Posted on March 9, 2009, 11:46 am, by admin, under
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We have all come across the media reports and stories about the Madoff Ponzi scandal that has involved an amount close to $50 Billion.
Due to the Madoff scandal, many people have lost their life’s savings and their stories are the ones we keep hearing in the media. A using their home to apply for a [...]
Posted on March 4, 2009, 4:48 pm, by admin, under
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The financial authority of Korea (Financial Services Commission - FSC) is said to be considering expanding the availability of reverse mortgages to ensure that Korean senior citizens are able to lead stable after-retirement lives in secure financial way.
The financial regulator is looking to ease the terms and conditions associated with a reverse mortgage. Reverse mortgages [...]
Posted on March 3, 2009, 1:13 pm, by admin, under
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Within a period of two months, in May of 2009, retirees and senior Social Security benefactors will get a $250 from the US Government as part of the recently passed economic stimulus bill.
The “senior payment” figures are as follows.
$250 for individual seniors and $500 for senior couples when both receive Social Security.
The amounts will be [...]
Posted on February 19, 2009, 12:55 pm, by admin, under
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The Treasury last year failed to help ease the financial burden on seniors. It could have been able to help but acted to late. The incident dates back to last year November when two senior respected members of Congress asked Henry Paulson to reduce the pressure on senior taxpayers. Henry Paulson is the Treasury Secretary [...]
Posted on February 15, 2009, 11:13 am, by admin, under
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The new President Obama Administration is set to carry out a number of major programs aimed at restructuring the economy. The Obama Administration has already promised to take a hard and careful look into some programs designed for seniors such as Medicare and Social Security.
Usually such programs designed for seniors are hardly touched as it [...]
Posted on February 2, 2009, 12:35 pm, by admin, under
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2008 saw the increase of the reverse mortgage maximum lending limits to $417,000. The National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association announced recently that the economic recovery bill which was released by the national House of Representatives contained a provision which may further increase the reverse mortgage lending limits from the present $417,000 for the rest of [...]