May11
By Mark Lieberman, Senior Economist
Source: FOXBusiness
During the debate over changes in personal bankruptcy laws, bankers were tripping over themselves to get Congress to agree to changes to make filing personal bankruptcy more difficult. The changes, they argued, would make borrowers more responsible – and by the way reduce bank losses as debts could no longer […]
By Brian Allen
Tags: Bankruptcy, Chapter 13, Chapter 7, credit card, delinquency, discharge, economy, foreclosure, loan modification, mortgage, Obama, plan, prime, reform, repayment
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Filed under Housing Crises
Mar10
Source: Credit and CollectionNews.com
(The Legal Professional)
Wednesday 10 March 2010
The USA lumps all kinds of insolvency proceedings under the single heading of “bankruptcy” and so its headline figures are misleading. But behind the headline figure - that there was a near-30% increase in 2009 as against 2008, there are some trends that indicate a deep malaise […]
Oct01
What you need to know to save your house. Since 1996, I have seen clients who are faced with a foreclosure on their homes who were never informed by their mortgage lender that Chapter 13 could be filed to pay back the missed mortgage payments over 36-60 months in a Chapter 13 Plan while allowing […]
By Brian Allen
Tags: Allen, attorney, Bankruptcy, Chapter 13, Chapter 7, Dallas, DFW, foreclosure, fort Worth, frisco, mckinney, Plano, richardson
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Aug01
Does bankruptcy protect me against debts from
other countries?
By David Leibowitz, Illinois and Wisconsin Bankruptcy Attorney on Jun 21, 2009 in General Bankruptcy
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Clients frequently face debts from countries other than the United States. If you file a bankruptcy case in
the United States, what is the effect on your debts from overseas?
We tell clients not to worry […]
