If you are lucky enough to get your lender to modify your mortgage, you shouldn't end up dogged by a miserable credit score. That's the essence of a bill introduced in Congress recently by U.S. Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif.

Something happened recently that had never happened in the 23 years that Mark Durbin has been city manager of Kissimmee: The Urban League came knocking.

More than three years into the housing crisis that helped trigger a worldwide recession, the torrid pace of home foreclosures continues to tear at the core of the American dream.

When a stroke robbed Johnny Jensen of his eyesight in March, it took his sense of independence, too. Two weeks ago, a church group from Ridge, N.Y., gave it back to him.

NEW YORK -- Laxai Pharma Ltd. , an international pharmaceutical contract research organization , recently reached an agreement with UTA Capital LLC to extend the terms of an existing secured promissory note issued by the Company in favor of UTA on March 3, 2010 in the aggregate principal amount of $1.44 million .