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Bankruptcy:

A legal procedure in a federal court to relieve certain debts of a person or a business that is no longer able to pay its debts. Chapter 7 bankruptcy removes all debts. Chapter 13 lets a borrower with and income to pay bills off over a set period of time.

Bearer:

The legal owner of a property.

Bill of Sale:

A document that details the transfer of property.

Biweekly Mortgage:

A mortgage with payments due every two weeks, totaling 26 payments a year, two payments more than a mortgage with monthly payments. The two extra payments lowers significantly the interest paid over the life of the mortgage.

Blanket Mortgage:

A mortgage that includes more than one piece of real estate

Borrower (Mortgager):

An individual who makes an application for and receives funds in the form of a loan and is obligated to repay the loan in full under the conditions of the loan.

Broker:

An individual who gets buyers and sellers together and helps in negotiating contracts for a client.

Buy-Down Mortgage:

A mortgage loan with a lower than market rate for a determined period of time.

Buyer’s Market:

Market conditions that favor buyers. When there are more properties for sale than buyers, sellers may be forced to provide price discounts to close the transaction.

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House Race Update: Ohio Sup. Ct. to Rule on Franklin County Votes - ABC News Blogs
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Open-and-Shut Case for Closed-End Bond Funds - Barron's Online
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On politicians’ pay, parents’ responsibility - Atlanta Journal Constitution
Atlanta’s next mayor should be paid $225,000, up from $147,500, advises one of those commissions that politicians appoint to provide pay-raise cover. Ostensibly the higher pay is to attract better candidates. That assumes, of course, that losers ...

November 2008 - Weblogs.baltimoresun.com
In an analysis of TV journalism on Wednesday night, I wrote that a red-ball event like the terrorist attacks in Mumbai often provided a great look into a news oganization. But in expressing my dismay at the way MSNBC couldn't let go of the comedic ...

UPDATE 1-Ranieri's Franklin Bank files Chapter 7 bankruptcy - Forbes
NEW YORK, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Franklin Bank Corp (nasdaq: FBTX - news - people ), the lender founded by mortgage securities pioneer Lewis Ranieri, filed for bankruptcy protection and plans to liquidate, after federal regulators seized its banking unit ...

Letter: Low-income lending risks were well-known - MLive.com
A 1999 New York Times article by Steven A. Holmes on Fannie Mae begins, "In a move that could help increase home ownership rates among minorities and low-income consumers, the Fannie Mae Corporation is easing the credit requirements on loans that it ...

The Wall Street meltdown -- and you - Salon
What does the liquidation of Lehman Brothers portend for my 401K? Do Washington Mutual's troubles mean I should close out my checking account? Why should I care if the insurance company AIG is being forced to sell off its airline leasing business to ...

Up the Ladder, Step by Step - Wall Street Journal
Modern business careers are more like climbing a rock face than a flight of stairs, says John Kealey, the former CEO of iDirect and one of the many executives interviewed by Umesh Ramakrishnan for "There's No Elevator to the Top." Instead of plodding ...

Bailout goes from necessary to nightmarish - Atlanta Journal Constitution
That $700 billion financial sector bailout that I supported — and do still, but with an exit strategy — is a nightmare in the making. Look what’s happened since the first of the month: Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin, smelling a bailout handout ...

McCain & Palin return to the metro for 1st time since RNC - KARE
BLAINE, Minn. -- Republican John McCain is casting himself as candidate most able to turn around an economy wracked by unnerving failures on Wall Street. "I will end the corrupt practices on Wall Street and the back-room deals in Washington DC ...