Talk to parents about $600-a-month gift
Q: My husband and I bring in just enough to cover our bills. My parents are renting out a property they own to my sister for $600 a month. They want to give us that $600 a month to pay down our loan. They would have us continue to pay our mortgage, which is about $925 a month, and apply this $600 to the regular payment of the loan.
Read more News Source - Fort Wayne News-Sentinel
Publish date - 17:16:13 03/09/10

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Giant bank, giant struggle in providing mortgage help
Foreclosure-assistance pipeline clogged for Bank of America, other lenders Two years after swallowing the troubled mortgage giant Countrywide Financial, Bank of America trails other major U.S. lenders in resolving troubled home loans through short sales or modified loan terms.
Read more News Source - Orlando Sentinel
Publish date - 04:39:12 03/05/10

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Bankers winning financial reform battle
As Congress inches toward a new set of rules to avert another global financial collapse, the score so far looks like Bankers 1, Consumers 0.
Read more News Source - MSNBC
Publish date - 16:03:02 03/09/10

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Bankers winning financial reform battle
As Congress this week inches toward a new set of rules to avert another global financial collapse, it is focused on two conflicting goals: reforming the banking system to protect consumers while still...
Read more News Source - MalaysiaNews.net
Publish date - 15:56:05 03/09/10

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Another View: The Best Way to Protect Borrowers
Patricia A. McCoy, a law professor at the University of Connecticut, makes the case for setting up an independent Consumer Financial Protection Agency.
Read more News Source - New York Times
Publish date - 14:00:58 03/08/10

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SEC's New Enforcement Chief: 1 Year Into the Job
SEC Enforcement Director Robert Khuzami joined the agency at what was, arguably, its lowest point. Working under a tough mandate to reform the division to the satisfaction of Congress and investors, and to boost morale, he's brought about the most sweeping changes since the 1970s.
Read more News Source - Law.com
Publish date - 05:30:41 03/09/10

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Read more News Source - Fernandina Beach News-Leader
Publish date - 15:43:02 03/09/10

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Fixed rates becoming more popular
Applications for tracker mortgages faltered for the first time since April 2009 with February seeing a 4% increase in applications for fixed rate mortgages compared to January 2010, which represented 57% of applications overall.
Read more News Source - Mortgage Introducer
Publish date - 12:35:45 03/09/10

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Napa man took $200,000 from family
Saturday update A Napa man has pleaded no contest to swindling his siblings out of about $200,000.
Read more News Source - The St. Helena Star
Publish date - 08:24:36 03/09/10

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Scandals fodder for new job ideas
DNA Diaper Swiper? A columnist offers some thoughts about possibilities for the jobs of tomorrow.
Read more News Source - Omaha World-Herald
Publish date - 23:17:34 03/08/10

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