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Tampa Foreclosed Homes for Sale Tracked Thru City Registry

December 26th, 2009 admin No Comments »

Tampa foreclosed homes for sale will be tracked by a city registry that will be set up after city officials approved an ordinance requiring banks and other property owners to register any property that they foreclose within ten days of filing their foreclosure actions and to maintain the properties.

According to Jake Slater, head of code enforcement for Tampa, the registry ordinance will go into effect immediately but the registry program will probably be set up in 45 days. He added that there will be a registration fee but the amount will still to be determined.

City officials said that the registry will help the city quickly identify entities responsible for the maintenance of vacant properties and enable officials to serve legal notices for code violations.

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To Spend or Not to Spend on Extended Warranties

December 26th, 2009 admin No Comments »

There are lots of ways to overspend or go into debt, and one of those ways is purchasing extended warranties on products. The extended warranty is exactly what it sounds like – a warranty that extends beyond the standard warranty period.

Consumers have been purchasing extended warranties in greater amounts this year. The Service Contract Industry Council reports a 10 percent increase in extended warranty purchases in 2009. So why are consumers spending money on warranty contracts when money is so tight?

One of the reasons is that more electronic products are being purchased and people don’t want to take the risk of incurring expensive repairs. Once you get an electronic or computer item set up, the repair may provide more value than just fixing a broken component. The

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Americans Hunkering Down For a Chilly Economy

December 25th, 2009 admin No Comments »

According to recent polls, more Americans would rather see the government act on the economy then work on the environment. The good husbandry remains at the forefront of Americans’ minds and tops the list of concerns. Despite the empirical evidence that the thriftiness is on the mend, the vulgar across the country still feel the effects of the worst recession since the Great Depression. The national unemployment rate is still at ten percent and retail numbers are still down.

The National Retail Federation reports that consumer spending this holiday is at a five year low. The fact that the hottest toy of this holiday season is under $10 is among the indicators that people are spending less than in years past. S

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San Antonio Foreclosed Homes for Sale at Record High

December 25th, 2009 admin No Comments »

San Antonio foreclosed homes for sale and residential foreclosures in other parts of Bexar County reached a record-high total of about 16,000 units in 2009, based on public records and data from local foreclosure research firms.

In addition to the 16,000 units, another 1,652 units have been notified of foreclosure in December and will be sold off at auction next year. The December filings marked the biggest monthly total recorded in about 20 years, prompting local housing analysts to contend that the housing market in San Antonio and in the entire Bexar County will still be struggling next year.

Foreclosure specialist Gregg Stanley said that Bexar foreclosure figures are still better than other places in the state and in the country, but the foreclosure levels are
still high.

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Families at risk of `winter debt`

December 23rd, 2009 admin No Comments »

Research by children`s charity Save the Children has suggested that families will fall into debt this winter to afford things like clothing, nourishment and bills, the BBC reports.

A survey of 1,006 parents with a net household income of less than 30,000 per year found that the majority of parents in that rank are `going to struggle to manage this winter`.

More than half (52%) of those questioned admitted that this winter, they would take on high-interest debt to cover costs.

27% of families on low incomes stated that they would have to take on debt to pay their fuel bills, 22% said they would have to take on debt in order to buy winter clothes such as warm coats and shoes, and 21% said they would have to take on debt to afford essentials such as food.

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Quantum Economics – Philosophy of the Economy – Corporate & Business Structures in Market Economics

December 23rd, 2009 admin No Comments »

The fundamental difference between Capitalism and Marketism is the approach toward personal liability of business structures: in case corporate structures; unless the Capitalistic corporate risk management’s very limited liability the Market corporate risk management personal liability is very enhance and is in the foundations of the Economics of Marketism. T

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Capital Markets Update – Jobless Claims Falls to Lowest Level Since 9/08

December 23rd, 2009 admin No Comments »

Quicken Loans Capital Markets Update for December 24, 2009

Mortgage bonds are down on this morning’s data. Today’s government reports showed durable goods orders rose in November and initial jobless claims fell last week to the lowest level since September 2008.

Happy Holidays!

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Home Foreclosure Prevention Efforts by East Bay Communities

December 21st, 2009 admin No Comments »

Home foreclosure prevention efforts are being carried out two large faith-based advocacy groups in Contra Costa, California.

These two organizations are the Contra Costa Interfaith Supporting Community Organization, which is based in Antioch and which is supported Catholic churches with predominantly Spanish-speaking members; and the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, which was founded the Reverend Jesse Jackson and supported Afro-American Protestant church groups in Pittsburgh and Antioch.

With well-attended rallies and protest actions, the two organizations have attracted attention from lawmakers and mortgage lenders. Over the past months, the two groups have held church rallies joined hundreds of people, bullhorn protests infront of banks and a chartered bus trip to Washington, D.C.

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