Making Home Affordable
makinghomeaffordable.gov
Some help may finally be available to homeowners who are having trouble with their mortgage payments.
Making Home Affordable is a part of Obama’s plan to help up to 9 million families either refinance or modify their loans “to a payment that is affordable now and into the future.
To refinance your mortgage under the Making Home [...]
Annualcreditreport.com Funny Videos
The FTC releases funny videos with a serious message; the only authorized source to get a free credit report under federal law is www.annualcreditreport.com
The Fair Credit Reporting Act requires each of the nationwide consumer reporting companies – Experian, TransUnion, and Equifax – to provide a free copy of your credit report, at your request, once [...]
Credit Bureau sold Tenant Screening Reports to Identity Thieves
A consumer reporting agency (credit bureau) that failed to properly screen prospective customers sold at least 318 credit reports to identity thieves. They have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it violated federal law.
Term Asset Backed Securities Loan Facility
TALF
Here is a brief intro to the $200 Billion dollar effort to spur consumer credit.
US authorities Tuesday formally launched a program designed to pump 200 billion dollars into consumer credit through the purchase of securities linked to various loans.
The program, which could grow up to one trillion dollars, aims to break a credit crunch by [...]
Obama Budget 2010 – Keeping Promises
President Barack Obama – Weekly Address
On Saturday, February 28th, 2009 President Obama released his Weekly Address. President Obama speaks about his budget plan named “obama budget“, “obama budget 2010” or “budget 2010“.
My favorite part;
I realize that passing this budget won’t be easy. Because it represents real and dramatic change, it also represents a threat to the [...]