To aid in financing more than a thousand home units, the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago recently earmarked $4.6 million via the bank’s Competitive Affordable Housing Program award process. Over the past year, the bank’s programs were primarily made up of the Competitive AHP listed above and a $2 billion grant named Downpayment Plus. [...]

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) most recent Affordable Care Act statute intends to bring new transparency and integrity to any health insurance rate hikes. This new law permits HHS to coordinate with states to force insurers to justify with evidence any planned rate increases. Insurance premiums have skyrocketed the last decade [...]

In a recent nationwide poll of corporation relocation managers, the top score in customer satisfaction was garnered by Huntington Relocation. The poll rated a total of 14 companies. The research firm Trippel Survey and Research, LLC, carried out its 8th yearly survey measuring corporate relocation managers’ feeling of satisfaction concerning industry service providers within the [...]

LendingTree’s Weekly Mortgage Rate Pulse recently announced that average mortgage rates have risen yet again. The weekly report is a picture in time of the lowest to average mortgage rates on offer by lenders in the LendingTree network. Rates for a 30-year fixed mortgage rose to 5.17%. The same trend occurred for the 15-year fixed [...]

LA Fitness® is pleased to announce the opening of its newest sports club, a 45,000 square foot facility in Leesburg, VA. The club is located at the intersection of River Creek Pkwy/Cross Trail Blvd and Harry Byrd Hwy Route 7. The club address is 1490 Classic Path Way SE. A grand opening party is scheduled [...]

Wells Fargo and Co. recently announced that starting on December 20, 2010 until June 30, 2013, vulnerable Pick-a-Payment customers in California can qualify for forgiveness on their principal amounts by maintaining their mortgage payments on time. Also, Wells Fargo will add $33 million to the state coffers that will be earmarked to canvass knowledgeable helpers [...]

A recent study of leukemic stem cells (LSC) has concluded that individuals with acute myeloid leukemia who experienced more activity of particular LSC genes had more generally worse overall survival. The findings were published in the December 22 to 29 edition of the Journal of American Medical (JAMA). Dr. Andrew J. Gentles, of Stanford University, [...]

Scientific researchers are constantly searching for procedures to pinpoint the beginning stages of Alzheimer’s disease because it is believed that detrimental changes in the brain occur long before symptoms are noticeable. Through the National institutes of Health, new data reveals that a blood test is able to measure the amount of beta-amyloid protein in the [...]

General Motors Corporation has recently announced a general recall of model year 2011 Cadillac SRX, Chevrolet Equinox and GMC Terrain vehicles. The number of vehicles affected exceeds 97,000. The recall seems to be a problem with the driver or passenger safety belt buckle anchor. It may break or come apart near the seat attachment during [...]

The United States Small Business Administration recently announced two unique programs intended to heighten SBA-financed loans to small businesses in markets normally not flush with capital. Further, Karen Mills, ABA Administrator, also made public that Catherine L. Hughes of Radio One Inc., will lead the new Advisory Council on Underserved Communities. The new programs just [...]