US homeowners 'to get extra help'
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Six of the biggest US banks are expected to announce plans to offer more help to those struggling with mortgages.
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New tax relief and the ability to refinance adjustable rate mortgages could help many Americans who are in danger of losing their homes, President Bush said Saturday.
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People who own something valuable, like a house, want to protect themselves against financial loss. Natural disasters like fire, storms or flooding can damage or destroy valuable possessions.
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The U.S. Congress approved a $300  million boost in emergency funds to help poor and elderly  Americans pay home heating bills that are expected to be  sharply higher than last winter.
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Read the fine print. The people who decide how to resolve your disputes with your homebuilder might not be so impartial.
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The Bush administration, trying to deal with a worsening housing slump, announced a new initiative Tuesday aimed at helping homeowners about to lose their homes
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By C.R. Roberts, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.  Dec. 16--There's a tree on the roof of your garage. All that food in the freezer might have to be thrown out. Your phone and cable TV are still out. You might need to hire a contractor to repair storm damage.
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For your home or finances, going it alone isn't always best.
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Homeowners unable to pay monthly mortgage bills and facing foreclosure shouldn't count on help from Washington this year.
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By JIM SKEEN\\ Staff Writer  LANCASTER -- Lancaster homeowners could be asked to finance millions of dollars for additional work in a proposed expansion of the sewage treatment plant.
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President Bush will announce steps intended to help low-income families hit by the subprime mortgage crisis.
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By Lewis Griswold, The Fresno Bee, Calif.  Jan. 31--The U.S. Small Business Administration has opened three disaster assistance offices in Tulare County. Nonfarm businesses hurt by the freeze of 2007 can apply for low-interest loans.
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Home credit lenders are told   they must provide clearer information to consumers about loan costs.
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By Katherine Rosenberg, Daily Press, Victorville, Calif.  Feb. 4--VICTORVILLE -- A group of dedicated homeowners not only had the tenacity to help remove a problem tenant from their area, but they alerted authorities to a home which later had to be condemned, officials said.
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Looking to help homeowners avoid foreclosure, the Democratic-controlled House wants to insure mortgages and provide affordable housing grants well beyond limits favored by the Bush administration.
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For hundreds of thousands of Americans facing spiraling mortgage costs, the last hope of keeping their home may lie in a classroom in a back office of a local nonprofit group.
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The Patrick administration's chief housing official yesterday called for better regulation of mortgage brokers and the establishment of a $5 million fund to assist the escalating number of Massachusetts homeowners facing the loss of their homes through foreclosure.