As we near the 2011 holiday season many retailers are beginning to add part-time employment opportunities that may be beneficial for consumers who might be unemployed or who are looking for an additional source of income to meet their financial needs, but there have also been some predictions that may point to a negative...
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Ideally, unemployed cardholders who are struggling to repay certain debt obligations like their credit cards would be in a position where forbearance will be offered for a set period of time, but this is not always an opportunity that men and women have seen when financial distress arises. However, this does not offset the...
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Over the past weeks we have seen ups and downs in the number of new jobless claims but unemployment has remained over 9% as well, with some consumers seeing the timeframe they have been unemployed extend for months without any opportunities for a new job arising. This has obviously caused a great deal problems...
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Recently here in September it was announced that the Department of Housing and Urban Development had offered funding to various housing agencies to assist homeowners, specifically low income families, with retraining and employment assistance through local programs that would essentially offer homeowners participating in HUD’s Housing Choice Voucher program the opportunity to find employment...
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President Obama recently sent his jobs proposal to Congress in the hopes that an agreement can be worked out so that conditions will be set in place for economic recovery to the point where jobs may begin to return and unemployment decrease in the near future. However, when it comes to homeowners who are...
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Recently we have seen trouble arise in the job market as it was just reported that, for the week ending of September 3 jobless claims increased, and we have also seen reports that show no new jobs were created in August and unemployment remains stubbornly high. It’s because of factors such as this that...
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Unemployment remains a problem for many homeowners and as a result there have been a variety of foreclosure prevention plans set in place to help these men and women avoid the loss of their home. Yet, when it comes to opportunities like state assistance plans or alternative payment options that may help a particular...
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One of the latest mortgage payment assistance programs for unemployed homeowners, the Emergency Homeowners’ Loan Program, has been given yet another extension according to a recent HUD announcement which has stated that homeowners who may potentially be seeking out aid through this particular program or simply looking for a way to keep themselves in...
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It was recently reported that jobless claims increased, for the week ending August 20, which has some concerned that the unemployment situation has stalled and may require that certain individuals begin to look at options that may help them in their financial life if unemployment becomes a long-term problem for their specific situation. While...
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By now there are homeowners who are unemployed but may have heard about forbearance opportunities available as part of an extension within the Making Home Affordable Unemployment Program, which may allow for a longer period of forbearance for homeowners who are without a job but have not fallen into a great deal of mortgage...
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