Debt Counseling

Debt Management Credit Counseling Relocates Office to Lighthouse Point, FL

Debt Management Credit Counseling Corp (http://www.dmcconline.org), a nonprofit charitable organization ("DMCC"), announces new office location. New location is on a major South Florida thoroughfare and retail front, providing increased opportunity to assist local residents. DMCC provides free counseling and debt management plans to assist consumers with the repayment of their debt.Lighthouse ...

Insight: Borrowing spree pushes Canada to edge of debt cliff

TORONTO (Reuters) - The two giant jars on Randolph Taylor's windowsill are filled with shards of credit cards, chopped up by the clients whose staggering indebtedness drove them to the front line of Canada's household debt crisis. "I used to cut them up myself, but then I saw that having them do it themselves was a huge symbolic act," Taylor said, pulling out a pair of scissors from his desk ...

Insight: Borrowing spree pushes Canadians to edge of debt cliff

TORONTO (Reuters) - The two giant jars on Randolph Taylor's windowsill are filled with shards of credit cards, chopped up by the clients whose staggering indebtedness drove them to the front line of Canada's household debt crisis. "I used to cut them up myself, but then I saw that having them do it themselves was a huge symbolic act," Taylor said, pulling out a pair of scissors from his desk ...

Lawmaker pushes counseling before marriage

Lawmaker pushes counseling before marriage By Lee Davidson The Salt Lake Tribune Published Feb 2, 2012 04:54PM MDT Utahns planning marriage would face a choice of attending some pre-marriage counseling and/or classes, or paying $45 more for a marriage license under legislation revealed Thursday. Rep. Dixon Pitcher’s HB132 would also require at least a three-day wait to get married after ...

Nonprofit Credit Counseling Agency Named Approved Adopter of National Industry Standards for Homeownership Education ...

Debt Management Credit Counseling Corp. http://www.dmcconline.org, a nonprofit credit counseling organization (“DMCC”), has been named an Approved Adopter of the National Industry Standards for Homeownership Education and Counseling. Counseling organizations that adopt these standards use a set of guidelines for quality counseling. Individuals and families who want to be educated and counseled ...

A New Horizon Credit Counseling Reports Bankruptcies Fall in 2011

Debt avoidance and declining eligible petitioners citedFort Lauderdale, FL (PRWEB) January 31, 2012 Less than 1.37 million bankruptcies were filed in 2011 representing an 11.9% drop in new bankruptcy petitions for all fifty states and the District of Columbia compared to 2010. The statistic comes from data provided by Epiq Systems and signals a significant change in direction for this form of ...

First Person: Making the Most of My Credit Counseling Experience

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