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I Guess Our Mortgage Is Officially Considered Small

As a follow up to the post I wrote a few days ago about the new consumer protection laws and the possibility that thrift stores would have to stop ... scores until now.  We went to the annual credit report site and picked Experian.  Credit scores were $5.95 each, and the credit report is free (we normally just get the free report).  We got my husband’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 08:15:42

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Do it yourself Credit Repair

by Rob Kosberg You found yourself in a very bad financial situation. You may feel emotional, hopeless, guilty or all of them ... habits. It doesn’t mean a “debt consolidation,” program or a home equity loan .The word is PLAN. Round up all credit reports, bill payment and credit card records, loan and mortgage records [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 16:17:07


Do it yourself Credit Repair

by Rob Kosberg You found yourself in a very bad financial situation. You may feel emotional, hopeless, guilty or all of them ... habits. It doesn’t mean a “debt consolidation,” program or a home equity loan .The word is PLAN. Round up all credit reports, bill payment and credit card records, loan and mortgage records [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 23:18:56


Will a short sale hurt my credit score?

When I meet with homeowners who are struggling with their mortgage are maybe behind on payments and have no equity in their home, ... or foreclosure on one’s credit report. I recently came across some great information provided by a mortgage ... my report and if it appears that their only option is to sell their house in a short sale, I always [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 20:14:24


The deregulation and free markets myth

Walter E. Williams destroys the liberal's claim that deregulation and free markets caused the financial meltdown: News media people, ... Times article, "Fannie Mae Eases Credit To Aid Mortgage Lending" (Sept. 30, 1999), reported, "Fannie ... from the Clinton administration to expand mortgage loans among low and moderate income people. … [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 13:28:18


Consumer Advice to Ring in the New Year

December 23, 2008 FTC News Release: Nine Consumer Tips to Make the Most of 2009 As 2008 draws to a close, ... credit report with no strings attached. To learn more about credit, mortgages, debt collection ... the Federal Trade Commission has nine consumer tips that can yield big dividends next year [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 18:24:31


White House Hints At Veto Threat Of “Weak” Consumer Protection Bill

The White House on Tuesday suggested that President Obama would consider vetoing regulatory reform legislation if it did not include strong enough protections for consumers of credit cards, mortgages and other financial instruments. Press Secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters that there were "big" concerns inside the administration over reports that Congress was scaling back a key pillar of the president's approach to reform: the creation of a Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA). An [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 19:32:53


White House Hints At Veto Threat Of "Weak" Consumer Protection Bill

The White House on Tuesday suggested that President Obama would consider vetoing regulatory reform legislation if it did not include strong enough protections for consumers of credit cards, mortgages and other financial instruments. Press Secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters that there were "big" concerns inside the administration over reports that Congress was scaling back a key pillar of the president's approach to reform: the creation of a Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA). [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 19:32:53


2nd home mortgages

2nd home mortgages start a new loan account by paying off the first mortgage ... have on your existing mortgage and present debts, such as your credit cards, that this would be a good way ... and checking your credit reports should be followed.Its fee includes settlement costs, discount points etc [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 03:52:19


New regulation and the GAO

rdan GAO has a report on regulation deficiencies of financial markets: ... participants—such as nonbank mortgage lenders, hedge funds, and credit rating agencies—some of which ... difficulty understanding new and increasingly complex retail mortgage and credit products. • Fourth [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 10:00:01


Free credit report for a brighter tomorrow

The family encounters those financial problems arising. They make budgets for the family use and those debts to pay ... all at the same time? Like bills, mortgages, other loans, and credit card that way it’s beyond ... . With the use of debt consolidation, you can pay your multiple debts in one debt. Meaning, combining [more...]

Date: 2008-10-05 06:49:10


Consumer deleveraging: only just begun?

Yesterday, the Federal Reserve reported that outstanding consumer credit for November fell a worse-than-expected $7.9 billion, lending support to the notion that the consumer is deleveraging. However, based on the accompanying graph of year-over-year changes in consumer credit and mortgage debt relative to GDP [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 06:26:08


N.J. man learns modifying mortgage to cut payments may impair credit rating

by Moe Bedard on September 29, 2009 · 0 commentsin American Nightmare To confuse consumers even more, not all lenders follow the guidelines.That may change on November 1, when lenders can use a new code to report them as a “loan modification under government program.” The code will clarify which borrowers have taken modifications, but because the modification process itself is not streamlined, it won’t be the only worm squiggling out of the can.The bigger impact on credit scores may depend on how [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 13:48:05


Mortgage and Credit Card Companies Under the Spotlight on Consumer Charging

For the first time since May 1996 reports have indicated that wage increases have risen faster than house price inflation ... that consumers are struggling with debt. Ed Stansfield of Capital Economics, said, “Today’s figures show that for a small but growing minority of borrowers levels of debt have become a problem, despite [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 23:35:31


The Wall Street Bailout Plan, Explained

By DAVID STOUT Published: September 20, 2008 WASHINGTON ? News reports about the upheaval in the world of finance have been full of esoteric terms like ?mortgage-backed securities? and ?credit-default swaps,? but the crisis has resonated for people [more...]

Date: 2008-09-21 16:18:13


Quake could balloon Calif. foreclosure woes

A new insurance risk report on natural disasters by insurance Aon/Benfeld suggests that a large earthquake could severely rattle California’s ... up to $400 million in mortgage defaults due to foreclosure expenses, property repair costs, lost ... of earthquake insurance in California and a lack of credit available to homebuyers -– a natural disaster [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 08:01:01



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