Rising Foreclosures This Year

Recent research by RealtyTrac Year-End 2009 Foreclosure Market Report reveals that 3,957,643 foreclosure filings were reported on 2,824,674 U.S. properties in 2009. This includes scheduled foreclosure auctions, default notices and bank repossessions.

Debt Collection Agency Gets Healthy

A debt collection company based in California initiated a ploy to educate and motivate employees to live healthier lifestyles in early January. There are twenty eight employees at the company; more than half are participating in the program..

Investing In Bonds- How Is It Done And What Are The Risks?

Stocks and bonds. You have doubtlessly heard of them, and if you have been reading my articles, you know what they are. If you haven’t, here’s a quick update: stocks represent a fraction of ownership in a company, and a bond represents money that a company “borrowed” and has to pay back on set dates. You may have heard that bonds are “safer” to invest in than stocks, but is this true? How are bonds traded, and what are the differences between a stock market and a bond market? Hopefully, this article can put these questions to rest.

Scranton Taxpayers May Have Received Collection Letters That They Might Not Have Deserved

More than 200 Scranton taxpayers may have gotten a letter from a debt collection company that they did not deserve. The notices are for unpaid garbage fees that may have actually been paid. According to officials, the garbage bill itself for 2009 could be to blame for more than 200 collection notices sent to city taxpayers in error last week.

The Scoop On How To Obtain Financial Information Of Your Debtors

Being able to locate a debtor’s bank account can be quite useful in your attempt to collect. By law, it is required that a private investigator to do the work. Be wary when you hire someone to locate bank account numbers as there are a number of scam companies claiming that they can help, and take your money with no activity in return.

Town Demands Debt Recovery: Pay Up Or Ship Out

In the town of Stamford, Connecticut, the village is threatening to sue a car dealership, Carriage House so it can get it to pay $7,450 in fines for forty five false burglar alarms over the past six years. There was a grand total of thirty one property owners that got notices on January the fifteenth that were ordering payment for false alarm fines. They were told to pay the money within thirty days or face legal action.