Headline News Archive
2011
May
24
- FHA down payments could go up. A Republican-led proposal circulated Monday would boost the down payment requirement for mortgages backed by the Federal Housing Administration, a move some industry experts said
19
- New consumer bureau proposes simple mortgage forms. The blizzard of complex disclosure forms required in getting a mortgage soon could ease a bit as a new federal agency tries to streamline and
17
- Renters beware: You need insurance too. Sometimes, mistaking a myth for a fact can be extremely costly. Take, for example, the myth that the only people who need to insure themselves
- N.Y. investigates banks’ role in fiscal crisis. The New York attorney general has requested information and documents in recent weeks from three major Wall Street banks about their mortgage securities operations during
14
- Credit error? It pays to be on the VIP list. The credit rating bureaus, whose reports influence everything from credit cards to mortgages to job offers, have a two-tiered system for resolving errors — one for
12
- Pace of foreclosures slows down. Foreclosures are taking weeks longer to complete than a year ago and many now last 13 months or more. Nationwide, foreclosures in the first quarter took
06
- Foes revise plan to curb new consumer agency. After losing a contentious battle last year over creating an agency to protect consumers against deceptive financial products, Republicans are fighting the battle again, determined
05
- Five biggest auto insurance myths. No one likes to buy auto insurance. It’s complicated. It’s expensive. And who understands how the premiums are determined? Maybe that’s why
04
- U.S. sues Deutsche Bank, alleging mortgage fraud. U.S. prosecutors filed a civil suit Tuesday against Deutsche Bank, saying it repeatedly lied to the government and used shoddy lending standards that cost
April
14
- Regulators, mortgage servicers agree on reforms. Three federal agencies announced agreements with the nation’s largest mortgage servicers Wednesday that aim to stem shoddy foreclosure practices. But the plans do not
13
- Data thieves target e-mail addresses. In the past four months, caches of customer e-mail addresses, not banking and credit card information, have become the key target of data thieves. The
06
- Leading medical providers begin patient-data sharing. The ideal of computerizing patient records is captured in the words behind the government’s aspirational acronym, N.H.I.N., for Nationwide Health Information
- Big changes proposed for Medicare. When House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan announced his plan to redefine Medicare, as part of a broader Republican budget proposal, he did not sketch in
05
- Wells Fargo, NAACP open financial literacy center. The NAACP and Wells Fargo opened a financial literacy center in the District on Monday, a project that stemmed from the settlement of a lawsuit
01
- Rules proposed for health care delivery to older Americans. The Obama administration proposed rules Thursday for using the influential Medicare program to spur a controversial form of managed care emerging around the country that
- Los préstamos FHA siguen siendo la primera fuente de financiamiento para compradores de casa. Gracias a ser uno de los pocos patrocinadores de las hipotecas que requieren un pago inicial bajo en una época de estrictas garantías de
March
29
- You insured for the 'big one'?. The massive earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan will cost insurance companies billions of dollars. In seismically active California, though, just 12% of homes with fire
- GOP's plan to wind down Fannie, Freddie. A month-and-a-half after the White House announced its plan to wind down Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, House Republicans on Tuesday plan to introduce their
27
- Builders, banks offer free job-loss insurance to home buyers. Insurance programs that make borrowers' mortgage payments for up to six months if they lose their jobs during an initial one- to two-year coverage period
26
- Lenders' force-placed insurance increasingly common. Back in November, my bank sent my wife and me a letter asking that we provide proof of flood insurance for the condominium we own
- Free job-loss insurance, anyone?. Homebuilders are offering it to new buyers, and some of the country’s largest banks and mortgage lenders think it’s a win-win idea for
25
- Balancing act for best insurance rates. When money is tight, it’s tempting to skimp on insurance coverage and hope that nobody sideswipes your car or breaks into your home. If
- Consumer bureau foes should look at banks. Elizabeth Warren, the Obama administration adviser assigned to set up the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, said lawmakers looking to limit the agency’s authority should
24
- Appealing solution to health-care denials. Say what you want about health-care reform, but as with many other pieces of legislation that have been passed during the country’s recent economic
22
- Health-care reform law turns 1, what it does. Wednesday is the first birthday of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the law better known as health-care reform. Cake, I imagine, will not
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