Liz Weston: When your emergency fund runs out
You've cut spending to the bone, sold excess stuff and hustled every side gig imaginable. But your emergency fund, if it ever existed, is on fumes.
You've cut spending to the bone, sold excess stuff and hustled every side gig imaginable. But your emergency fund, if it ever existed, is on fumes.
After writing a few articles about timeshare fraud in 2016, I started to receive one or two complaints a week from readers asking for advice, all but a handful alleging they were a victim of unfair and deceptive trade practices. Since then, a total of 556 timeshare members have reached out asking for advice about…
The Bangor Mall suffered another blow last week when a Maine Superior Court judge ruled it should be placed under control of a receiver that will effectively take over the mall and run its business. What the July 17 decision means for the mall's future remains a question, although the receiver could potentially improve and…
We must stop the affordable housing crisis Stop the affordable housing crisis in New Jersey Check out this story on northjersey.com: https://njersy.co/2qut45a In this Feb. 28, photo, the Dumont Joint Land Use Board hears plans for redevelopment of the former D'Angelo Farms, from left, Antimo Del Vechio and Stuart Johnson . New Jersey has the…
GEORGE DERNIS; MARIA DERNIS, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. AMOS FINANCIAL, et al., Defendants, PREMIER BANK; FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, as Receiver for Premier Bank, Defendants-Appellees. Foreclosure News
Default rates for securitized U.S. commercial real estate loans last month increased for the first time in nearly a year, according to Trepp. The overall March delinquency rate of 4.55% for CRE loans backing commercial mortgage-backed securities was 4 basis points higher than the February mark. Foreclosure News
After Hurricane Harvey soaked Houston with 51 inches of rain last August, Amir Befroui, a foreclosure defense specialist at Lone Star Legal Aid, started planning for a very busy spring. That's when the 90- and 180-day break on payments that mortgage companies typically give homeowners who have been hit by unexpected events like natural disasters…