Couple face losing home after debt which multiplied by 67
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A couple whose home faces repossession after interest charges saw a loan of 5,750 pounds multiply by a factor of 67 were due to challenge the debt in court as extortionate.
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When Australian property developer Victor Ollis checked his bank account, he couldn't believe his luck. A technical error meant that a total of A$11m (Â£4.5m) had mistakenly poured into his account and he went on a spending spree.
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Late payments on home equity loans climbed to a 1 1/2-year high in the opening quarter of this year, while delinquencies on credit card bills fell, painting a mixed picture of how people are managing their debt.
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A missing property tax bill for $1.63 has given Kermit and Dolores Atwood "seven years of emotional hell" in a fight to keep their home.
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Lisa and Reggie Starr thought they were getting a good deal when they signed a contract to buy a new six-bedroom house in Woodbridgealmost a year ago. But after they had trouble selling their own house and wanted to get out of the deal, the fine print in their contract became a very big obstacle.
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Jeffrey Finch spelled out the problem in a hand-written letter: He'd lost his job as a minister, and his wife's take-home pay as a teacher, $3,100 a month, did not cover their $3,300 mortgage payments.
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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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Home foreclosures have set a record in the face of a Fed request to avoid taking homes.
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At that rate, about 1.1 million of the homeowners who took out subprime loans in the last two years will lose their houses, at an estimated cost of $74.6 billion.
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Business & money: 53,114 people petitioned to go bankrupt in 2007 after being unable to keep up with their debts
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Friends Provident tells investors in its property fund that they cannot have their money for six months.
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By WOODY BAIRD MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A church that wanted to do something special for Hurricane Katrina victims gave a $75,000 house, free and clear, to a couple who said they were left homeless by the storm.
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The number of Americans who may lose their homes to foreclosure reached a record in the second quarter as late payments by subprime borrowers surged to one of every seven loans.
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Two months behind on her mortgage and struggling to come up with a third payment, Angele Reid knew she was headed for trouble.
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The homeowners who signed these mortgages must be held accountable somehow ("State to refinance troubled mortgages," July 11). Yes, the mortgage companies may have taken advantage, but if the homeowners had hired an attorney or did their homework, there wouldn't be a problem. This is like rewarding stupidity.
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Business & money: Spending binge looks likely to be followed by a big rise in personal insolvencies and falling house prices
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Late payments on home equity loans climbed to a 1.5-year high in the opening quarter of this year, while delinquencies on credit card bills fell, painting a mixed picture of how people are managing their debt.