The housing market continues its nearly decade-long comeback. As 2016 ended, significant reductions occurred in not only home foreclosures, but also serious mortgage delinquencies (90 days or more past due, including loans in foreclosure or REO). According to...
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Month: February 2017
Will the demise of Dodd-Frank resurrect predatory lending?
With a presidential signature on an executive order, the possible dismantling of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act has begun. Allies in Congress are lining up behind the President Trump and his administration to blaze a legislative path to...
Did you receive a 1099-C for the previous tax year?
Debt settlements are an alternative to bankruptcy that can provide peace of mind. No longer do you have to endure the continuing telephone calls, final notices and other onerous collection tactics used by harassing creditors. Almost immediately, you experience the...
Home sweet rental: Your rights as a tenant
In most states, laws carefully regulate landlords. Rental properties undergo inspections for code violations, and courts often give tenants the benefit of the doubt in a dispute. Nevertheless, unscrupulous landlords will always exist, and they are looking for people...
The continuing trend of unrelenting creditor harassment
In spite of rules and regulations that govern their industry, debt collectors continually and deliberately seem to find their ways around them. With a commitment to cleaning up abuses in the debt collection industry, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau surveyed...