- call it a Common Sense Rule: Banks big enough to tank the world's economy should be held to standards at least as strict as the standards struggling homeowners have to meet.

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The Invisible Soldier

Gary A. Officer | Posted 07.24.2012 | Impact
Read More: Housing, Memorial Day, Heroes at Home, Struggling Homeowners, Women Veterans, Female Soldiers, Veterans, Rebuilding Together, Military Families, Impact News
Gary A. Officer

What comes to mind when you think of veterans? What comes to mind when you think of a struggling head of the household, hardly able to afford basic h...

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Obama's Plan For Troubled Mortgages: Too Little, Too Late

www.iwatchnews.org | Posted 11.09.2011 | Business
Read More: Obama Mortgage Plan, Mortgage Plan, Struggling Homeowners, Troubled Mortgages, Obama Foreclosures, Business News

It was almost a blink-and-you-miss-it moment in President Barack Obama’s jobs speech, but for about 20 seconds—after he urged Congress to pass his...

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