MarketWatch The Pennsylvania Homeowners Emergency Mortgage Assistance Program, established in 1984, long before the recent mortgage crisis, gives bridge loans to people who have recently lost their jobs. A recent
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In a former life, David Bollinger was a paramedic who was involved in more than his share of swift-water rescues. As a point man in the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency Has Issued Current Flood Maps On October 1, 2009, as part of FEMA’s Digital Vision initiative, the FEMA MSC discontinued general distribution of paper mapping
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For homeowners who haven’t already ripped out a tired-looking bathroom vanity or applied for a municipal building permit, this may be the year. After peaking in 2007, the market for
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Buyers in markets around the U.S. are snapping up homes in all-cash deals, betting that prices are at or near bottom and breathing life into some of the nation’s most
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Department of Justice To enforce the law and defend the interests of the United States according to the law The United States has filed six lawsuits in five
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The Engineer As a Shield, Not a Sword I had no idea what I was getting into when I traveled to New Paltz, New York, to conduct a real estate
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I was looking for that perfect home for a while. Finally saw a loft I quite liked in Tribeca. Right on West Street, Statue of Liberty out of the south
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