Types Of Bankruptcy

Columnist Considers Living In a Yurt Until Home Is Built  With the date of her teardown swiftly approaching Nancy Keates thinks about putting her family up in a tent historically used by Asian nomads. read more...


Gop Amends Housing Bill; Social Security Number Requirement Back in Play  Republicans in the state Assembly have added a provision to a popular Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority modernization bill that would bar those without Social Security numbers from receiving


Tide of lawsuits approaches troubled U.S. mortgage market (International Herald Tribune)  Wall Street banks that sold mortgage investments around the world face legal complaints from as far away as Australia and Norway.read more...


Cambridge Housing Assistance raises $150K  Boston Business Journal Cambridge Housing Assistance Fund raised $150,000 through its annual campaign and a recent event, meeting the 2005 fund-raising goal.read more...


Confused by all the Mortgage Options? Here's Help (Evening Times)  (ARA) - Fixed rate. Adjustable rate. Interest Only. Flex. All of the different types of home loans that are available these days can puzzle many homebuyers. But, say mortgage experts,


Home Kits That Test For Growing Mold  Fungus behind wallpaper and other places can cause allergic reactions and contribute to asthma and other respiratory ailments, but low-cost testing can work -- if the right product is used.

May 12th, 2006

Widow, 94, stung by `reverse mortgage’ (San Jose Mercury News)

If you want to understand just how toxic a home mortgage can get, consider this real-life, ongoing saga: Katherine Stephens is a 94-year-old widow, now living in a nursing home in southern New Jersey. According to her nephew, William Finch, she has $38 in her bank account. Monthly Social Security checks pay only a small portion of her nursing home bills.

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