Drowning in debt? Lifeguard is credit counseling service (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Consumers working on their credit reports say many times their letters are ignored by the credit bureaus. It is believed the credit bureaus try to discourage consumers from working on the reports by making it difficult. Consumer’s say even with proof an item is not theirs, its removal from their report can take three or four challenge letters. When the credit bureaus say they have verified or confirmed an item, it seems all they have done is verified it is in their computers. THIS IS NOT ENOUGH PROOF!!! They need to provide greater proof, so read on.
Drowning in debt? Lifeguard is credit counseling service (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
The good news for the Consumer Credit Counseling Service is it's hiring like crazy. The bad news is, it has to do that. Since it set up a new hotline Jan. 31, the Atlanta-based nonprofit has been overwhelmed by desperate homeowners across the country teetering on the brink of foreclosure as the subprime mortgage industry implodes.
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Home-loan lenders still shedding jobs (Orlando Sentinel)
Central Florida's job losses in the troubled mortgage-lending industry are approaching 350 this year after the latest round of layoffs by another defunct lender, a state agency reported Wednesday.
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Mortgage Lender Insolvencies Due To Bad Credit Are Nearing An End, Study Finds (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Mortgage lender insolvencies due to poor underwriting are probably nearing an end, according to a study of credit risk published today by SMR Research Corp. of Hackettstown, NJ.
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New Orleans: You can't go home again (Money via Yahoo! Finance)
Two years have passed since Hurricane Katrina smashed into New Orleans. And if you hang out downtown and don't look too closely, you might think that everything is back to normal.
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Lehman Brothers shuts subprime mortgage unit (Newsday)
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., the nation's fourth-largest investment bank, said yesterday it is shuttering its subprime mortgage business because of the turmoil in the home lending industry. The Wall Street investment bank said it is closing its BNC Mortgage Llc subsidiary, which has issued home loans to people who cannot document their income or who have shaky credit histories. Lehman will ...
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ZAHARO, Greece (AP) -- Fires pushed by gale-force winds tore through more parched forests, swallowed villages and scorched the edges of Athens on Saturday with ashes raining onto the Acropolis. The death toll rose to at least 49 as the government declared a nationwide state of emergency.
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Housing Bubble and Real Estate Market Tracker (Seeking Alpha via Yahoo! Finance)
A roundup of articles and data about the housing market.
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The Inside Scoop (CBS News)
Get The Inside Scoop on what's happening at CBS News .
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Lawyers Learn From HomeBanc's Demise (Law.com)
Although a bankruptcy judge has saved real estate attorneys from financial ruin, they said they learned a lesson from HomeBanc's collapse: Never accept anything but a wire transfer at closing. Before HomeBanc filed for Chapter 11, at least a dozen Atlanta-area firms received from the company bounced checks worth some $18 million to $28 million. On Tuesday, a judge transferred ownership of the ...
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Lawyers Learn From HomeBanc's Demise (Law.com via Yahoo! Finance)
Although a bankruptcy judge has saved real estate attorneys from financial ruin, they said they learned a lesson from HomeBanc's collapse: Never accept anything but a wire transfer at closing.
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Drowning in debt? Lifeguard is credit counseling service (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Step 4: If the creditor is able to supply the written proof you request, offer to settle the debt for 10 cents on the dollar provided that you have the money. If you don't have the money go to Step 5. If you owe $1,000, offer the creditor $100. If they refuse, tell them that you will file Bankruptcy and they will get nothing. This will certainly open them up to negotiating with you. Whatever you agree to pay them, it should be a lot less than you originally owed them. Do not agree to pay interest charges or penalties on past due or collection accounts.
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