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What’s Amanda Seyfried got to do with real estate on Valentine’s Day?
Take an assignment to marry one of the most commercialized holidays with an industry known for its sanguine approach to sales and it’s a lot like a box of chocolates — you never know what you’re gonna get.
California nets $18 billion of landmark $25-billion national mortgage settlement
California's $18 billion cut of the $25 billion national mortgage settlement beats a zero, but it's too small to change the landscape of the Golden State's housing crisis. The
Mortgage servicers in $25 billion settlement fined $766.5 million
That landmark $25 billion civil settlement against five mortgage servicers charged with institutionalized foreclosure abuse? It also comes with a hefty $766.5 million fine. What's more, the fines won't
Feds, states reach $25 billion agreement with five mortgage servicers
Federal and state agencies today announced a landmark $25 billion civil settlement against mortgage lenders after a year-long investigation into an institutionalized culture of foreclosure abuse. The settlement, over
Get the skinny on the F.A.T. (Financial Aptitude Test)
JIM GARNETT - Can your knowledge about personal finances see you through these tough economic times? Financial literacy expert and counselor, Jim Garnett, known on the Internet as "AskMrG.com,"
DeadlineNews.Com’s new backshop is under construction
DEADLINE NEWSROOM - The Deadline Newsroom and the Buzz Page are moving to one location. News and information about DeadlineNews.Com will soon be found under one roof. Where else,
Congress hears plight of San Jose, CA woman evicted from her home of 41 years
JANICE ROMBECK - A seriously ill South San Jose woman who recently was evicted from her home of 41 years by Wells Fargo Bank is receiving support from
Improved HARP music to ears of more homeowners
The new Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP) spreads a wider net for struggling homeowners previously unable to take advantage of the federal program. With refinancing rates at record lows,
SF Bay Area map parody draws controversy
More DeadlineNews.Com Offbeat News Facebook users are floating a spoof of a San Francisco Bay Area map, perhaps meant as a joke, but it could be offensive to some
Housing takes back seat to economy in State of the Union Address
President Barack Obama heavily laced his 2012 State of the Union Address with comments about solutions for the nation's economic malaise, but he gave housing the short shrift. Housing
Mortgage lenders offer states $25 billion for faulty foreclosures
The five largest U.S. mortgage lenders have offered a $25 billion settlement proposal that could make it easier for some struggling homeowners to avoid foreclosure and have their
Government-mandated down payments would block creditworthy home buyers
CENTER FOR RESPONSIBLE LENDING - As federal regulators consider setting down-payment standards on new mortgages, a new study shows such rules could push 60 percent of creditworthy borrowers
Home Sweet Superbowl Archive
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Postal Service adjusts mailing services prices for 2012
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE - Effective today, it will cost just a penny more to mail letters to any location in the United States, the first price change
Why a strategic default is never strategic
JOY BENDER - San Diego short sale real estate agent Joy Bender has launched a campaign to educate high-end homeowners on the alternatives to strategic default. A strategic default
Spoofers record Casey Anthony’s ‘Second Vlog’
And so it begins, life as Casey Anthony will live it. Source: YouTube See the real Casey Anthony "first vlog" A real second video? (Enjoy the commercial.) video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player Is
Banks tightening squeeze on consumers
HSBC offers a zero-interest rate, GM affiliated credit card and after 15 months the rate only jumps to 9.99 percent -- provided you don't hit a financial bump
Another week of record-low (yawn) mortgage rates
The eighth record-low week of mortgage rates in a year doesn't amount to a hill of beans in the land of high unemployment, tight lending standards and weak
California Democrats urge Obama to use special powers to appoint permanent FHFA director
More than two dozen U.S. House of Representatives Democrats from California are asking President Barack Obama to make another end run around stonewalling Republicans, this time for the
