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Unemployment rolls soar to 5 million. A record number of laid-off people are now receiving unemployment benefits at the same time. Last week, new jobless claims hit 627,000.
Wholesale inflation prices surged unexpectedly in…
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The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released this Q&A about the Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan, which was announced by President Obama on Wednesday, February 18, 2009.
Here are some answers to most-asked questions about the plan:
Questions and Answers for Borrowers about…
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If you want to know why Obama picked Arizona to annouce the Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan, take a look at these statistics that were compiled by the White House and released in a media briefing plan. (Sourcing is noted at the end of respective paragraphs.)
Arizona jobs, unemployment and…
Topics: real estate
There has been a lot of grumbling (particularly on CNBC this morning when Rick Santelli took a poll in the pit as to who would want to pay for someone's housing mistakes) about people getting helped who don't deserve it.
Yesterday, the White House released these three examples of who might be able to…
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