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2010 

Clark Howard highlighted this story on his website. Matthew Shinnick went to Bank of America to verify the validity of a check he received for someone who bought two bikes from him through CraigsList. The bank said that the account the check was drawn upon was valid, so Matthew cashed the check. ...
01/29/2010
The bank is essentially saying "we lost our records" More Info: http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/2007/10/03/bank-of-america-cheating-80-year-old-woman-out-of-her-money/
01/29/2010
Charlie and Maria Cardoso pleaded with Bank of America to not foreclose on their home in Florida, but the bank said there was nothing that could be done.  So, the bank foreclosed on the property, forced out the tenants, stripped the house, and changed the locks. There was just one small, little, ...
01/29/2010
Well, happy anniversary Mr. President. Not only did you just get one vote closer to losing your Senate majority, butZillow also estimates that your current home, the WhiteHouse, has lost a whopping $15.6 million in value since you took office a year ago today.  At the time, when the nation was fi...
01/24/2010
This hip community offers a green gathering place for its inhabitants and neighbors.  So why containers? According to the MSN Real Estate article "Shipping containers provide home in a box," using recycled shipping containers is not only green, but also affordable, with the 40-foot-long, 8-foot-w...
01/24/2010
H.R. 2454, the "Cap & Trade"this bill prevents you from selling your home without the permission of the EPA administrator. * To get this permission, you will have to have the energy efficiency of your home measured. * Then the government will tell you what your new energy efficiency requirement i...
01/22/2010
70 percent of modifications result in an increase in the principal amount owed," according to the report by the State Foreclosure Prevention Working Group, a collection of 12 state attorneys general and three state banking supervisors (underlined in the original). This occurs because modification...
01/20/2010
Pay an upfront mortgage insurance premium of 2.25 percent of the total loan amount, up from the current level of 1.75 percent. A borrower taking out a $200,000 mortgage would pay a $4,500 fee, for example, rather than the current fee of $3,500. Borrowers will still be able to wrap these fees into...
01/20/2010
Bank of America seizing wrong house, owner did not have a mortgage with Bank of America, according to the article.....The property sustained water damage, potential mold contamination arising from the standing freezer residue, water, heat and high humidity conditions during the time the electrica...
01/12/2010
Just when I thought I'd heard every creative way of flogging off property when the chips are down - along comes a new one to prove me wrong - an entrepreneurial developer in Beijing, China, has decided to lure buyers to his luxury Ecological Bay project with the offer of a wedding to one of their...
01/11/2010
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