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Workout programs come under fire - Chicago Tribune
WASHINGTON—Soaring foreclosures are continuing to raise questions about the mortgage industry's claims that they are making a dent in the housing crisis. Foreclosure filings last month were up nearly 50 percent compared with a year earlier ...
2008-07-12 02:09:00 -
Finance on unsteady footing (The Herald)
As the fall of Northern Rock continues to reverberate around the Canary Wharf headquarters of the Financial Services Authority (FSA), the regulators at the top of the tree can still feel it shaking.
2008-07-11 03:00:36 -
Dave Ramsey: Pay For Priorities First (WSMV Nashville)
Credit cards, mortgage, electric bills, car payments and grocery bills are all important, but which ones take priority? Money Crunch | Money Saving Tips | Video
2008-07-11 05:34:07 -
Woolwich selectmen seek legal advice (Wiscasset Newspaper)
The Woolwich selectmen held a special meeting Monday evening with Attorney Durward Parkinson, with two items on their agenda - the Regional School Unit #1 (RSU#1) deed information and the clean-up at Dot's Good Deals.
2008-07-11 06:13:11 -
Tips to Survive the Economic Slowdown (ABC News)
Housing trouble continues as mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac falter.
2008-07-11 10:16:11 -
A town hall for women — on issues affecting us all (Pioneer Press)
I'm a Hudson mom with 2.5 kids, a husband, a mortgage, a job, a 40-mile commute and plenty of concerns about our country.
2008-07-11 10:27:51 -
Tryon was source of grand jury complaint (Calaveras Enterprise)
“I just wanted everybody to know what I gave the grand jury,” he said. Tryon's letter came at the culmination of a stream of public comments aimed at Moreno and the board for having hired her. Several members of the public called Moreno incompetent and said she had created chaos in her department.
2008-07-11 10:30:35 -
Habitat for Humanity homeowner succumbs to bad advice, foreclosure (The Grand Rapids Press)
Friday, the 46-year-old mother of three was evicted from her home of 16 years, joining the tens of thousands across the country swept up in the foreclosure tsunami.
2008-07-11 11:26:47 -
Advice by Kenneth Harney : Congress weighs licensing system for mortgage lending industry (Arizona Daily Star)
WASHINGTON — Should your mortgage loan officer have fingerprints on file in a national electronic database, even if he or she has never been convicted of a crime?
2008-07-12 12:16:17 -
How to get financial grip (The Sacramento Bee)
For investors, one word says it all about the wild swings in the stock market: anxiety.
2008-07-12 12:28:25 -
CENTRAL NY BUSINESS NEWS (The Post-Standard)
• Patient With Legionnaires' Dies One of the people infected in the Onondaga Hill Legionnaires' disease outbreak died Friday afternoon, according to an Onondaga County Health Department official.
2008-07-12 02:03:37 -
Nine tied to finance fraud - Baltimore Sun
The Maryland attorney general is accusing nine people of bilking distressed homeowners in a foreclosure rescue scheme and seeking to recover equity the state says was siphoned off. According to a complaint filed in Baltimore Circuit Court, the ...
2008-07-11 05:16:00 -
10 indicted in Ohio mortgage fraud probe - Canton Repository
CLEVELAND Ten people have been charged with mortgage fraud based on an investigation of four separate cases in northeast Ohio. Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason and the Ohio Attorney General Nancy Rogers announced the indictments Friday and 64 ...
2008-07-11 09:01:00 -
Bellevue couple indicted for mortgage-fraud scheme - Seattle Post Intelligencer
FBI agents have arrested a Bellevue couple accused of making themselves millionaires by executing a complex mortgage fraud scheme. A federal grand jury indictment returned Thursday alleges that Christopher Brooks, 38 and Amani Moss, 36, skimmed more ...
2008-07-11 01:09:00 -
Five plead guilty for roles in mortgage fraud that brought $17 million ... - Las Vegas Review Journal
The ongoing investigation of the Southern Nevada Mortgage Task Force resulted in guilty pleas from five defendants charged in a scheme that caused $17 million in bank losses, U.S. Attorney Gregory Brower announced Friday. "These guilty pleas mark a ...
2008-07-12 01:55:00