Habitat For Humanity Renovates Foreclosure
Tuesday Jun 4 | via PAHomepage.com
The Vanbuskirk family in Mount Pocono is about to get new neighbors. Habitat for Humanity fixed up the foreclosed house across the street from the family. Comment?
Monroe County foreclosure diversion court clearing b...
Monday Jun 3 | via Pocono Record
That February backlog - the highest of 26 diversion courts statewide - amounted to a five- to six-month wait before a homeowner with a problem mortgage could meet directly with a nonprofit counselor doing free mortgage interventions. Comment?
East Stroudsburg Salvation Army offers new way to he...
Apr 7, 2013 | via Pocono Record
The Salvation Army's Hometown Endowment Fund accepts monetary and non-monetary gifts that will benefit the East Stroudsburg Corps in perpetuity. Comment?
FDIC shuts out press in bank mortgage crisis settlem...
Mar 12, 2013 | via PAHomepage.com
Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County- Twenty miles southeast of Wilkes-Barre, communities in Monroe County left ravaged by the mortgage meltdown are slow to recover. Comment?
Struggling Pocono homeowners receive counsel
Feb 1, 2013 | via Pocono Record
Monroe County residents threatened with home foreclosure came armed with paperwork and stories to a state-sponsored forum Friday at East Stroudsburg University's Innovation Center. Comment?
8 Higher-Yielding Financial Services Stocks With Ris...
Tuesday Jun 11 | via Seeking Alpha
The Financial Services Sector includes insurance companies, banks, brokerages, mutual funds and other similar companies. Comment?
S&P Wins Transfer of Ratings Lawsuits by States ...
Friday Jun 7 | via Insurance Journal West
Standard & Poor's and its parent company McGraw Hill Financial Inc. on Thursday won a ruling that moves 15 lawsuits in which they were accused of fraudulently inflating credit ratings to a single federal court. Comment?
Deborah Willwerth named Administrator at Heart of La...
Friday Jun 7 | via PennLive.com
Trade Talk showcases the businesses in the midstate and the people who make them work. Comment?
UPDATE 2-S&P wins transfer of ratings lawsuits t...
Thursday Jun 6 | via Reuters
Standard & Poor's and its parent company McGraw Hill Financial Inc on Thursday won a ruling that moves 15 lawsuits in which they were accused of fraudulently inflating credit ratings to a single federal court. Comment?
Average rate on 15-year US mortgage above 3 pct.
Thursday Jun 6 | via WVNY
Education Secretary Arne Duncan would see his authority greatly cut and governors would have final say over their schools under Republican-sponsored legislation. Comment?
Housing finance reform is needed now
4 min ago | via The Hill
Is housing finance reform gaining momentum? Fortunately, recent developments on the Hill indicate that housing finance reform may at last be re-emerging on the Washington policy agenda. Comment?
Fed Signals Readiness to Increase, Decrease QE
6 min ago | via Fox News
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday gave no hint as to when or how it might begin scaling back its easy money stimulus programs, instead announcing no significant changes to its policies. Comment?
Text of the Federal Reserve's statement Wednesday
6 min ago | via The Wichita Eagle
Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in May suggests that economic activity has been expanding at a moderate pace. Comment?
Stocks slide after Fed stands pat
1 hr ago | via WISN-TV
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No tapering: Federal Reserve to continue stimulus
1 hr ago | via KETV-TV
The Federal Reserve gave no indication Wednesday that it plans to scale back its purchases of bonds and other assets, as it continues its efforts to boost the U.S. economy. Comment?