Anya Kamenetz, a contributor to the Chicago Tribune, makes two especially notable points about debt relief services in a recent article. We think they are interesting and relevant to many of our Florida and other readers and thus pass them along as something to think...
No reasonable person in Florida or elsewhere in the country would call the lending industry uncreative.Indeed, there are seemingly hundreds of lending products available to the American consumer -- read debtor -- who is in need of a bit of cash. Those centrally...
"How things have changed," states the writer of a recent article published by the American Association of Retired Persons (better known by its acronym tag of AARP).What that writer centrally notes in a media piece that might reasonably have been named "Older Americans...
The housing market in South Florida has been centrally marked over the past few years by drama and volatility, with the area consistently leading the nation in one category that no one terms as undesirable apart from, perhaps, house flippers: foreclosures. As noted in...
Florida was one of the states that were hit hardest by the housing crisis, with many residents suffering the loss of their home due to foreclosure. In the third quarter of 2013, the number of individuals 60 days or more behind on their mortgage payments dropped by a...
Many Floridians and other Americans likely have no idea what some consumers are dealing with when it comes to paying back loans.Many people chafe under a double-digit credit card interest rate. Thousands of persons across the country who have been unable to take...
Certain naysayers disagree with well-known financial adviser and author Suze Orman concerning her views on bankruptcy, and she really can't understand why.Orman's take on debt relief for persons who are truly strapped and under an insurmountable load of obligations is...
Here’s an instructive though disheartening tale about predatory tactics employed against homeowners, some of whom lose their houses despite having substantial equity in their properties or even owning them outright. The story comes from the District of Columbia,...
The new foreclosure law in Florida designed to make sure banks prove they own the mortgages they are foreclosing on has led to a delay in foreclosure proceedings in the state. In addition to the law making sure lenders don't wrongfully foreclose on a home, it also...
Constrained financial circumstances for many American families continue to result in hassles with lenders regarding debt across a wide spectrum of concerns. Credit card debt continues to be a struggle for millions of individuals and families across the country. As we...
