Finance

Expect tougher FHA mortgage loans due to increasing risk of default

Federal Housing Administration mortgages saved the housing market from total collapse when the housing crisis emerged in 2007. To keep mortgage lending from stopping entirely, the FHA helped people get loans. FHA mortgages are used in a third of the housing market today. You will find more risks and delinquencies with those loans now. ...

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Wall Street reform set into motion Wednesday at signing ceremony

A Wall Street Reform bill was signed into law by President Obama Wednesday. The financial reform bill should change the financial industry more than other things since the Depression. The financial reform bill was called by Obama "the strongest consumer financial protections in history.". Republicans think the bill will really just bail out Wall Street ...

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Lobbyists argue to deteriorate new mortgage rules in financial reform

The U.S. House and Senate will begin on refining mortgage legislation Tuesday. The legislation would like to enforce the biggest overhaul to mortgage lending rules in decades. The mortgage legislation, part of the financial reform bill, is supposed to end the risky lending practices blamed for causing the economic crisis. Mortgage industry lobbyists are trying ...

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Not getting paid till Friday

What you’ll do You need to consider this if you get paid once a month or every two weeks. Getting a cash loan can allow you if you have an emergency before getting paid. Emergencies From time to timeyou will need to deal with emergencies. Having a car break down is an emergency that happens a lot to ...

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Investment Performance January 2010 (-2.34%)

This is an ongoing monthly update on how our equity investments are performing. Please see this background on the investment tool I developed and how I am using it to track our performance against a benchmark to measure our progress or lack thereof. The only equity investments not covered are: 1) my 401k which is ...

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