Debt-Management Tips For Seniors
KSAT 12 - I tend to cringe when I see seniors refinancing their houses at a late age," says Howard Dvorkin, president and founder of Consolidated Credit Counseling Services in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. "I believe a house is something you retire with. You don't
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Carpet plant cutting 236 jobs
Everything Alabama - Affairs' Workforce Development Division. The team meets with employers and employees and provides information to laid-off workers on unemployment compensation, pension benefits, job training, employment services, health insurance, credit counseling
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Surviving The Mortgage Mess
Forbes - As Suzanne Boas , president of the Consumer Credit Counseling Services of Greater Atlanta –which, despite its name, works with consumers nationwide–put it, "Instead of a homebuyer, you became a home speculator." Mortgage delinquencies and defaults
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Do new bankruptcy laws work?
Coloradoan - Under the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005, individuals are required to take part in a credit counseling session before they can file for bankruptcy and complete a debtor education course before their bankruptcy filing
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California mortgage default rate soars
Medford Mail Tribune - The fallout is starting to show up in the workload at credit counseling outfits. Gary Aguilar, counseling manager for Springboard, a nonprofit credit counseling agency in Riverside, said the amount of mortgage-related work he and his staff are doing
Source: www.mailtribune.com