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New mortgage design would minimize home foreclosures

With mortgage loan defaults on the rise yet again, two mortgage researchers are proposing a new type of mortgage contract that automatically resets the balance and the monthly payment based on the mortgaged home's market ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Jan 19, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 22

From stress to financial mess: Study suggests acute stress affects financial decision making

It is not surprising that as our economy continues its freefall, we are feeling increasingly more stressed and worried. Many of us are feeling extreme unease about the security of our jobs and being able to make our next ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Many US families are underwater with debts: study

As the country emerges from the Great Recession, a substantial number of U.S. families are underwater—and not just with their mortgages.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created May 08, 2012 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (7) | comments 81

A taxing issue

Simon Johnson and James Kwak had good news and bad news for the hundreds of people who turned out to hear them talk about the U.S. national debt at MIT on Tuesday.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Apr 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 17

4 personal finance technology trends for 2012

(AP) -- If you're one of the holdouts still paying bills with checks, tracking your accounts with pen and paper or clipping coupons from the newspaper, 2012 could be the year you take the digital plunge.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 23, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Credit card use depends on what you know -- and what you think you know

To manage credit cards efficiently, it goes without saying that it's important to have a firm understanding of finance. But equally important to good credit-card practices is what you think you know about finance, a national ...

Technology / Internet

created Dec 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Government closes mortgage scams tied to Google

(AP) -- The federal government has shut down dozens of Internet scam artists who had been paying Google to run ads making bogus promises to help desperate homeowners scrambling to avoid foreclosures.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Public willing to pay more for greener urban spaces

Research from the University of Sheffield (UK) has found that people are willing to pay up to £29.91 per month, or around £360.00 per year, for greener urban spaces.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Northeast power outages hit many businesses hard

(AP) -- Businesses big and small have taken a beating from the power outages caused by the record-setting October snowstorm and the losses are only beginning to be tallied, owners and experts said Monday ...

Technology / Business

created Nov 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mortgage modification policies slow employment recovery, economists say

In a new study, UCLA economists estimate that means-tested mortgage modifications, which significantly reduce mortgage payments to households whose incomes have declined, have raised the unemployment rate by approximately ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Sep 15, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Study shows how an often illegal sales tactic contributed to housing crash

A study of home purchases during the real estate boom years in Chicago shows how one ethically murky – and sometimes illegal - tactic used to sell homes may have contributed to the housing crash.

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created Jul 12, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Recent financial crisis rooted in politics of creditworthiness, new study contends

A common reading of the recent subprime mortgage crisis pins the blame on bankers and loan brokers who extended mortgages to those who could not afford them, thereby inflating a housing bubble that was destined to burst.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jun 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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