| Oct 31, 2012 12:23PM With our without the storm damage, here in the U.S. there are 41 million potential trick-or-treaters (children age 5 to 14; see joke at bottom) across the United States. And they can be ringing doorbells or throwing toilet paper rolls at 115 million occupied housing units across the nation in 2011 - thanks to the Census Bureau for those numbers. My wife said, "I think we should do something really scary for the kids this Halloween." I said, "We could take them to your mother's." Some think the future... Oct 31, 2012 12:39PM Agreements were announced on Wednesday with nine private insurance carriers that will make foreclosure alternatives much quicker and easier for some Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae (the GSEs) borrowers to obtain. Servicers will no longer have to seek approval of private mortgage insurance (PMI) companies when borrowers with mortgages owned or guaranteed by either GSE and carrying PMI seek a short sale or permission to grant a deed in lieu of foreclosure. The agreements, which become effective on November...
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