Articles in 'Legal Information' Category

N.Y. sues banks over mortgage database: reports

from Moneywatch Personal Finance
 
CHICAGO (MarketWatch) — The state of New York is suing Bank of America Corp. , Wells Fargo & Co. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. , claiming that they made fradulent use of an electronic mortgage database, according to published reports Friday. Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said the database, known as the [...]

Get Half a Month Ahead

from Dave Ramsey News
 
Dave is trying to help some young people determine the best way to do a budget. Cash is short at the beginning of the month, but at the end of the month, there’s extra available. What’s the solution to this issue?
 

Lying Isn’t Stupid Tax

from Dave Ramsey News
 
Cindy and her husband can’t seem to agree on the envelope system and their budget. The biggest issues are blow money, setting a budget for vacation and Christmas, and sticking to the budget in each envelope.
 

Don’t Let Companies Cheat You: 5 Steps to Keeping Them Honest

from MintLife Personal Finance News & Advice
 
Companies can’t cheat their customers without our help. Here are five ways to stop enabling unethical behavior and start keeping companies honest.
 

Personal Finance Daily: Beware the human costs of gold mining

from Moneywatch Personal Finance
 
Part of the price we pay for gold is that increased demand has resulted in the expansion of small-scale mining operations and, tragically, child slave labor and economic exploitation. But new laws will help better identify the source of gold as a “conflict metal” and there’s a growing movement for consumers to [...]

Overdraft Nation: How Banks are Causing Americans to Overdraw

from MintLife Personal Finance News & Advice
 
New regulations have made it harder for banks to charge overdraft fees. Launch this infographic to discover the sneaky ways that banks are trying to recoup the income they lost from these service fees.
 

Refinancing Questions

from Dave Ramsey News
 
Jeff has a 4.5% mortgage through his in-laws. The bank will offer 3.25% on a 15-year mortgage. Should he refinance, and what is Dave’s formula for paying for improvements to the house?
 

Who owns your Twitter followers?

from CNN Money Personal Finance
 
The blogosphere is buzzing over a pending lawsuit that raises the question: At what point do your tweets become company property?
 

Fed may push for rentals of foreclosed homes

from Moneywatch Personal Finance
 
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) – The Federal Reserve may push supervisors to accept banks and the government-owned mortgage buyers renting out the homes they own, according to a paper issued by the central bank setting out ways to improve the housing market. In a letter to the heads and ranking members of the House [...]

Fed may push for more foreclosed rentals

from Moneywatch Personal Finance
 
The Federal Reserve may push supervisors to accept banks and the government-owned mortgage buyers renting out the homes they own, according to a paper issued by the central bank setting out ways to improve the housing market