Headline News Archive

2008

May

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  • El 'short sale' es tu salvación. Cuando el agua llega al cuello... se trata de vender literalmente “a cualquier precio”. De salir de una deuda imposible de pagar, aunque el sueñ
  • Cómo traspasar un crédito. Ser "cofirmante" te obliga A veces resulta difícil decir “no” cuando nos piden ser cofirmantes, sobre todo si se trata de un familiar o
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  • Improve your credit report. Some experts say that you should close old credit cards that you're not using very often. That can be a good idea if you're tempted
  • Real estate rules of engagement. When Sherry Spruill first met her real estate agent back in 2005, the two women clicked like old friends. Over the course of several months, they
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  • Senators reach deal on foreclosure plan. Key senators announced Monday a bipartisan agreement on the broad elements of a plan to avoid foreclosures and speed the refinancing of mortgages for roughly 500,000
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  • A new lease-purchase on life. The timing was all off for Catherine McAlpine and her family. She and her husband, Richard Eig, bought a house on a double lot in
  • FHA changes driven by surprise finding. Who have better credit scores on average - home buyers with higher or lower incomes? Inside the country's fastest-growing home-mortgage program, the surprising answer is:
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  • Fraudulentos "rescates" inmobiliarios. La constante amenaza de enfrentar un embargo hipotecario obliga a muchos propietarios de vivienda a buscar alternativas que en algunos casos los exponen a estafas
15
  • Luxury foreclosures. For sale: Spacious home outfitted with six bedrooms, 5 1/2 baths, granite countertops, stainless-steel kitchen appliances, a three-car garage, exercise room and wet bar -- all for $875,000
  • ¡Me robaron la identidad!. ¿Cómo le robaron su información? ¡Es difícil saberlo! Hoy día, los delincuentes usan diversos métodos. Estos son algunos de los
13
  • A higher law for lending. The mortgage industry may be in meltdown, but at least one class of lender appears to be flourishing: Islamic finance companies that offer Muslim home
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  • Reclamos por los tornados. Los tornados ocurridos en Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri y algunas zonas del estado de Georgia recientemente, son un recordatorio de lo destructivos y mortales que pueden
  • Mamá soltera y sus finanzas. No hay dudas que el Día de las Madres es una hermosa celebración. Pero, hablemos claro, para la mujer que tiene hijos, todos
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  • Moving: Beware of 'furniture ransom'. Leah Moore and her husband, Colby Nichols, assumed they would be in their new Chicago home in time for dinner. Why would they think otherwise?
  • Walkaway homeowners: Urban myth?. Bankers and housing market analysts are warning of a chilling new trend in the mortgage world: Homeowners voluntarily defaulting on their loans even though they
  • Appraisal reform faces resistance. A legal brawl is breaking out over how homes are appraised, at what cost and by whom. The outcome could directly affect how much you
08
  • Seeking a mortgage workout? Be patient. It seems that mortgage servicers aren't satisfying anyone these days. Homeowners get fed up when they try to work something out with their servicers, to
  • Bush says he'll veto foreclosure relief bill. President Bush declared Wednesday that he would veto the foreclosure relief legislation under consideration in Congress, surprising Democrats who believed that they had administration support
06
  • Bernanke: Let's fight foreclosures. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned late Monday that the federal government should do more to stave off home foreclosures that threaten credit markets and
 

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