WASHINGTON If you’re applying for a loan to purchase a primary or secondary home, or planning to refinance, you should be aware of a little-publicized new set of federal consumer-protection rules that take effect July 30. Among other key changes, the …

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Mortgages, groceries, utilities, day care, mounting credit card bills … and a disappearing paycheck. What’s a state employee to do? “You just can’t make any plans. You don’t know when the next money’s coming,” Kathy Thompson of Greenfield lamented …

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Dear Annie: I have been living with “Lila” for less than a year. She owns her house, but can’t afford the mortgage payments. Instead of trying to work out an arrangement with the mortgage company, she opted to simply not pay the mortgage. I moved in …

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Reporting from Washington — If you’re applying for a loan to buy a primary or secondary home, or planning to refinance, you should be aware of a little-publicized set of federal consumer-protection rules that take effect July 30. Among other key …

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Shares of Bank of America (NYSE: BAC ) are modestly lower today as the bank’s Q2 results came in somewhat mixed. EPS, after deducting preferred dividends of $805 million, came in at $0.33, beating the Street’s $0.28 estimate. Sales, meanwhile, were …

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As with many Government schemes, first-time buyer shared equity scheme Homebuy Direct, has seen something of a gulf between the bold rhetoric of its announcement and the reality of actually getting underway. The scheme has been slow to pick up speed …

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What: Impac Mortgage Holdings, Inc. Annual Stockholders’ Meeting When: Tuesday, July 21, 2009, 9:00 a.m. P.T. (12:00 p.m. E.T.) Where: www.impaccompanies.com then link to Stockholder Relations / Presentations How: Internet – Simply log on to the web …

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The U.S. Federal Reserve’s balance sheet rose back above $2 trillion after dipping below that level earlier this month, bolstered by increased holdings of agency mortgage-backed securities, Fed data showed on Thursday. The Federal Reserve’s balance …

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FIRST UP: When the first Kiwibank opened in Palmerston North in 2002, Robert Lyon travelled from Auckland to be among the first to open an account. A little over seven years since opening its first branch in Palmerston North and $83 million in …

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The Florida Attorney General’s Office said Friday it has sued an Orlando company, Victor Lopez & Associates, accusing it of charging upfront fees to modify mortgages for homeowners facing foreclosure. The lawsuit, filed in state Circuit Court in …

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