Blog Archive: July 2009

Today on the Ilyce Glink Show - July 12, 2009

Today on the Ilyce Glink Show, Ilyce discussed health care and loan modifications. She took calls about whether the Obama plan is working.

More Stimulus Funds Going To Housing

The latest announcement of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funds will send almost half a billion dollars to several states for non-profits to hire contractors to build affordable housing.

Treasury Deputy Secretary Neal Wolin said, “This initiative will help spur construction and development…

Topics: new construction

New Book Review for P2P Lending

If someone asked me last week what P2P stood for I would've guessed they were talking about a video game. But now, with the help of "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Person-to-Person lending," I know better. The book explains the increasingly popular loaning practice of P2P while providing other useful…

Topics: mortgage loan

Scam Artists Take Advantage Of The System

Scam artists not only steal money from the people they're targeting, but they also create negative impressions around the whole industry or group of people they're impersonating.

The latest scam alert from the FBI revolves around scam artists using a telephone relay service to charge money to a…

Topics: fraud