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Fire coverage becomes hot issue near Haughton - Shreveport Times
The question of who will provide fire protection for a small part of east Bossier Parish has turned into something of a contest between local government and area firefighters, residents say. "We have a difference of opinion on what we think is best ...
2009-06-29 01:36:00 -
FSA raps MPPI insurers - Insurancetimes.co.uk
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has called in insurers over rapidly rising Mortgage Payment Protection Insurance (MPPI) premiums and restrictions in cover, the FT reports. The FSA was concerned over “poor consumer outcomes” in the MPPI ...
2009-06-29 01:15:00 -
Grassley Fundraiser Hosted by Mortgage, Insurance Lobbyists and PAC - Newsblaze.com
WASHINGTON, June 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Lobbyists and political action committees from the mortgage, insurance, and financial industries are hosting a fundraising event for Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) this afternoon just steps from the U.S ...
2009-06-22 03:14:00 -
Buying a home: What you need to know - Middletown Journal
Buying a home: What you need to knowMiddletown JournalThis means your monthly gross income, mortgage costs — principal, interest, taxes, insurance and mortgage insurance (required by banks if you're down ...and more »
2009-06-28 05:42:29 -
Money Matters: Read contracts before signing - Deming Headlight
When people hear the word "contract," some start daydreaming about signing a multimillion dollar deal with the NFL while others recall how their knees shook the day they signed that first car loan. If you think about it, though, many of our day-to ...
2009-06-29 12:39:00 -
Faces of foreclosure - Nashville Post
One way to gain some insight into how the increase in foreclosure filings came about is to examine bankruptcy filings. A spot check of names on June's list of borrowers facing foreclosure turned up three corresponding bankruptcies. Although one might ...
2009-06-28 11:42:00 -
Housing in Peril as Obama Fails to Get Financing Breakthrough - Bloomberg
June 29 (Bloomberg) -- Driving through Riverside, California, Bruce Norris pointed to a half-dozen empty houses with “For Sale” signs stuck in untended lawns that he said investors might buy if banks would just extend some credit. The $8,000 ...
2009-06-29 12:18:00 -
Appraisers attack new rules - Orlando Sentinel
I n a blaring online video making the rounds in some real-estate circles, two men wearing black shirts denounce changes in the way properties now get appraised. The men verbally blast a set of national reforms called the Home Valuation Code of ...
2009-06-28 11:42:00 -
See how global crash hits home - Chicago Tribune
Shaun Donovan is due in Chicago this week to speak at a conference on affordable housing at the swank Palmer House Hilton Hotel. The U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development should check out the hotel's classic 1927 lobby -- our city's best ...
2009-06-28 10:30:00 -
See how global crash hits home - Chicago Tribune
See how global crash hits homeChicago TribuneThe Obama administration has been nudging lenders to the renegotiating table with bonus programs such as Making Home Affordable, but the numbers have been ...and more »
2009-06-28 08:32:35 -
Shopping for a home? It's prime season for house hunting - Hattiesburg American
Shopping for a home? It's prime season for house huntingHattiesburg AmericanAnd the lender, not the seller, has to agree to the offer. A potential buyer could think he or she got a smoking deal on a home, only to have the offer ...and more »
2009-06-28 06:38:21 -
Here's what you can do if you need to rework your mortgage - MiamiHerald.com
Here's what you can do if you need to rework your mortgageMiamiHerald.comLenders say they're trying to keep up with the demand, but the number of troubled borrowers is huge and still growing. In April, almost 3 million home loans ...and more »
2009-06-28 02:03:49 -
For Victims, Downsized Lives and Many Shattered Dreams - Wall Street Journal
For Victims, Downsized Lives and Many Shattered DreamsWall Street JournalCertainties like college for the kids, paying off the mortgage someday, a nice nursing home, even a daily jolt at Starbucks now seem out of reach. ...and more »
2009-06-28 07:10:52 -
Attorneys advise clients to stay in their homes - Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Attorneys advise clients to stay in their homesSarasota Herald-TribuneOppenheim says he hears clients talk about what the lenders told them on the phone about the mortgage. Then he wants to hear for himself, and asks the bank ...Florida Foreclosure Defense Attorney Offers Free Foreclosure WebinarEarthtimes (press release)all 5 news articles »
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