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What Would You Do With $800 Billion?
On the Bailout special this Sunday, I talked about how I'd spend maybe $250 billion on buying out troubled mortgages, but that I'd spend maybe $500 bi...
Countrywide/Bank of America to Settle Largest Predatory Lending Lawsuit in History
Today's $8.4 billion settlement covers about 400,000 borrowers in 11 states. But Bank of America is hoping that it can reach a settlement with borrowe...
Reverse Mortgage Information
Our first call today was from Howard. He's 75 and his wife is 65. Their house (he said) is worth about $170,000. He has a $20,000 mortgage and they ar...
Selling By Owner? Check Out These Sites
If you're selling by owner, you have two jobs: The job of the seller and the job of the agent, which involved pricing the property correctly and marke...
Are You Behind in Your Bank of America or Countrywide Mortgage? Call This Number
On the show this morning, we heard from Doug, who bought his house with an 80/20 loan (100 percent mortgage, no down payment) four years ago. He and h...
Consumer Bankruptcies Rise Nearly 30 Percent
The number of consumer bankruptcies filed in September rose 28.6 percent compared with a a year ago, according to the American Bankruptcy Institute. M...
Renters Renting In A Foreclosed Home
If you're a tenant in a property that is foreclosed on, what are your rights? I recently answered this question from a reader, and it appears that the...
Are Credit Unions As Safe As FDIC-Insured Banks?
Do you have funds in a credit union? Wondering if they're as safe as FDIC-insured banks? Credit Unions have insurance for deposit accounts that is ve...
Is Your Bank Account Protected? Use This Calculator!
The FDIC has launched a new calculator to help you figure out if your deposits are protected. Use this: www.fdic.gov/edie/index.html Published: Sep ...
Today On The Ilyce Glink Show — September 28, 2008 No Gas In Atlanta And A Budget Deal In Congress
We woke up this morning to the news that the gas lines in Atlanta don't seem any shorter -- thanks to four refineries still being offline as a result ...