paying off debt and credit counseling

CLEVELAND -- Now that the holidays are over, some of us may be dreading paying those bills. Jay Seaton is with Consumer Credit Counseling Service in Cleveland. He advises that first you organize that debt. He said, first grab each of your latest ...

How To Get Out Of Debt - NewsNet 5

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Family Services Offers Help to Those Drowning in Debt - Wheeling News-Register

Dear Liz: My daughter and her husband bought a house 18 months ago with financial help from his mother, who moved in with them and helped make the payments initially. The mother-in-law then found love, got married and moved out. My daughter lost her ...

When at risk of losing home, seek counseling - Los Angeles Times

Jan. 7: CNBC’s Donny Deutsch and Michele Sipolt, a creator of the Send a Ball company, discuss ways to turn your entrepreneurial dreams into a reality. The banking industry is running scared. They think you won’t be able to keep up with your ...

Suze Orman: Tips to pay off credit cards - MSNBC

The holidays are over, but for many consumers, the headaches are just beginning as the bills start to flow in. Tackle them now, because many experts say 2009 will be a tough year, especially for those who are debt-laden. If you find yourself deep in ...

How to escape the debt hole - Dallas Morning News

Times are tough, and people are looking for ways to pay off their bills as quickly as possible. Genevieve Scholfield of Dover thought she’d found a way by signing up with a debt settlement company. It turned out to be a bad idea: She now owes even ...

Debt settlement, credit firms might not be all they seem - Morning Sun

WASHINGTON — As some bring in the new year with cheer, others just see another year of cowering under what appears to be insurmountable debt. And when you cower, you can become desperate and lose whatever common sense your mama or daddy may have ...

Buyers be wary of debt settlement offers - Courier-Post

With U.S. policymakers seeking ways to revive consumer confidence and encourage prudent loans, credit card issuers can do their share and also help their own bottom line by improving repayment terms offered to consumers who are past-due on their ...

Credit card issuers can help consumers - Republican & Herald

HARTFORD - Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, key lawmakers and statewide housing advocates want to put predatory debt-reduction companies out of business. Blumenthal and legislators including Sen. Bob Duff, D-Norwalk, co-chairman of the Banks ...

Blumenthal wants to put debt reduction companies out of business - Danbury News-Times

The good news: Federal regulators adopted new rules for the credit card industry late last year. The bad news: The rules don’t go nearly far enough, and won’t take effect until mid-2010. We won’t mince words here. In our opinion, for years some ...