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FORECLOSURE LAW CHANGES MAY HAVE 'DELAYED THE INEVITABLE'

24.06.13

RealtyTrac LLC, the real estate market data company, recently released its foreclosure figures for May. There is not much good news for Maryland: With a 229 percent jump, the state logged the largest year-over-year increase in foreclosure starts. The foreclosure rate of 1 in every 587 homes, a 33-mo...

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EVEN PRIVATE INSURANCE CAN'T SAVE YOU FROM MEDICAL DEBT

By Gilman & Edwards

15.06.13

11:58 PM

As a Rockville resident, you have access to some of the best health care in the world. Johns Hopkins Hospital is an hour away, and, if you have private insurance, chances are good your hospital stay will be covered. Or will it? If you look at the hospital’s website, you will find a long list of manage...

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MORTGAGE SETTLEMENT CHECKS GO OUT TO 10,000 MARYLAND BORROWERS

By Gilman & Edwards

08.06.13

11:58 PM

About 10,000 Maryland residents should keep an eye on their mailboxes during the two weeks beginning June 10. While the reason is a little less dramatic than the Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes, it is not a gamble: According to Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler, the National Mortgage Settlem...

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MAYBE IT WAS JUST TIMING: CNET FOUNDER FILES FOR CHAPTER 7

By Gilman & Edwards

01.06.13

11:57 PM

With a civil judgment and two business bankruptcies in the past couple of years, 47-year-old CNET Networks Inc. co-founder Halsey Minor is setting himself up for another fresh start. Minor filed for Chapter 7 personal bankruptcy on May 24. In court documents Minor estimated his assets at between $10 ...

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REESTABLISHING CREDIT JUST GOT EASIER FOR STAY-AT-HOME PARTNERS

By Gilman & Edwards

25.05.13

11:55 PM

There is no better way to get into a financial bind than unfettered use of a credit card. People who have found themselves overwhelmed by debt have found relief in personal bankruptcy. But after bankruptcy, the hard work of rebuilding credit begins. Anyone old enough to apply for a credit card is pro...

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FORECLOSURE LAW CHANGES MAY HAVE 'DELAYED THE INEVITABLE'

EVEN PRIVATE INSURANCE CAN'T SAVE YOU FROM MEDICAL DEBT

MORTGAGE SETTLEMENT CHECKS GO OUT TO 10,000 MARYLAND BORROWERS

MAYBE IT WAS JUST TIMING: CNET FOUNDER FILES FOR CHAPTER 7

REESTABLISHING CREDIT JUST GOT EASIER FOR STAY-AT-HOME PARTNERS