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Lenders try to help homeowners in trouble but is it too little, too late? (Orange County Register)
As foreclosure numbers break records, politicians and banks scramble for a solution.
2008-05-24 07:24:07 -
Help on the home front (Austin American-Statesman)
Every day is Memorial Day at one special state agency. The Texas Veterans Land Board, a branch of the General Land Office, is dedicated to improving the lives and even deaths of millions of Texas veterans. The agency offers deeply discounted interest rates for home and land purchases by Texas veterans, operates special cemeteries for burial and is capturing the personal stories of veterans for ...
2008-05-24 09:03:56 -
U.S. mortgage market wakes up (International Herald Tribune)
The private mortgage market in the United States, almost moribund after the subprime crisis last year, is showing small signs of revival.
2008-05-24 09:30:11 -
Illinois pension debt worst in nation (Rockford Register Star)
In the time it takes you to read this sentence, Illinois taxpayers will be another $200 deeper in debt.
2008-05-24 10:58:40 -
Bailing out in flood of debt (Chicago Tribune)
There is no leniency.
2008-05-24 11:53:10 -
Fairway New England Mortgage Named Number One in 2007 - CNBC
NEEDHAM, Mass., May 23, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The Needham branch of Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation, dba Fairway New England Mortgage, was named the number one branch out of 100 Fairway offices nationwide at the company's recent ...
2008-05-23 11:51:00 -
ADS Property and Finance, Mortgage broker in London celebrates launch ... - PR Inside
2008-05-24 00:43:51 - ADS Property and Finance, Mortgage brokers in UK announces the launch of its new mortgage website for residential and commercial mortgage customers in UK. Adsmortgages-loans.co.uk is run by ADS Property and Finance Mortgage ...
2008-05-23 03:40:00 -
State sues 9 in mortgage mess - Allentown Morning Call
Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett filed a lawsuit Friday against a Berks County mortgage broker, his wife and seven other employees, alleging they participated in a Ponzi scheme that cost hundreds of area families $40 million in losses -- in ...
2008-05-24 03:21:00 -
There are ways to tell if your mortgage broker is a good one - Arlington Heights Daily Herald
» Common for sellers to pay buyer's costs » New mortgage brokerage with serious look » Proposals to curb abuses a good start » Solving broker abuse of borrowers » Reforms proposed for mortgage market » Defining simple and compound interest ...
2008-05-24 10:10:00 -
Briefly... CITY/REGION (Philadelphia Daily News)
Fair at West Philly High A community fair is set for Thursday on the West Philadelphia High School football field on 48th Street near Locust, where fun will be combined with information about summer programs for kids. Parents will learn how to enroll children in Summer Freedom School, which offers free cultural and academic programs at various schools from June 23 through mid-August. Staffers ...
2008-05-24 12:26:07 -
Vegas’ White House hope (Las Vegas Sun)
Sat, May 24, 2008 (2 a.m.) By midmorning, Wayne Allyn Root has consumed 50 of the 85 vitamins, herbs, supplements and whatnot he will eat and drink on this spring day.
2008-05-24 02:12:38 -
Businesses, individuals fined total $14,000 in April; some disciplined (Honolulu Advertiser)
The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and its boards and commissions overseeing professions and vocations handed out $14,000 in fines and took several disciplinary actions in April.
2008-05-24 04:09:54 -
In Cleveland, Foreclosures Decimate Neighborhoods (NPR)
Since 2000, the Cleveland area has recorded 80,000 home foreclosures — the most per capita in the United States. The fallout from the crisis is hitting the city's neighborhoods hard: Abandoned homes now line once-thriving city blocks.
2008-05-24 08:22:52 -
Mortgages and Madness (Newsweek)
Questionable lending practices turned a peaceful Cleveland neighborhood into a blighted slum.
2008-05-24 08:50:20 -
Blue Chip loans disputed (The New Zealand Herald)
Auckland barrister Paul Dale plans to apply for injunctions against finance companies involved in Blue Chip properties in cases where the loan application documents appear to be false or fraudulent.
2008-05-24 10:17:29