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Fake check scams have made victims out of 1.3 million adults, with an average loss of $3,000 to $4,000 per consumer. With billions of dollars at state, the Consumer Federation of America is launching a national campaign to combat fake checks.
According to a survey conducted for CFA, the most common…
Topics: scam
President Obama signed new credit card legislation into law last week. See the full story for all the changes in the new credit card legislation.
Among the changes, the legislation bans unfair rate increases, prevents fee traps, requires plain sight and plain language disclosures, and has many…
Topics: credit card debt
It's funny. This morning I went to check the Web site of the National Association of Realtors for the latest numbers for existing home sales and they hadn't been posted yet. Then after I finished the other two blogs just now, it magically appeared. Anyway...
Existing home sales increased 2.9 percent…
Topics: selling
The National Association of Business Economists are feeling similarly to the consumers polled by the Conference Board in May - that is optimistic. NABE released a survey today that states that its economists expect the recession to end soon, with a moderate recovery pace.
On the other hand, NABE's…
Topics: credit score
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