Blog Posts in March, 2011
Posted on Mar 11, 2011 By Long Island Bankruptcy Lawyer
Consumer credit use has dropped since the beginning of the Great Recession, which seems like good news for a country plagued by excessive consumer debt (often in the unhealthy, revolving credit-card ...
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Posted on Mar 11, 2011 By Long Island Bankruptcy Attorney
Fewer businesses sought bankruptcy protection during February even as overall filings rose, suggesting that financial hardship still lingers among consumers. Also in DER, Innkeepers USA Trust is ...
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Posted on Mar 11, 2011 By Long Island Bankruptcy Lawyer
Studying medical bankruptcies in Massachusetts, whose recent healthcare reform was a model for national reform, researchers found that while new insurance rules increased the number of people who had ...
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Posted on Mar 11, 2011 By Long Island Bankruptcy Attorney
As part of the Federal Trade Commission's continuing crackdown on scams that target homeowners behind in their mortgage payments or facing foreclosure , the FTC has charged a national operation with ...
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Posted on Mar 11, 2011 By Long Island Bankruptcy Attorney
Some people find it helpful to file a bankruptcy case when they cannot pay their bills and they do not anticipate having the ability to pay their bills in the near future. Often, people fife because ...
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Posted on Mar 11, 2011 By Long Island Bankruptcy Attorney
WASHINGTON -- Economists at the New York Federal Reserve have concluded that a controversial 2005 law backed by banks and credit card companies pushed more than 200,000 people into foreclosure and ...
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Posted on Mar 11, 2011 By Long Island Bankruptcy Lawyer
Federal mortgage modification programs aimed at keeping financially at-risk homeowners from being foreclosed on are instead fueling consumer bankruptcies in Florida, according to several housing ...
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Posted on Mar 3, 2011 By Long Island Bankruptcy Attorney
A recent Associated Press article on Google News suggested that fewer people may be buying homes, resulting in a depressed housing market. Just last year alone the sale of previously owned homes fell ...
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