Bad credit follows homeowners (The Fayetteville Observer)
Years after their disastrous venture into home ownership, the families of Windy Pines South still live with regret and frustration. You can t even get a cell phone because your credit is so screwed, Stanley Jones said, five years after losing the home he shared with his wife and brother-in-law.
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Subprime Lending Hurts Homeowners
Social Funds - Countless homeowners with previously bad credit or low incomes have successfully fulfilled their mortgage terms. Nevertheless, all borrowers and especially borrowers rebuilding their credit need reasonable terms and fees. On March 27, CRL President
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North Idaho Real Estate Bubble-April
Coeur d’Alene Press - During the housing boom of the last five years, people with bad credit histories, many of whom lied about their income and nature of employment, got mortgage loans they weren’t qualified for to buy houses they couldn’t afford. Now that house prices
Home Sales And Consumer Confidence Slide
First Coast News - The National Association of Realtors reported on Tuesday that sales of existing homes plunged in March, reflecting bad weather and increasing problems from loans to people with poor credit. The group said that sales of existing homes fell by 8.4
Patrick proposes mortgage fraud law
Boston Globe - These loans charge higher interest rates to customers with poor credit histories in order to compensate lenders for the greater risk of default by these borrowers. These mortgages typically have low, two-year introductory rates that make initial
U.S.: Katrina Contracts Went To Iffy Firms
CBS News - (AP) FEMA exposed taxpayers to significant waste and possibly violated federal law by awarding $3.6 billion worth of Hurricane Katrina contracts to companies with poor credit histories and bad paperwork, investigators say. The new report by
U.S. auto sales fall sharply, Ford warns
CNN Money - Detroit automakers had forecast a flat to slightly weaker vehicle market going into 2007 before the pressure intensified on subprime lenders, who have poor credit histories. Pipas’s comments followed cautionary remarks from auto dealers on the
Subprime Lending Crash Felt in Sector’s Ad Spend
Brandweek - According to Nielsen Monitor-Plus, Ameriquest, one of the nation’s largest mortgage lenders to consumers with poor credit and bad debt, spent a total of $576,000 on measured media for the first two months of 2007. That’s 92% less than the same period
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Housing Bubble Boondoggle - Dissident Voice
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RBI cuts risk weight on home loans (update) - India Infoline.com
India Infoline.comRBI cuts risk weight on home loans (update)India Infoline.com, India - Apr 24, 2007Under the standardised approach for credit risk under Basel II, the risk weight on residential property fully secured by mortgages is prescribed at 35%, …
McClatchy's credit rating downgraded - Sacramento Bee
McClatchy's credit rating downgradedSacramento Bee, CA - 1 hour agoStandard & Poor's Ratings Services dropped The Bee's publisher a worse-than-expected two notches to "BB-plus." S&P said the downgrade reflects the ailments …
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Investigation: Katrina contracts given to companies with poor credit histories, bad paperwork (The Globe Gazette)
WASHINGTON (AP) FEMA exposed taxpayers to significant waste and possibly violated federal law by awarding $3.6 billion worth of Hurricane Katrina contracts to companies with poor credit histories and bad paperwork, investigators say.
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S&P upgrades Japan's sovereign credit ratingGulf News, United Arab Emirates - Apr 23, 2007Tokyo: Japan, one of the most indebted of the industrialised countries, had its sovereign credit rating raised one notch by Standard & Poor's yesterday to …
Unemployment rate close to six-year low, hirings are up
Taipei Times - Consumers may increase their spending as the fallout from a bad credit card loan crisis last year eases. Lenders wrote off more than US$3 billion of bad credit card loans last year. “Retailers and department stores are hiring more people as consumers
Bad credit? Stop in at Credit Solutions
Mesabi Daily News - VIRGINIA Local residents with bad credit are urged to stop in at Credit Solutions at the Thunderbird Mall in Virginia. Owner Tim Runquist said he will take the time to just give them some advice or help them solve their credit woes on a long-term
Subprime Lending Hurts Homeowners
Social Funds - Countless homeowners with previously bad credit or low incomes have successfully fulfilled their mortgage terms. Nevertheless, all borrowers and especially borrowers rebuilding their credit need reasonable terms and fees. On March 27, CRL President
Out of the Gate: H&R Block spikes
BusinessWeek - The company is trying to bail out of the area of mortgage banking that caters to people with bad credit, because payment defaults have jumped sharply and demand for subprime mortgage loans has shriveled. H&R Block said early Friday an affiliate of
How To Avoid Mortgage Scams
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Mortgage defaults don’t signify weak county market
Mooresville/Decatur Times - The Midwest’s industrial-based workforce is linked to bad credit and mortgage defaults, he said. Midwestern states are among the worst-hit areas in the nation when the housing market has a slump. Foreclosures, rather than being a sign of a weak
Studies Find Premiums Based on Credit Scores Help Add Accuracy
Best Syndication - Studies Find Premiums Based on Credit Scores Help Add Accuracy People With Bad Credit More Likely To File Insurance Claims
Payday loans popular when money runs low (El Paso Times)
In El Paso, where 200,000 people live below the poverty line, it costs more to be poor. Strapped for cash, but without good credit or an another alternative, many low-income El Pasoans regularly turn to payday loans.