Friday, December 28, 2012 Allow Private Education Loan Debts to Be Erased in Bankruptcy By zachmanifold@gmail.com @ 11:22 AM :: Allow Private Education Loan Debts to Be Erased in Bankruptcy Struggling borrowers should be able to discharge their private student loan debts ... Read More..

Thursday, September 06, 2012 Student Loans: Debt for Life By zachmanifold@gmail.com @ 2:08 PM :: Student Loans: Debt for Life This much we know: College pays. You can lose your house to foreclosure, but never your education. Four-year college... Read More..

Thursday, September 06, 2012 Why The Student Loan Bubble Is Much Worse Than It Looks By zachmanifold@gmail.com @ 1:57 PM :: Why The Student Loan Bubble Is Much Worse Than It Looks America is increasingly aware that the student loan bubble is a major problem for million... Read More..

Wednesday, September 05, 2012 Student loan debt is worse than it seems By zachmanifold@gmail.com @ 1:52 PM :: Student loan debt is worse than it seems By Lynn O'Shaughnessy (MoneyWatch) The student loan crisis continues to worsen, according to the late... Read More..

Saturday, September 01, 2012 Mortgage Registry Muddles Foreclosures By zachmanifold@gmail.com @ 2:05 PM :: Mortgage Registry Muddles Foreclosures By GRETCHEN MORGENSON MORE good news from the housing front last week. Pending home sales rose 2.4 percen... Read More..

Wednesday, August 29, 2012 How long can you hold your breath? By zachmanifold@gmail.com @ 3:13 PM :: It's bad enough millions of U.S. homes are underwater, worth less money on the real estate market than needed to pay off the outstanding mortgage bala... Read More..

Wednesday, August 29, 2012 Student-Loan Debt Rises To $914 Billion In 2nd Quarter By zachmanifold@gmail.com @ 3:04 PM :: Debt from educational loans in the U.S. rose 1.1 percent to $914 billion in the second quarter, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. ... Read More..

Monday, August 27, 2012 How To Fix The Student Loan System By zachmanifold@gmail.com @ 2:57 PM :: The federal student lending system is in critical need of structural reform. Unfortunately, listening to the presidential campaigns debate the issue r... Read More..

Saturday, August 04, 2012 How Wiping Out Debt Can Affect Your Taxes By zachmanifold@gmail.com @ 4:32 PM :: In this still-sluggish economy, debts can pile up beyond one's ability to repay. The only good news is that lenders are sometimes willing to forgive d... Read More..

Thursday, July 26, 2012 Better Disclosure for Private Loans By zachmanifold@gmail.com @ 9:29 AM :: About two-thirds of bachelor’s degree recipients borrow to complete their educations. The fortunate among them rely on federal loans that offer ... Read More..

Friday, July 13, 2012 20% of student loans held by people over 50 By zachmanifold@gmail.com @ 12:04 PM :: Barclays study finds that older borrowers account for 22% of past due notes By Becky Yerak Tribune reporter Student loan debt isn't just a prob... Read More..

Tuesday, July 10, 2012 Report: Some lose homes over as little as $400 By zachmanifold@gmail.com @ 2:45 PM :: WASHINGTON (AP) — The elderly and other vulnerable homeowners are losing their homes because they owe as little as a few hundred dollars in back... Read More..

Tuesday, June 26, 2012 Bankruptcy often finds people at their lowest point, and trustee Phil Martino sees plenty of mistakes and regrets By zachmanifold@gmail.com @ 10:09 AM :: As a Chapter 7 bankruptcy trustee, Martino deals with fallout from home loans, student loans and credit card debt gone wrong Some things have been ... Read More..

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 New Gainful Employment Regulations May Impact College Students By zachmanifold@gmail.com @ 4:44 PM :: The Student Loan Ranger has talked a lot about the fact that, absent government intervention, the interest rate on subsidized Stafford loans will doub... Read More..

Thursday, June 14, 2012 Foreclosures up for first time in 27 months By zachmanifold@gmail.com @ 4:46 PM :: By Anna Louie Sussman (Reuters) - Foreclosure starts rose year-over-year in May for the first time in more than two years as banks resumed dealing ... Read More..

Wednesday, June 13, 2012 Private student loans often confuse and frustrate borrowers: CFPB By zachmanifold@gmail.com @ 1:57 PM :: As Americans continue to borrow more to pay for college, many are confused and frustrated at the process of dealing with private student loans. The... Read More..

Saturday, June 09, 2012 Student loan interest set to double unless Congress takes steps By zachmanifold@gmail.com @ 9:07 AM :: If all goes according to plan, Samantha Evans will find a government job upon graduation as a crime scene analyst or a forensic officer. She also eyes... Read More..

Thursday, June 07, 2012 What you should know about student loans By zachmanifold@gmail.com @ 12:42 PM :: A college education is now becoming a Catch-22, keeping more and more Americans from reaching financial stability. To compete in many of today’s... Read More..

Tuesday, May 29, 2012 Parents Delay Retiring to Pay Kids’ Student-Loan Debts By zachmanifold@gmail.com @ 3:22 PM :: After years of hard work, saving up and an Air Force pension, Terry and Edward Fackler of Everett, Wash., thought they had retirement covered. Th... Read More..

Monday, May 21, 2012 Grads declare bankruptcy under mountain of student loan debt By host @ 2:47 PM :: Just as college seniors prepare to graduate, experts are warning about an alarming new trend. More students are declaring bankruptcy to help get out f... Read More..

Tuesday, May 08, 2012 Student loans weighing down future prospects By zachmanifold@gmail.com @ 10:25 AM :: It’s the latest hot-button issue on the campaign trail and in Congress. But for students set to graduate this spring, the financial consequences... Read More..

Sunday, May 06, 2012 Too broke to go bankrupt By host @ 9:07 PM :: Too broke to go bankrupt By Blake Ellis @CNNMoney May 7, 2012: 6:55 AM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- This year, hundreds of thousands of Americans are... Read More..

Wednesday, May 02, 2012 Student Loans: New Survey Finds College Grads Carry Large Debt Into Middle Age By host @ 2:38 PM :: There's a good chance college graduates will still be more than $20,000 in student loan debt by the time they reach the age of 45. Four-in-ten ad... Read More..

Wednesday, May 02, 2012 Student-loan debt delays dream of becoming nun By host @ 2:35 PM :: Student-loan debt delays dream of becoming nun By Eve Tahmincioglu Nicole Ferko’s $60,000 in student loans made her put off her dream ... Read More..

Tuesday, May 01, 2012 Fannie Mae backed principal reductions, internal documents show By host @ 2:33 PM :: WASHINGTON -- Fannie Mae officials supported principal reductions for some struggling homeowners in 2009 and believed they would save taxpayer money, ... Read More..

Thursday, April 26, 2012 Foreclosures rose in major metro areas in first quarter; jobless claims data mixed By host @ 2:39 PM :: The number of foreclosures rose during the first three months of the year in more than half of the nation’s metropolitan areas, even as such act... Read More..

Thursday, April 26, 2012 Even after bankruptcy, trapped by student debt By host @ 2:11 PM :: The misfortunes that brought schoolteachers Devin and Sarah Stang and their four young children to bankruptcy -- and the loss of their house and a car... Read More..

Wednesday, April 18, 2012 Tax refunds being used to pay for bankruptcy filings By host @ 5:18 AM :: By Christine Dugas, USA TODAY Some Americans spend their tax refunds on high-tech gadgets and long-awaited vacations. Others use the cash to file f... Read More..

Tuesday, April 17, 2012 To Pay Off Loans, Grads Put Off Marriage, Children By host @ 11:07 AM :: Between the ages of 18 and 22, Jodi Romine took out $74,000 in student loans to help finance her business-management degree at Kent State University i... Read More..

Sunday, April 15, 2012 Rise in defaults renews 'student debt bomb' warnings By host @ 4:09 PM :: Iowa has the fourth-highest default rate on student loans, and the borrowers who are most likely to fall behind on loan repayments are years, if not d... Read More..

Friday, April 13, 2012 Student loan debt a growing threat to the economy By host @ 1:45 PM :: $870 billion in outstanding balances exceeds credit card, auto obligations By Becky Yerak, Chicago Tribune reporter 10:49 p.m. EDT, April 12, 2012... Read More..

Friday, April 13, 2012 Massive student loan debt weighs heavily on young couple By host @ 1:41 PM :: Woman testifies at Senate hearing how she was unaware of financial implications By Becky Yerak, Chicago Tribune reporter April 16, 2012 Daniell... Read More..

Wednesday, April 11, 2012 Economic recovery threatened by student loans By host @ 3:41 PM :: The federal student loan program seemed like a great idea back in 1965: Borrow to go to college now, pay it back later when you have a job. But m... Read More..

Wednesday, April 11, 2012 Principal forgiveness on mortgages gains appeal By host @ 3:32 PM :: By Julie Schmit, USA TODAY Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could save $1.7 billion if they forgave principal on some distressed mortgages, new analysis ... Read More..

Tuesday, April 10, 2012 FHFA chief DeMarco loosens up a bit on principal reduction By host @ 3:38 PM :: By John W. Schoen, Senior Producer The top regulator for 60 percent of America's home mortgages opened the door a bit on helping underwater homeowner... Read More..

Tuesday, April 10, 2012 Edward DeMarco, Housing Chief, Not Ready For Principal Reduction, Despite $1.7 Billion In Savings By host @ 3:35 PM :: Edward DeMarco isn't ready to blink yet on principal reductions, even though doing so could save Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac $1.7 billion. On Tuesda... Read More..

Tuesday, April 10, 2012 New Stance on Forgiving Mortgages By host @ 3:27 PM :: By ANNIE LOWREY WASHINGTON — The overseer of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on Tuesday opened the door to forgiving some mortgage debt of homeo... Read More..

Saturday, April 07, 2012 Student loans saddle both kinds of seniors: graduates and grandparents By host @ 1:53 PM :: Come graduation time next month, there will be grandparents — many with student loans themselves — sitting at the ceremonies for their gra... Read More..

Thursday, April 05, 2012 Making Student Loans Dischargeable in Bankruptcy Could Be a Free-Market Idea By host @ 3:45 PM :: Here's a riddle that many Americans are familiar with: how are a house mortgage, credit card debt, and a car loan different from student loans?  ... Read More..

Tuesday, April 03, 2012 60 and Still Not Out of Student Loan Debt: Seniors Facing $36 Billion in College Loans By host @ 3:24 PM :: 60 and Still Not Out of Student Loan Debt: Seniors Facing $36 Billion in College Loans By BRAD TUTTLE Student loan debt is usually thought o... Read More..

Monday, April 02, 2012 Why People Hate the Banks By host @ 3:27 PM :: Why People Hate the Banks A few months ago, I was standing in a crowded elevator when Jamie Dimon, the chief executive of JPMorgan Chase, stepped... Read More..

Thursday, March 22, 2012 Tax refunds = more bankruptcy filings: study By host @ 7:32 PM :: By Tiffany Hsu March 23, 2012, 10:38 a.m. In the thick of tax season, a new study suggests that when Americans get their refunds, they file for mo... Read More..

Wednesday, March 21, 2012 Some struggling homeowners more equal than others By host @ 4:13 PM :: Not all distressed home loan borrowers will benefit equally from the $25 billion national mortgage settlement filed in federal court last week. Par... Read More..

Saturday, March 17, 2012 Critics want housing finance chief out By host @ 4:17 PM :: The chorus is getting louder. A growing number of community groups and politicians are calling for the ouster of Ed DeMarco, the chief regulator of F... Read More..

Thursday, March 08, 2012 Mortgage Bankers Association Strategic Default By host @ 2:41 PM :: Read More..

Wednesday, March 07, 2012 Student loan totals in U.S. now higher than auto, credit card balances By host @ 1:17 PM :: Since the financial crisis tore into the U.S. economy and crashed the housing market , consumers worked hard to reduce household debt and get their fi... Read More..

Wednesday, March 07, 2012 Student loans push up bankruptcies By host @ 11:52 AM :: A typical college graduate now owes about $25,000 when he or she finishes school. This could be the economy's 'next debt bomb,' a bankruptcy attorney ... Read More..

Tuesday, March 06, 2012 Consumer protection agency takes student loan complaints By host @ 3:04 PM :: WASHINGTON - The government's new consumer protection agency started accepting complaints Monday about student loans. The Consumer Financial P... Read More..

Tuesday, March 06, 2012 Student Loan Delinquency Hit $85B in Q3 By host @ 9:35 AM :: About $85 billion in U.S. student loan debt, or 10 percent of the outstanding balance, was delinquent in the third quarter of 2011. Of the 37 milli... Read More..

Monday, March 05, 2012 Student loans seen as potential ‘next debt bomb’ for U.S. economy By host @ 11:39 AM :: Washington Post By Eric Pianin, Published: March 10 Bankruptcy lawyers have a frightening message for America: They&rsquo... Read More..

Friday, March 02, 2012 Student Loans Can Result In Debt That Won't Go Away By host @ 4:21 PM :: In what is truly a sign that America's system of higher education is morphing into a strange and dangerous beast, Ben Bernanke -- the nation's top ban... Read More..

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 Colorado's college graduates increasingly weighed down by student debt By host @ 4:25 PM :: After a false start as a computer science major and an 18-month break to work, Jeremy Askim — like a lot of college students — hasn't take... Read More..

Monday, February 27, 2012 Should Student Loans be Discharged in Bankruptcy? By host @ 4:42 PM :: By Andrew Chow, JD at FindLaw.com Mon Feb 27, 2012 5:00am EST College graduates should be allowed to discharge student loans in bankruptcy, a... Read More..

Friday, February 24, 2012 Survey: Bad Foreclosure Practices Still Rampant By host @ 10:32 AM :: If you thought all of the bad press covering robo-signing and shady foreclosure practices would make big banks think twice about foreclosing on strugg... Read More..

Wednesday, February 15, 2012 Student Loans Land Parents in Financial Hot Water By host @ 9:41 AM :: Some parents may even lose their homes when they cannot pay the debt By Stephanie Elam and Yvonne Beltzer Parents who co-signed for their children... Read More..

Thursday, February 09, 2012 Why Can’t You Discharge Student Loans in Bankruptcy? By host @ 9:55 AM :: By KAYLA WEBLEY If you’re struggling to pay credit card debt, car loans or even gambling debt, you can wipe the slate clean in bankruptcy. St... Read More..

Thursday, February 09, 2012 Student loan debt: The next financial disaster? By host @ 9:52 AM :: By Lynn O'Shaughnessy Student loan debt is pushing a growing number of Americans into bankruptcy and an organization of bankruptcy lawyers predicte... Read More..

Thursday, February 09, 2012 Bankruptcy lawyers warn of student loan 'debt bomb' By host @ 9:49 AM :: Jeremy Hobson: Now to a new report about a looming problem that bankruptcy lawyers say could end up being as big as the mortgage crisis. The $1 t... Read More..

Wednesday, February 08, 2012 Are Student Loans the Next Debt Bomb? By host @ 10:08 AM :: Experts worry that the mortgage finance crisis could happen all over again with student loans By MEG HANDLEY An increasing number of Americans a... Read More..

Wednesday, February 08, 2012 Bankruptcy lawyers: Student debt is looming economic bomb By host @ 10:04 AM :: By James Goodman, Rochester (N.Y.) Democrat and Chronicle ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Student debt is looming as a national problem that could have rep... Read More..

Wednesday, February 08, 2012 Fox Business: Student Loan Debt: Ticking Time Bomb? By host @ 9:59 AM :: Fox Business: Student Loan Debt: Ticking Time Bomb? http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/1441224809001/ Read More..

Tuesday, February 07, 2012 Student Debt Could Be Next ‘Bomb,’ U.S. Bankruptcy Lawyers Say By host @ 10:31 AM :: By Janet Lorin Feb. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Almost half of U.S. bankruptcy attorneys representing consumers say that potential clients with student-loan d... Read More..

Tuesday, February 07, 2012 The Student Loan Crisis Is Crippling America's Families -- Is The Economy Next? By host @ 10:29 AM :: With student loan debt now topping U.S. credit card debt and few or no options available for distressed borrowers (including parents who co-signed and... Read More..

Tuesday, February 07, 2012 Student debt pushing more people toward bankruptcy, lawyers say By host @ 10:19 AM :: More than four-fifths of bankruptcy attorneys have seen a notable jump in the number of potential clients with student loan debt, the National Assn. o... Read More..

Thursday, February 02, 2012 NACBA warns of student loan "debt bomb" By host @ 9:46 AM :: posted by Jean Braucher At its annual Capitol Hill Day in Washington this week, the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys sounded a... Read More..

Thursday, January 12, 2012 Law from 2005 harms debtors needing a new start By host @ 10:40 AM :: For more than a year, both nationwide and locally the number of bankruptcy filings has fallen. These statistics contradict the reality of high unemplo... Read More..

Tuesday, January 10, 2012 Filings for bankruptcy decreased all of 2011 By host @ 10:41 AM :: By Jonathan D. Epstein BuffaloNews.com Bankruptcy filings maintained their downward pace all of last year, as the total number of new cases in the... Read More..

Monday, January 09, 2012 Bankruptcy filings are down 10% By host @ 2:44 PM :: By Patrick Danner, pdanner@express-news.net Here's another sign that South-Central Texas might be on the path of an economic recovery: Consumer b... Read More..

Monday, January 09, 2012 Bankruptcy filings fell in 2011 By host @ 2:43 PM :: By Marcia Heroux Pounds, Sun Sentinel Personal bankruptcies in South Florida fell in 2011, the first time in five years. But the decline may be dec... Read More..

Monday, January 09, 2012 Sloppy seconds: Feds probe million$ 'double-billing' by banks By host @ 2:27 PM :: By:  Catherine Curan  (New York Post) Federal investigators are looking into allegations that banks have wrongly pocketed tens of million... Read More..

Wednesday, January 04, 2012 For-Profit College Students Face Higher Debt, More Unemployment, Report Finds By host @ 2:13 PM :: Students attending for-profit colleges wind up with much higher student-loan debts, are less likely to be employed after graduation and generally earn... Read More..

Tuesday, January 03, 2012 Feds probe millions in 'double-billing' by banks By host @ 10:13 AM :: Feds probe millions in 'double-billing' by banks Federal investigators are looking into allegations that banks have wrongly pocketed tens of millio... Read More..

Thursday, December 29, 2011 Should Student Loans be Dischargeable in Bankruptcy? By host @ 1:17 PM :: Alan Collings http://www.forbes.com/sites/peterjreilly/2011/12/29/should-student-loans-be-dischargeable-in-bankruptcy/ One of the most cited g... Read More..

Wednesday, December 28, 2011 Details of Mortgage Servicing Settlement Between Banks and AGs Begin to Emerge By host @ 11:52 AM :: The never-ending negotiations between the 50 state attorneys general (minus a few big ones) and five major banks over penalties and standards for past... Read More..

Friday, December 16, 2011 New Study Critical of BAPCPA Reforms By host @ 8:15 PM :: Bankruptcy More Expensive and Cumbersome Than Ever Congressional "reform" made the system more complex, study finds James Hood, consumeraffairs.co... Read More..

Sunday, December 11, 2011 Bankruptcy: Debtor's downfall and trustee's boon? By host @ 9:00 PM :: By Susan Brown susan.brown@nwi.com, (219) 662-5325 HAMMOND | The country's shattered economy has driven many a distressed debtor to bankruptcy cou... Read More..

Sunday, December 11, 2011 EDITORIAL: Creditors deserve more than bankruptcy trustees By host @ 8:21 PM :: Personal bankruptcy is a humiliating experience for the people who go through it. It is likewise unsatisfactory for the creditors who get less than th... Read More..

Sunday, December 11, 2011 Going Bankrupt in 2012, but Keeping Your Home By host @ 8:18 PM :: –Philip van Doorn, bank analyst at TheStreet Despite the apparent economic improvement, with the unemployment rate finally moving below 9% in N... Read More..

Friday, December 02, 2011 Time to Accelerate the Housing Recovery By host @ 11:54 AM :: Time to Accelerate the Housing Recovery By FLOYD NORRIS It’s housing, stupid. More precisely, it’s housing finance. As the O... Read More..

Wednesday, November 16, 2011 Mortgage modification may remedy foreclosure crisis By host @ 9:51 PM :: By Todd Ruger, Herald-Tribune Link to Herald-Tribune Website A program to save homeowners from foreclosure that has shown startling results in O... Read More..

Friday, October 14, 2011 Fewer people in debt trouble seeking counseling, other help By host @ 2:41 PM :: By Christine Dugas, USA TODAY Even as more Americans are piling on debt, fewer are seeking counseling or other kinds of relief to try and get their f... Read More..

Friday, October 14, 2011 Angry Calif. Democrats call on Obama to help struggling homeowners By host @ 10:11 AM :: Kitty Felde | KPCC California Congressional democrats are accusing the Obama Administration of not doing enough to help the growing number of homeo... Read More..

Friday, October 14, 2011 California Dems blast Obama on foreclosure crisis By host @ 10:09 AM :: Carolyn Lochhead, Chronicle Washington Bureau Washington -- California House Democrats ripped the Obama administration Wednesday for inaction on home... Read More..

Friday, October 14, 2011 Do something about foreclosures, California Democrats urge Obama By host @ 9:42 AM :: -- Richard Simon and Jim Puzzanghera in Washington In a rare display of frustration with the Obama administration, California House Democrats on We... Read More..

Tuesday, September 20, 2011 Americans with Advanced Degrees Are Increasingly Filing for Bankruptcy By host @ 8:45 PM :: A new study by the Institute for Financial Literacy chronicles increasing rates of bankruptcy for Americans with advanced degrees. The study found th... Read More..

Tuesday, August 30, 2011 Relief for Student Debtors By host @ 7:27 AM :: Editorial from The New York Times Relief for Student Debtors Published: August 26, 2011 Since the start of the recession, record numbers of Amer... Read More..

Wednesday, August 17, 2011 Bankruptcy Filings Drop Due To Apathy By host @ 9:00 PM :: Monday, 08/15/11 10:19am (Host) Reports from Wall Street have been bleak this week. So, news that bankruptcy filings were down compared to last ye... Read More..

Thursday, August 04, 2011 Leahy, Blumenthal press leading national mortgage servicing companies about foreclosures in bankruptcy courts By host @ 3:16 PM :: Written by The Bridgeport News Wednesday, 03 August 2011 16:28 Senators seek information about lenders’ policies and practices WASHINGTON &... Read More..

Thursday, July 28, 2011 Orlando's personal bankruptcies dip for first time in 5 years By host @ 9:58 PM :: July 26, 2011|By Richard Burnett, Orlando Sentinel Despite Central Florida's stubbornly high unemployment and other economic woes, the pace of going ... Read More..

Tuesday, July 26, 2011 Bankruptcy rate down 15% at midyear By host @ 2:37 PM :: At the year’s midpoint, the pace of bankruptcy filings is down 15 percent from last year’s record rate in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court Middle... Read More..

Tuesday, May 10, 2011 Bankrupt Bay Area homeowners shed second mortgages By host @ 12:58 PM :: By Pete Carey pcarey@mercurynews.com Posted: 05/09/2011 09:10:53 AM PDT Updated: 05/09/2011 03:13:28 PM PDT Stung by the crash of the housing ... Read More..

Thursday, April 21, 2011 More people go bankrupt in Sedgwick County; fewer lose their homes By host @ 7:40 AM :: BY DAN VOORHIS The Wichita Eagle Bankruptcies are surging in Sedgwick County while home foreclosures are falling. But while the first seems bad and... Read More..

Thursday, April 21, 2011 California bankruptcy court rules against MERS By host @ 7:37 AM :: Tuesday, April 19th, 2011, 2:30 pm A California bankruptcy court says Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems cannot help a trustee establish lega... Read More..

Friday, March 25, 2011 Bankruptcy filings, like foreclosures, expected to pick up again By host @ 10:50 AM :: By Jeff Harrington, Times Staff Writer In Print: Friday, February 25, 2011 The drawn-out financial squeeze afflicting many in the Tampa Bay area a... Read More..

Tuesday, March 08, 2011 Real face of bankruptcy looks nothing like Hecker By host @ 4:05 PM :: The fallen auto mogul gets headlines, but the real truth of bankruptcy is that ordinary people are blindsided by life. By RONALD J. LUNDQUIST La... Read More..

Wednesday, February 16, 2011 Mass. bankruptcy claims still on the rise By host @ 2:32 PM :: Despite signs that the economy is slowly improving, bankruptcy filings continued to climb in Massachusetts for the fourth straight year. In 2010, 2... Read More..

Tuesday, February 15, 2011 In WNY, bankruptcy continues to decline By host @ 4:07 PM :: Updated: February 14, 2011, 6:29 AM Bankruptcy filings in Western New York continued to defy national trends in January, falling by 20 percent from ... Read More..

Sunday, February 13, 2011 Personal bankruptcy filings in Colorado rose 17.2% last year By host @ 3:58 PM :: A rising number of people filed for bankruptcy protection last year in Colorado, even as the number of businesses doing so declined for the first time... Read More..

Sunday, February 13, 2011 New York Fed Economists Say Bush-Era Bankruptcy Law Fueled Over 200,000 Foreclosures By host @ 3:50 PM :: WASHINGTON -- Economists at the New York Federal Reserve have concluded that a controversial 2005 law backed by banks and credit card companies pushed... Read More..

Friday, December 24, 2010 Debtors are given Christmas surprise By @ 3:50 AM :: Consumer advocates and bankruptcy attorneys are praising Gov. David A. Paterson for giving debtors in the state a big Christmas present Thursday, but ... Read More..

Saturday, December 11, 2010 Some see hope as Orlando-area bankruptcies hit lull By @ 3:47 AM :: Near-record unemployment and foreclosures have propelled Orlando-area bankruptcies to record heights again this year, though a dramatic slowdown in ne... Read More..

Friday, December 03, 2010 Flawed mortgage modifications lead to bankruptcies By @ 3:45 AM :: Federal mortgage modification programs aimed at keeping financially at-risk homeowners from being foreclosed on are instead fueling consumer bankruptc... Read More..

Saturday, November 27, 2010 Don’t Just Tell Us. Show Us That You Can Foreclose. By @ 3:40 AM :: AFTER examining their foreclosure practices for flaws in mortgage documentation and other procedures, many of the nation’s largest banks have re... Read More..

Friday, November 26, 2010 Rebuilding Lives After Bankruptcy By @ 3:43 AM :: More than 1.6 million Americans are expected to file for bankruptcy-court protection this year, more than any year since Congress overhauled the syste... Read More..

Monday, September 27, 2010 Bankruptcies soar despite stiffer laws, higher costs By @ 3:10 AM :: Judy Meredith was working two jobs when her work hours were cut and her income plunged 40 percent. Facing mounting credit-card debts and seeing no imm... Read More..

Sunday, September 12, 2010 Will reducing mortgages stop foreclosure? By @ 3:12 AM :: In Florida, one in nine households with a mortgage was at risk of foreclosure this summer. This week, the Obama administration will begin yet another ... Read More..

Saturday, September 11, 2010 Bankruptcy filings continue to rise By @ 3:14 AM :: The young woman was well-spoken, so the bankruptcy official was puzzled when she hesitated before giving her home address. “She turned to her at... Read More..

Monday, August 23, 2010 Bankruptcy filings rebound By @ 3:15 AM :: Long-term unemployment and small-business failures continue to propel personal bankruptcy filings, with Tennessee in step with a national trend that s... Read More..

Tuesday, August 17, 2010 U.S. says bankruptcies reach nearly 5-year high By @ 3:17 AM :: U.S. bankruptcy filings have reached the highest level since 2005, government data released on Tuesday show, as the economy slows and the unemployment... Read More..

Monday, July 05, 2010 Bankruptcy Bar plans for busy year By @ 3:19 AM :: Bankruptcy filings in the Middle District of Florida are the second highest in the country, behind only the Los Angeles district. No end is in sight. ... Read More..

Sunday, July 04, 2010 State's bankruptcies soar despite overhaul By @ 3:20 AM :: Five years ago, bankruptcies soared to record levels as debt-strapped consumers raced to seek court protection before Congress changed the law to curb... Read More..

Sunday, June 13, 2010 Attorneys finding vexing issues in bankruptcy cases By @ 3:23 AM :: Bankruptcy doesn't always work as advertised. For starters, not all debts - including student loans, some tax liabilities and child-support obligation... Read More..

Wednesday, June 09, 2010 Only a fraction of those in need file for bankruptcy By @ 3:27 AM :: Bankruptcy filings are nearing the record 2 million of 2005, when a new law took effect that was aimed at curbing abuse of the system. Filings could r... Read More..

Wednesday, June 09, 2010 Take smart steps before filing for bankruptcy By @ 3:25 AM :: If you're thinking about bankruptcy, here are some things to consider: Even if you can't afford to file for bankruptcy, you can ask a lawyer for some ... Read More..

Tuesday, May 04, 2010 Jacksonville-area bankruptcies hit a record high By @ 3:28 AM :: Jacksonville area bankruptcy filings in March hit the highest level in more than four years, and local bankruptcy attorneys say it could get worse thi... Read More..

Sunday, May 02, 2010 Unemployment rates will drive bankruptcy filings, even in a recovery By @ 3:29 AM :: With Memphis and the nation mired in a deep recession last year, you might expect the path from neighborhoods and businesses to U.S. Bankruptcy Court ... Read More..

Saturday, April 17, 2010 Declaring bankruptcy isn't proof of immorality By @ 3:31 AM :: "Everyday Cheapskate" columnist Mary Hunt wrote recently that bankruptcy is a moral failing. Hunt's opinion isn't a random swipe -- it is based on per... Read More..

Thursday, April 15, 2010 Bankruptcy filings in Tampa jump 21 percent in first quarter By @ 3:32 AM :: Tampa bankruptcy trustee Terry Smith grimly jokes that the landmark 2005 overhaul of bankruptcy law was supposed to make it harder to file. You would ... Read More..

Monday, April 12, 2010 Bankruptcies continue to rise By @ 3:34 AM :: New bankruptcy filings continue to rise, and experts say they don't expect a turnaround just yet. Area bankruptcies jumped during the first three mont... Read More..

Monday, April 05, 2010 Personal Bankruptcies Hit a High and May Keep Rising By @ 3:35 AM :: In the fourth-floor courtroom of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of the Southern District of California, which serves San Diego and Imperial counties (pop. ... Read More..