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Consumer Mortgage Debt Falls Three Percent Since April 2011, According to ...
Business Review USA (press release)
Consumer credit card and mortgage spending slowed from a year ago, with the average credit card debt per consumer falling 13% to $5650 and the average mortgage debt decreasing 3% to $166631. Consumers in eight states decreased their mortgage by more ...

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Mortgage debt falls in Alabama
Bizjournals.com
The other states that had decreases in mortgage were Mississippi and Tennessee (both down 7 percent); South Carolina, West Virginia and Wisconsin (all down 6 percent); and Louisiana and Wyoming (down 5 percent).

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Consumer Mortgage Debt Falls Three Percent Since April 2011, According to ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)
Mississippi ($4232), Louisiana ($4504) and Alabama ($4811) have the least amount of credit card debt while Connecticut ($6876), Hawaii ($7090) and Alaska ($7096) have the most. Montana paid down its credit card debt the most at 11% to $5572.

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Consumer Mortgage Debt Falls Three Percent Since April 2011, According to ...
Marketwire (press release)
Consumer credit card and mortgage spending slowed from a year ago, with the average credit card debt per consumer falling 13% to $5650 and the average mortgage debt decreasing 3% to $166631. Consumers in eight states decreased their mortgage by more ...

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Consumer Mortgage Debt Falls Three Percent Since April 2011, According to ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Consumer credit card and mortgage spending slowed from a year ago, with the average credit card debt per consumer falling 13% to $5650 and the average mortgage debt decreasing 3% to $166631. Consumers in eight states decreased their mortgage by more ...

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Jindal Using Credit Card to Pay off Louisiana's Mortgage? - Bayoubuzz
Bayoubuzz
The big brouhaha over Louisiana's $25 billion budget involves one-time money, basically new cash that cannot be counted on to return in future fiscal years. The budget takes effect July 1 and lawmakers are debating whether to use $268 million in these ...

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Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana Reports Results of Operations for the ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The Company sells most of its fixed rate mortgage loan originations. The increases in non-interest expense for the quarter and nine months ended March 31, 2012 compared to 2011 were primarily due to increases in compensation and benefits expense of ...

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Former President of First Community Bank of Louisiana Pleads Guilty to Bank Fraud
Mortgage Daily
The purpose of the loans was to purchase parcels of real estate, develop them into subdivisions, and build houses on them, which were to be eventually bought by prospective home buyers who would obtain permanent mortgages to finance the purchase.

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Senators Introduce Legislation to Bolster Small Business Access to Capital
PoliticalNews.me (press release)
WASHINGTON, DC ? US Senators Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine), Mary L. Landrieu (D-Louisiana), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-New Hampshire) have introduced legislation, S.2364, that would extend for one year a provision allowing small business owners to use Small ...



Former Louisiana Bank Executive Pleads Guilty To Fraud Conspiracy
Mortgageorb
The purpose of the loans was to purchase parcels of real estate, develop them into subdivisions, and build houses on them, which were to be eventually bought by prospective home buyers who would obtain permanent mortgages to finance the purchase.

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100 Favorite Dishes 2012: No. 94, Potatoes at Money Cat Brunch
Houston Press (blog)
By Katharine Shilcutt Fri., May 18 2012 at 3:00 PM This year leading up to our annual Best of Houston® issue, we're counting down our 100 favorite dishes in Houston. This list comprises our favorite dishes from the last year, dishes that are essential ...



Texas Insider

Home Loans for Veterans in Texas
Texas Insider
Through this program, eligible Texas veterans have an opportunity to purchase a home with an unbeatable, low-interest loan with little or no money down. Texas veterans must find a lender participating in the Veterans Housing Assistance Program (VHAP), ...



Eastern Panorama (registration) (blog)

Money Down the Drain
Eastern Panorama (registration) (blog)
Lately the Chief Minister of Assam Tarun Gogoi had reassured that action would be taken against such companies which are duping huge amounts of money with false financial promises. The Assam Chief Minister had recently commented in New Delhi that his ...



Smart Consumer: How to save your money from going down the drain
Irish Independent
I have no idea how much water I use at home. Do you? Do you take five minutes in the shower? That will use 35 litres. But if you have a power shower you're talking 125 litres for the same time. Wash your teeth with the tap running and 6 lts a minute is ...



Find first-time homebuyer help
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
The down payment requirement is only 3.5 percent, with only the VA loans for military veterans topping the requirement criteria with no money down. FHA programs are not a loan, but an insurance on a loan by lenders from the Federal Housing Authority.

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No money for Fresh Start Programme
Jamaica Observer
Said Phillips: "The programme has not been closed down but what the Office of the Prime Minister is seeking to do is proceed with the programme and deploy resources. They are going to keep some persons in place and there is going to be some effort to ...

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CBS47 Special Report: Affordable Solar Energy
CBS 47
There is a new program that allows you to get the savings associated with solar panels, for little to no money down. Power is not cheap and everyone wants to save money. Rick Ellison lives in Selma, where he is on a time of use plan with PG&E.

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CBS47 Special Report: Affordable Solar Energy
CBS 47
There is a new program that allows you to get the savings associated with solar panels, for little to no money down. Power is not cheap and everyone wants to save money. Rick Ellison lives in Selma, where he is on a time of use plan with PG&E.

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On-the-Money: Avoiding marriage's No. 1 pitfall: money troubles
The Mercury
By Alex Veiga AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES ? Newlyweds and couples moving toward marriage, take note. Love, as it turns out, is not all you need. Not if your goal is to avoid the No. 1 reason marriages end in divorce: Money problems.

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MF Global clients bash fat fees, seek quick wind-down
MSN Money
In Chapter 11 cases, businesses or their court-appointed trustees try to restructure debt or sell assets to recover as much money as possible to pay off creditors, a process that can be drawn out. In Chapter 7, a trustee sells off assets as quickly as ...

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Mortgage foreclosures dropping nationwide; good news for Maine
Bangor Daily News
National mortgage-foreclosure activity in April decreased 5 percent from March and was down 14 percent from April 2011, according to a report by RealtyTrac released Thursday. One in every 698 US housing units had a foreclosure filing during the month.

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Maine budget cuts target Medicaid
Foster's Daily Democrat
PORTLAND, Maine ? Tricia Clark will keep her fingers crossed when the Legislature reconvenes this week and takes up a budget plan that calls for sharp cuts in Medicaid and health care spending. Clark, 19, stands to lose out when the Legislature votes ...

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Homeowners In 17 States Getting Shaft In Mortgage Settlements
Lez Get Real
Nine states are using part of the money for mortgage relief, and part of it for other programs. Indiana is using half of it to assist low-income households with energy bills. Idaho, Utah, Nebraska, Kansas, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Maine and West ...

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Rep. Cummings Introduces Bill to Improve Protections for Service Members ...
Targeted News Service (subscription)
Elijah Cummings, D-Md., has introduced legislation (HR 5747) to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to "improve the protections for service members against mortgage foreclosures." The bill was introduced on May 15 and has nine co-sponsors.

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EDITORIAL: Morgan Gives Fresh Urgency to Volcker Rule
LoanSafe
(Source: Sun Journal, Lewiston, Maine (MCT) ? There is a very good reason the US government regulates banks: Taxpayers guarantee their deposits, something we started doing after the Great Depression. The downside is that when really big bankers make ...

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Bangor council votes to take Pearl Street house, extend outdoor drinking hours
Bangor Daily News
The couple owes $133074 in mortgage and tax payments. Buy Photo By Andrew Neff, BDN Staff BANGOR, Maine ? The City Council sent a clear sign Monday night that it's the end of the road for a Bangor couple that owes $133074 in mortgage and tax payments.

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Maine budget cuts target Medicaid
Seacoastonline.com
By Clarke Canfield AP PORTLAND, Maine ? Tricia Clark will keep her fingers crossed when the Legislature reconvenes this week and takes up a budget plan that calls for sharp cuts in Medicaid and health care spending. Clark, 19, stands to lose out when ...

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Ellendale man sentenced to 6 years in prison
Albert Lea Tribune
The criminal activity took place under the business names Blackstone Sales and Maine Estates. His partner was mortgage broker Richard Mathew Laho, 55, of Buffalo. According to a news release from the US Attorney's Office, Prieskorn admitted he and Laho ...

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Press Herald

Maine budget cuts target Medicaid
Press Herald
Paul LePage speaks at the Maine GOP convention. In his effort to cut state spending, Gov. LePage proposed revamping the stateís Medicaid program. Supporters of the cuts say spending is unsustainable and that Maine provides Medicaid coverage to 35 ...

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Maine budget cuts target Medicaid
10TV
AP PORTLAND, Maine (AP) ? Tricia Clark will keep her fingers crossed when the Legislature reconvenes this week and takes up a budget plan that calls for sharp cuts in Medicaid and health care spending. Clark, 19, stands to lose out when the Legislature ...

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Foreclosure drop seen nationwide
Columbia Daily Tribune
National mortgage-foreclosure activity in April decreased 5 percent from March and was down 14 percent from April 2011, according to a report by RealtyTrac released yesterday. One in every 698 US housing units had a foreclosure filing during the month.

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Gov. Chris Christie has a tough week with facts
newjerseynewsroom.com
9.1 - Yesterday, the state Labor Department released April numbers showing that New Jersey's unemployment rose to 9.1% - a full percentage point higher than the national rate of 8.1%. ? 8.4 - Yesterday, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported that ...

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Jumping Into the Future: New Jersey's New Recording Law
JD Supra (press release)
by Robert Marsico on 5/16/2012 by Bob Marsico on May 16, 2012 Early in 2012, the State of New Jersey took a significant step into the future by adopting a thorough update of the state's decades old document recording statute. The new law, which was ...



The Star-Ledger - NJ.com

PolitiFact NJ: Pro-Christie ad touts balanced budgets as part of 'reform movement'
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
Then add your comments at NJ.com. You also can follow us on Twitter and Facebook. Patti Sapone/The Star Ledger A TV ad promoting Gov. Chris Christie's "reform movement" touts balancing state budgets as an accomplishment. Interesting, how can a budget ...

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The Star-Ledger - NJ.com

NJ bill to loosen state's strict surrogate parenting laws moves forward
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
TRENTON ? A state Senate panel Thursday advanced a bill that would loosen New Jersey's strict surrogate parenting laws, enacted a quarter century ago after the state Supreme Court's "Baby M" decision spurred a national debate over who has rights to the ...



Mortgage foreclosures dropping nationwide; good news for Maine
Bangor Daily News
Still, he said the overall decrease is ?masking? the fact that foreclosures actually are up in places such as Florida, New Jersey and Indiana, among other states. Despite the overall decrease in foreclosure starts, 26 states posted monthly increases in ...

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Fewer US homes foreclosed on in April
HeraldNet
In contrast, the slower foreclosure process in states like Florida, New Jersey and Pennsylvania helped build a logjam of pending foreclosure cases that now has lenders playing catch-up. As a result, foreclosure activity in all the judicial foreclosure ...

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Fewer homeowners foreclosed upon in April
Albany Times Union
In contrast, the slower foreclosure process in states like Florida, New Jersey and Pennsylvania helped build a logjam of pending foreclosure cases that now has lenders playing catch-up. As a result, foreclosure activity in all the judicial foreclosure ...

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US foreclosures decline, but road ahead still rocky
The News Journal
In contrast, the slower foreclosure process in states like Florida, New Jersey and Pennsylvania helped build a logjam of pending foreclosure cases that now has lenders playing catch-up. As a result, foreclosure activity in all the judicial foreclosure ...

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Investing Answers

10 States with the Most Seriously Delinquent Mortgages
Investing Answers
And while many of the most hard-hit states have seen improvement in mortgage delinquencies in the past year, Illinois has seen little. At the end of 2010, the rate was 7.91, only marginally above the current rate. 4. New Jersey -- 9.46% of outstanding ...