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Senators Continue Work on Housing PlanSenate Banking Committee Chairman Chris
Dodd (D-Conn.) and Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) continue work on a deal
that would help homeowners facing foreclosure and tighten the reins on
mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac… Read
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Fannie Mae to Lift Loan Limits in Worst-Affected U.S. Regions
Fannie Mae, the largest U.S. mortgage-finance company, said today
that it is ending a policy of requiring bigger down payments on
mortgages in regions where home prices are dropping… Read
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Struggling California City Rejects Union Proposal
Vallejo, Calif.,
officials have rejected a contract proposal from police and fire unions
that union leaders claim would save the city from bankruptcy… Read More
Court Approves Sharper Image Auction Sale
Gadget retailer The
Sharper Image Corp. moved one step closer to exiting bankruptcy when a
federal court on Wednesday agreed to let the company sell itself in a
bankruptcy auction near the end of the month… Read More
Trial Opens in Parmalat's Case against
Citigroup
More than four years after the bankruptcy of Italy's Parmalat SpA, the
food company is set to began presenting its case to a U.S. jury
yesterday accusing Citigroup Inc. of playing a key role in its
collapse… Read
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15th Annual Central
States Bankruptcy Workshop
June 12-15, 2008
Traverse City, Michigan
15th Annual Northeast
Bankruptcy Workshop & Consumer Forum
July 10-13, 2008
Brewster, MA
13th Annual Southeast
Bankruptcy Workshop
July 16-19, 2008
Amelia Island, Florida
4th Annual Mid-Atlantic
Bankruptcy Workshop
July 31-August 2, 2008
Cambridge, Maryland
16th Annual Southwest
Bankruptcy Conference
September 4-6, 2008
Las Vegas, Nevada
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110th Congress
H.R.
5830, To create a voluntary FHA program that provides mortgage
refinancing assistance to allow families to stay in their homes, protect
neighborhoods, and help stabilize the housing market.
H.R.
5679, To amend the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 to
require mortgagees for mortgages in default to engage in reasonable loss
mitigation activities.
H.R.
3221, A bill to provide needed housing reform and for other
purposes. (Senate housing stimulus package).
S.
2753, To protect consumers, and especially young consumers, from
skyrocketing credit card debt, unfair credit card practices, and
deceptive credit offers.
H.R.
5579, To remove an impediment to troubled debt restructuring on the
part of holders of residential mortgage loans, and for other
purposes.
H.R.
5138, To amend title 11 of the United States Code to provide
protection for medical debt homeowners, to restore bankruptcy
protections for individuals experiencing economic distress as caregivers
to ill or disabled family members, and to exempt from means testing
debtors whose financial problems were caused by serious medical
problems.
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