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		<title>Ideal Back to School Budget</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In determining your “Ideal Back to School Budget,” you must next understand the difference between Want and Need. That sounds self-explanatory until you’re walking down the aisle and you see a “great deal.”  However, the truth is it’s not a “great deal” if you can’t afford it. And if it’s not in your budget, you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mayerandnewton.com/blog/?p=745</link>
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		<title>150 Thousand Trials Cancelled in May 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From Treasury: HAMP   Servicer Performance Report Through May 2010

About 347 thousand modifications are now &#8220;permanent&#8221; &#8211; up from 299   thousand last month &#8211; and 430 thousand trial modifications have been   cancelled &#8211; up sharply from 277 thousand last month.
According to HAMP, there are 467,672 &#8220;active trials&#8221;, down from  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mayerandnewton.com/blog/?p=743</link>
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		<title>House Passes Bill to Keep Creditors From Taking Guns</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Posted by Brian Montopoli from www.cbsnews.com
If you file for bankruptcy, you run the risk of losing your money and your car to creditors.
But  under a measure that just overwhelmingly passed the House of  Representatives, one thing they would not be able to take is your gun.
The  House this afternoon passed a bill [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mayerandnewton.com/blog/?p=740</link>
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		<title>8 Problems That Could Trigger a Double-Dip Recession</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ // 

 
Ben Baden and Rob Silverblatt, 	On Thursday July 1, 2010, 3:21 pm EDT
With stock prices spiraling downward and  treasury yields tanking, the market has been sending a clear message  this week: The fragile economic recovery is in trouble. But just how bad  is the outlook? In the aftermath of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mayerandnewton.com/blog/?p=738</link>
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		<title>Wells Fargo Extends Mortgage Assistance to Gulf Coast Borrowers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Carrie Bay

Wells Fargo has joined the growing faction of lenders offering mortgage assistance  to customers in the Gulf Coast region who are facing hardship as a  result of the BP oil spill.



The company says it is working closely with its borrowers who’ve  been impacted by the events in the Gulf, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mayerandnewton.com/blog/?p=727</link>
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		<title>Ramsey: Debt-free process can be slowed for education</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dave Ramsey
Q: My wife wants to go back to school to complete her degree. Right  now, we&#8217;re on Baby Step 2 of your plan, and we&#8217;re about 12 months away  from being free of debt, except for our house. Should we work the budget  to cash flow her going back to school [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mayerandnewton.com/blog/?p=723</link>
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		<title>Troubled Asset Relief Program: Further Actions Needed to Fully and Equitably Implement Foreclosure Mitigation Programs</title>
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Congress created the Troubled Asset Relief Program  (TARP) to, among other things, preserve homeownership and protect home  values. In March 2009, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury)  announced the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) as its  cornerstone effort to achieve these goals. This report examines (1) the  extent to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mayerandnewton.com/blog/?p=719</link>
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		<title>U.S. economy gaining strength</title>
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Fueled by tax credit, rise in  construction spending a big boost
BY ALAN ZIBEL AND MARTIN  CRUTSINGER        Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The economic recovery  gained strength on the biggest rise in construction spending in nearly a  decade and the 10th-straight month of expansion for the manufacturing  sector. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mayerandnewton.com/blog/?p=717</link>
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		<title>FHA Program Allows HUD-Home Pruchase for $100 Down</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When someone with a mortgage insured by the Federal Housing  Administration defaults on the loan agreement and the lender forecloses  on the property, FHA pays the lender the amount owed on the loan.
Then the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, which  administers FHA programs, takes ownership of the property. The property [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mayerandnewton.com/blog/?p=715</link>
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		<title>Credit Scores Aren&#8217;t Free</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By JONNELLE  MARTE
Offers of free credit reports and scores often  aren&#8217;t so.
In early April, the Federal Trade Commission cracked  down on websites that offered people &#8220;free&#8221; credit reports and scores  that were actually tied to the purchase of credit-monitoring services.
In  some cases, people requested credit reports and unknowingly signed up [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mayerandnewton.com/blog/?p=712</link>
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