Archive for March, 2007

From the Credit and Debt Solutions Dept My post yesterday explained the pro-active strategy of identity theft protection, namely, to freeze your credit.  In part I wrote, "You can actually freeze your credit so no one can open any form of credit in your name.  Your credit file is off limits to potential lenders, insurers and credit offers...
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From the Bad Credit Repair and Debt Elimination Strategies Dept Have you heard the news this week – about the headaches the retailer that owns the T.J. Maxx and Marshall's clothing chains is experiencing, namely nearly 46 million customer card numbers were stolen from it computers over an 18-month period? Also, the retailer operates other store chains...
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Real estate housing market update Lennar Profits Plunge 73% Lennar Corp., the largest U.S. homebuilder by revenue, said earnings plummeted 73% during the first quarter as demand waned in the worst housing slump in more than a decade. Net income for the three months ended Feb. 28 declined to $68.6 million, or 43 cents a share, from...
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Real estate housing market update New Home Sales Continue To Fall US NEW HOME SALES DATA just released today reveals sales of new single family homes fell further by -3.9% to an 848,000 unit selling pace last month. New home sales fell off the map in January, down -15.8%. The consensus had looked for a rebound...
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From the Real Estate Investment Help Center Spotlight on State of Kansas Real Estate   The most overvalued real estate markets in the United States, I affectionately call Bubbleville, recorded much higher price increases during the first quarter of 2006 than the least overvalued markets, I term as Bargaintown.  This is according to a recent 2006 survey conducted by...
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