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Sneaky Ways Banks are Collecting Fees in the Post CARD Act Era

November 9th, 2010 · No Comments · Banking, Credit Cards

Facing with a massive loss of revenue from banking fees curtailed under the new credit card reform legislation, banks have gotten creative in their fee-harvesting techniques. Among other things, they have revived annual fees; shortened billing cycles; levied new charges on cards with low credit limits; increased balance-transfer, cash-advance and foreign-exchange fees. Debit Cards. Federal [...]

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Mortgage Loan Modifications Are Happening!

June 17th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Mortgages, Real Estate

To all the nay sayers who say the new government programs for mortgage loan modifications are useless, I have a success story! A friend just did a successful mortgae loan modification. Her lender had been Countrywide (now Bank of America). She had not made a payment since September 2008 and had moved out of her [...]

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Make All Your Mortgage Payments on Time? You Can Still Get Foreclosed

May 27th, 2008 · No Comments · Mortgages

If you have a so-called option ARM, where you get a choice of the payment structure you want, I’ll bet you didn’t know about an insidious clause in that loan. In many option loans, you can choose a minimum payment, much like a credit card, where you just make a small payment, but it doesn’t [...]

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