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New orders, shipments, unfulfilled orders and inventories all declined in March, the Census Bureau reported today.
Here are the numbers:
Topics: personal finance advice, personal finance, job advice
Pending home sales rose 3.2 percent in March, the National Association of REALTORS announced today. NAR's Pending Home Sales Index tracks home sale contracts that buyers sign.
Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist, said it should take a few months for the market to gain momentum. “This increase could be…
Topics: selling, contracts, housing market, real estate market, home buying
The number of consumer bankruptcies filed in April increased 36 percent from a year earlier, reports the American Bankruptcy Institute today.
A total of 125,618 filings were made in April, up from 121,413 in March. That's a 3.5 percent increase. More than a quarter (26 percent) of filings were…
Topics: personal finance advice, bankruptcy, personal finance, credit counseling, bad credit, financial planning
Join Ilyce this Satuday, May 9, in Atlanta at her "Makeover Your Money Event."
Ilyce will be there with experts from Equifax, CCCS of Greater Atlanta, Capital Investment Advisors, Bank of America and Legal Aid Society of Atlanta.
As the final details are hammered out, the day promises to be very…
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