Cited: Fierce Health Finance

Of late, Hospital labor relations have resembled that of a thorny rose. Layoffs of 50 or more employees of hospitals reached its highest levels in April. That figure does not include the September 2005 with the hospital shutdowns after hurricane Katrina. The American Medical News reports that mass layoffs continue to impact not only the medical industry but multiple markets and even includes some clinicians that historically have been exempt from layoff.

This month, at least five hospital systems have already announced mass layoffs. Pittsburgh-based West Penn Allegheny Health System has notified the state of Pennsylvania that up to 344 positions are at risk due to its decision to stop providing hospital inpatient and emergency services at Allegheny General Hospital Suburban Campus in Bellevue, reports the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Springfield, Mass.-based Sisters of Providence Health System will lay off 135 full-time employees, including more than 60 patient care technicians, at Mercy Medical Center and other local facilities, reports CBS-3 Springfield News. Community Medical Centers in Fresno, Calif., will lay off 150 employees throughout the health system, reports CBS47-TV. According to the Denver Business Journal, Exempla Healthcare in Denver, which is run by Lenexa, Kan.-based Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health System, will cut 100 positions, including some patient-care jobs, at Saint Joseph Hospital and other facilities. And Maricopa Integrated Health System in Phoenix has laid off 87 employees as part of a move to trim 145 positions, reports the Arizona Republic.

Given this landscape, hospital executives could be forgiven for assuming that labor is plentiful and compliant. However, nurses are on the brink of becoming an endangered species, reports the Washington Post. Roughly one-third of nurses are at least 50 years old, and 55% expect to retire within 10 years, according to a survey by the Bernard Hodes Group. Nursing programs aren’t churning out graduates fast enough to replace those pending departures (to the tune of a projected 300,000-nurse shortage), says Peter Buerhaus, a professor at Vanderbilt University. Current turnover rates also are problematic. Florida lost three registered nurses for every five the state added over the past two years, and the annual nursing turnover at Florida hospitals averages 15% according to the Florida Center for Nursing, reports the Miami Herald.

Nor are nurses compliant. Fresh off a June 10 one-day strike, some 12,000 nurses in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area will decide on June 21 whether to conduct a full open-ended strike, reports the Star Tribune. (66% of the nurses must vote yes, and the union would have to give the 14 hospitals involved in the stalled contract negotiations at least 10 days notice prior to a second walkout.) However, the union also has expressed a willingness to bend on its demands and has invited the hospitals to resume negotiations on June 22. A judicial order prevented the California Nurses Association (CNA) from participating in the one-day June 10 strike at University of California (UC) medical centers. However, the CNA continues to press its case for better staffing while awaiting a June 18 hearing that will determine whether its nurses can strike legally at UC facilities, reports the Bay Citizen.

Adding to the woes of hospital management, the Pennsylvania Bureau of Unemployment Compensation has decided that the nurses and other staff who earlier this year held a 28-day strike at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia are eligible for unemployment compensation because the strike was technically a lockout, reports the Philadelphia Inquirer. The decision, which Temple will appeal, states that “unilateral modification of an existing collective bargaining agreement by an employer constitutes a lockout under the law and allows an employee to receive benefits.”

To add to the labor problems, lawsuits over unpaid meal breaks have become the trend for some employees. Hospitals owned by Nashville Tenn.-based HCA Inc., Northeast Methodist Hospital in Live Oak, Texas and Menorah Medical Center in Overland Park, Kansas, have to employees that have filed lawsuits against HCA for requiring them to work during unpaid meal breaks, according to Nashville Business Journal. These employees are seeking class-action status.

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My Take: As someone who may need critical care due to a disability, I am glad I do not live in California or Minnesota. It seems that people are going to be contacting Bronx nursing home abuse lawyer if nurses in nursing homes go on strike as well. Patients will not get the care they need. And emergency rooms will be seeing a NYC slip and fall lawyer coming in to see their client.

Nurses on strike will cause a lot of problems in hospitals and clinics in both states. A wrongful death lawyer will probably obtain a few cases because of this, mainly because patients did not have the proper care when needed. I doubt the truck accident lawyers will see an increase in clients, because of this, but some lawyers will.

Many hospitals utilize some form of accounting services and their accounting is going to go crazy. Good  accounting services will be able to handle the unusual situation, but others will not. At least nurses don’t need to worry about obtaining tax return preparation accountants at this time a year.

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Cited: Forbes

Every summer gas prices go up, this summer is no different. The cost of a gallon of gas is probably going to average about $2.92 between April and September. That will be $.45 higher than last summer’s $2.44 per gallon and even higher than the $2.83 that is the national average according to the Energy Information Administration’s Short-Term Energy and Summer Fuels Outlook.

Oil industry analysts say 46,000-square-mile oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico won’t inevitably affect pump prices in June, although it could interfere with crude prices later this summer if oil deliveries to Gulf coast refineries are disrupted, or if the spill leads to increased drilling restrictions in the Gulf.

Crude prices play the biggest role in determining gas prices: They typically make up between 65% and 70% of the total cost of one gallon of regular gasoline. State and federal taxes contribute about 15% of the cost, distribution and marketing contribute 10%, and refining contributes about 6%.

It’s also a question of supply and demand. Summer weather means people drive more (according to AAA’s annual Memorial Day forecast, 32 million Americans will travel away from home that weekend, with 87% of them driving a vehicle to reach their destination, up 5.8% over 2009), and higher demand for gas leads to higher prices.

Tropical storms can also affect prices because they disrupt distribution channels and drilling conditions.

“Hurricane season has been playing a toll on gasoline prices just since hurricane Katrina,” says Patrick DeHaan, the senior petroleum analyst and lead blogger for GasBuddy.com. “In the last five years we’ve seen a lot of storms that have done quite a bit of damage to the oil industry, so it’s something to keep an eye on now.”

But there are plenty of things drivers can do to reduce how much they spend at the pump this summer. Using cruise control on the highway, babying the engine and driving smartly can all add multiple miles to a single tank of gas–and save hundreds of dollars over a year of driving.

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We consulted Gas Buddy’s DeHaan and reports produced by the United States Department of Energy in compiling ways to save this summer. All fuel-economy benefit data and equivalent gasoline savings estimates are from www.fueleconomy.gov. We talked with spokesman Dave Engelman about what the Stuttgart, Germany-based company is doing to improve efficiency in their racecars. We also consulted Christie Hyde, a spokeswoman for AAA, about how fuel efficiency affects depreciation rates and the best way to increase gas mileage during summer driving.

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The biggest gain in fuel economy is a one-time decision with far-reaching consequences: it involves the type and size of the engine in the car itself.

Smaller engines (4-cylinders and V6s) need less fuel than larger engines (V6s and V8s), which can mean a 20% difference in the amount of miles sucked from one tank of gas. Assuming a year of 15,000 miles, on fuel that costs $2.86 per gallon, the difference between getting 20 miles per gallon on the highway and one that gets 30 mpg is more than $700.

According to a AAA depreciation report released last month, the prospect of saving money at the pump–or not–affects not just what vehicles people choose, but the depreciation of the cars themselves. Last year small sedans were the only auto segment that decreased the amount they depreciated. He

Hyde knows why: “We really believe it is being driven by this desire for more fuel-efficient vehicles. Even though gas prices had dipped for awhile, they’re starting to come back up, and people are starting to look for more fuel-efficient vehicles and realizing–whether for financial reasons or environmental reasons or both–the benefit of those.”

Certain types of engines also get better mileage than others. Diesel-powered vehicles offer a fuel-economy benefit of 40% better mileage than gasoline-powered engines. They do cost a bit more up front, but they save money in the long run: the $22,830 Jetta TDI gets a whopping 42 miles to the gallon on the highway and costs less to own over the long run than the base $17,735 Jetta, which gets 30 mpg on the highway ($35,021 over five years, versus $36,220).

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After that initial purchase decision, it’s the little things that add up to cheap driving. Shedding ski racks, tow apparatus and old luggage is one of them.

Even the pro racers do it: “We’re spending lots of money trying to reduce the weight everywhere we can, every place that we can,” says Engelman, who heads communications for Porsche’s racing team. It’s one reason why the company developed a unique flywheel system for its 911 GT3 R Hybrid racecar, rather than using a heavier hybrid-battery system. This is a power generator fitted inside the car, next to the driver, delivers energy to electric motors near the wheels.

Just using the correct motor oil affects gas mileage and is something very simple to do. Using the correct oil may only give you a gain of about 2% or $.60 per gallon on the highway, but combined with everything else, it will add up.

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My Take: I definitely agree with this article. Saving money on gas allows people to put it in other areas of their life that is actually more important to them. Being able to afford birthday party invitations for their kids or getting a Greek shirt for the man of the house on Father’s Day. These things may not seem important to some people, but buying things for family members is important to others.

Greek apparel and communion invitations are just minor purchases in people’s lives. With this tough economy some people need to hire a bankruptcy attorney. Of course, before this economy gets better it may be that a lot of people needed to hire bankruptcy attorneys.

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Cited: Reuters

A much-awaited program to cleanse toxic assets from banks balance sheets should be ready to roll out soon according to the new overseer of the US government’s $700 billion bank bailout plan. Progress has been made in developing public-private partnerships in an effort to pair investors and the government in buying poorly performing assets from banks was told to a Congressional Oversight Panel by Herb Allison.

“I’m confident that very soon we’ll be launching partnerships,” Allison said. In a wide-ranging exchange of questions and answers, Allison said there were signs the U.S. economy was on the mend but stressed there could be no let-up on recovery efforts.

“Our financial system and our economy remain vulnerable, with unemployment still rising, house prices falling and pressure on commercial real estate continuing to build,” he said. Allison also said that Treasury will “soon” publish guidance on how to value warrants that the government received when it injected capital into banks and that the banks are able to buy back as they regain stability and pay back the capital.

“We’ll soon be publishing on our website our approach to valuing the warrants and if it comes to that, disposing the warrants,” he said. The warrants to buy shares were intended to provide a means for taxpayers to share in the profits of banks that benefited from being able to draw on taxpayer-funded help.

Allison was confirmed by the Senate last week as Treasury assistant secretary to head the Treasury Department’s Office of Financial Stability, which manages the Troubled Asset Relief Program, known as TARP. Congress approved TARP last year under the former Bush administration.

He noted that about 30 companies that received cash injections from the government have repaid $70 billion and added that about $5 billion has been received in dividends on stock the government got in return for investing in firms.

Allison, a former chief executive of mortgage finance company Fannie Mae, replaces Neel Kashkari, who was appointed to head TARP by the former Bush administration. Kashkari carried over in the Obama administration until early May.

OPTIMISTIC ABOUT BANKS

Allison expressed confidence that so-called public-private partnerships to cleanse toxic assets from banks’ balance books will soon be launched. The partnerships are intended to pair private investors with the government to finance purchases of poorly performing mortgages and other holdings that might then be sold in the future at a profit while relieving banks of carrying them.

“We’ve made a great deal of progress,” Allison said. “It shouldn’t be long before we announce the first stage in that program.” Responding to questions, Allison said it was heartening to see increases in banks’ stock prices as well as rising confidence among financial sector participants since the government reported the results of “stress tests” on the adequacy of their capital levels.

“There are encouraging signs that the banking industry has been strengthening itself significantly,” he said. In May, the government announced the results of in-depth stress tests on the 19 largest U.S. banks. The tests were designed to gauge how the firms would weather more adverse economic conditions.

Since then, many banks have been aggressively raising capital by selling stock. Allison avoided a direct answer when asked whether the government might undertake the high-profile process of stress testing again, but with even tougher economic assumptions.

He said the administration’s regulatory reform plan calls for regular, ongoing stress tests of the nation’s biggest banks, but those tests will likely be part of the private supervisory process. Allison said he will review the controls over the use of the taxpayers’ money that funds TARP and try to make sure its operations are transparent so that people can see what is being done and why.

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My Take: I understand that banks and real estate are the major portions that run our economy, why don’t they talk about lowering prices. The high cost of products in this country is what makes it hard for people to spend money when they need to.

I remember in college when I took economics, one of the things my teacher taught us was about “turnover”. A business can more money in the “turnover” of a product, if they lower their price. For example, if a widget costs a business $10 to purchase and then sells it for $20, that is a $10 profit.

Of course, that $10 is not all profit. Part of that goes towards expenses of selling the widget. If it only costs a business $5 to sell a widget, then the profit margin is $5. That is the equivalent of a 25% profit. By lowering the price, the business will sell more widgets with a lower profit margin. However, if a business lowers the price of the widget and increases their order, which will usually lower their cost per item, they will be able to sell more in the “turnover”. See chart below:

As you can see the in the above chart, if a business maintains the same order and lowers their price, they will loss profit. However, if they increase their order, which will lower their cost per item usually, they will increase their profit by selling more. Simple economics! If more business owners would think like this, prices all over the country would go down and people would buy more!

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Cited: AP Economics

Federal Reserve policymakers are actually considering whether some programs that are meant to drive down rates on mortgages and other consumer debt should be slowed down because the fragile economy is beginning to improve. A meeting of Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and his colleagues in June did not launch any new efforts according to most economists. Many on Wall Street fear that the efforts that beds are using to get out longest recession since World War II could bring on inflation in later years.

“Injecting additional money into the banking system is a pretty dangerous game right now, and the Fed cannot afford to press on the accelerator amid a potentially inflationary environment,” said Richard Yamarone, economist at Argus Research.

Wanting to snuff out any rise in inflation expectations, the Fed could opt to tweak its already-announced programs to slow down purchases of either government debt or mortgage-backed securities. Doing so also could help avert possible market disruptions and make it easier for the Fed to reel in these programs once the economy rebounds.

In March, the Fed launched a bold $1.2 trillion effort to drive down interest rates to try to revive lending and get Americans to spend more freely again. It said it would spend up to $300 billion to buy long-term government bonds over six months and boost its purchases of mortgage securities. So far, the Fed has bought about $177.5 billion in Treasury bonds.

The Fed is on track to buy up to $1.25 trillion worth of securities issued by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac by the end of this year or early next year. Nearly $456 billion worth of those securities have been purchased. But slowing down the purchases carries risk, including that rates on mortgages and government debt could rise more than expected, which could hurt the economy’s prospects for emerging from recession, economists said.

A recent run-up in rates on mortgages and Treasury securities, if prolonged, could choke off prospects for an economic recovery. Some of those fears were eased last month, when rates on 30-year mortgages dipped to 5.38 percent after a string of weekly increases.

Meanwhile, the Fed is all but certain to hold its key bank lending rate at a record low between zero and 0.25 percent when the meeting concludes and probably through the rest of this year, economists said. That means commercial banks’ prime lending rate, used to peg rates on home equity loans, certain credit cards and other consumer loans, will stay around 3.25 percent, the lowest in decades.

Bernanke has predicted the recession will end later this year. Some analysts say the economy will start growing again as soon as the July-September quarter as the Fed’s actions so far, along with the federal stimulus of tax cuts and increased government spending, take hold.

There have been signs of some improvements: home sales have firmed: construction activity has picked up - albeit off record-low levels; consumer spending has stabilized following a massive cutback at the end of last year; layoffs are slowing and some credit stresses have eased.

Even after the recession ends, the recovery is likely to be tepid, which will push unemployment higher. The nation’s unemployment rate - now at 9.4 percent - is expected to keep climbing into 2010. Acknowledging that the jobless rate is going to climb over 10 percent, President Barack Obama said Tuesday he’s not satisfied with the progress his administration has made on the economy. He defended his recovery package but said the aid must get out faster.

Some analysts say the rate could rise as high as 11 percent by the next summer before it starts to decline. The highest rate since World War II was 10.8 percent at the end of 1982. An index measuring chief executives’ business expectations showed an improved outlook from last quarter’s record low, but many still expect declines in sales, jobs and capital spending.

“We don’t see continued free fall,” Ivan G. Seidenberg, chairman of the Business Roundtable and CEO of Verizon Communications, said Tuesday. “But nobody’s ready to suggest they’re going to begin hiring.”

The weak economy, so far, has kept a lid on inflation. Consumer prices inched up 0.1 percent in May, but are down 1.3 percent over the last 12 months, the weakest annual showing since the 1950s. Bernanke and other Fed officials don’t think companies will be in any position to jack up prices given cautious consumers, big production cuts at factories and the weak employment climate.

Obama said in June that Bernanke was doing a fine job under difficult circumstances, but he declined to say whether he will reappoint the Fed chairman in January. Bernanke took over the Fed in February 2006 after serving as President George W. Bush’s chief economist. His term will expire early next year. Bernanke - a student of the Great Depression who spent most of his professional life in academia - has elicited praise and controversy for his radical efforts to lift the country out of recession and end the worst financial crisis since the 1930s.

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My Take: I think they need to put in some price freezing measures, like on gasoline. Last year at this time we were pain over $4 a gallon. Yeah, the price went down by half, but it is going back up again. Every time you turn around the price is going up on something.

Economically, I think the price on all food products should be frozen. My reasoning is very simple, the food prices go up and people do not have enough money so they ask for a raise. If their company gives them a raise, the company passes that expense on their clients. Some of which happen to be their employees. It is nothing but a vicious circle.

I remember my grandmother tell me that in 1935 she bought a house for $3500. She owned that house when she died. The house sold for over $200,000. That is about 6 times its original price. I guess it is just the world we live in now. The increasing shortages of materials to build with or manufacture items causes the price to go up. All passed down to the John Q. Citizen who passes it on to their bosses by requesting raises who passes it right back to John Q. Citizen. Like I said, it is nothing but a vicious circle.

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As in art, antiques, wine and collectibles, the common denominator of home brokers is not a particular price range, but rather the distinctive character of the property. Serving clients selling properties of significant interest in all price ranges should be a real estate agent goal. Whether that property is Nyack NY real estate or Houston real estate should make no difference. Realtors should offer concierge level services to all real estate buyers, sellers and investors. Our realtor should guide you through the entire process of purchasing or selling when they have Rockland County homes for sale or homes for sale.

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A mortgage company is a wholesale mortgage broker that shops many of the country’s largest lenders daily. Looking through the wholesale rate catalog in order to find their clients exceptional pricing and a offers variety and competitiveness of a Fortune 100 company while providing “boutique” client service. Perfect credit is should not required to qualify for many of the best offerings like a Lawrenceburg Kentucky mortgage or a loan modification and all personal information should be kept confidential and secure. You would like someone to be completely honest with you about what is really possible when you are considering Arizona short sales or even refinancing in KY. You want a trained experts will contact you to answer all of your questions.

Every business needs sales leads. Even businesses that actually do not sell anything still need sales leads. For example, a law firm or a doctor’s office still needs sales leads because they do sell something and that something is their service.

The important thing for your business is to make sure that the sales leads that you do create keep pace with the expanding size of your business. You also need to make sure that they are solid and qualified IT sales leads so that you can close the deal you want to make. This means you need to be able to distinguish between a qualified and a potential lead.

A qualified lead is one where you have exactly what the customer needs, either product or service, and doing business is very easy. You clearly understand what the customer wants or needs and this is the foundation to build a solid sales lead.

A potential lead is one where the customer might need your product but it does not quite meet their needs. This makes it difficult to make a sale because you end up having to explain further, how your product or service will meet their needs. The prospect of a sale will depend on your sales pitch more than a qualified lead would.

Your business needs qualified sales leads because you cannot afford to waste time and energy on anything less. You need to make contacts that can give you immediate leads for your business to grow. Referrals and testimonials are one of the best ways to get qualified leads because they come from customs that already trust you. You could possibly increase sales leads by providing your customers with a company profile that lets them know even more about your business.

Sales leads are important to every business because that is where business starts. If you have no sales leads then sales cannot be made!

Prediction #2: Banks will not enact reforms to keep their customers happy

New credit card rules were enacted by federal banking in December 2008. These rules are supposed to stop “unfair or deceptive” credit card industry practices by limiting interest rate increases on past purchases, more easily understood disclosure of terms and getting rid of what is called the “gotcha” process that cost consumers millions in fees and interest. Of course, they do have until July of 2010 to implement these changes in billing, marketing and advertising systems. The average cardholder will probably not notice any difference in their credit card.

This 18-month period may not affect retail merchant account credit card processing, but it will affect card issuers of all sizes. If the larger card issuers implement the rules quickly, smaller issuers may feel pressured by the competition to follow suit.

Banks and card issuers that implement these rules early could be put in a good light and get some positive public relations out of it. However, there will be those that drag their feet and wait until the last minute to accomplish this. Retail merchant accounts should not be affected by these changes.

One credit card company has actually already started, Capital One. In fact, they have taken it to a higher level by disclosing more than they are actually required to. This may put them ahead of other card issuers because there may still be more credit card regulations coming. Congress intends to introduce legislation in 2009 that is meant to fill any gaps that may have been left by the federal card rules so far.

Credit Card Predictions for 2009, Prediction 1

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In fact, there are payroll tax services, payroll administration services, online or web-based payroll services and integrated payroll services even advanced on-site payroll software is available today. There is even the option of outsourcing to a firm to lighten your heavy workload. Dealing with all the hassles and technicalities of running a business can be frustrating and time-consuming. You can gain peace of mind allowing you to run your passion or live your dream, which is your business, when you delegate your payroll to a company that specializes in payroll services.

You can find several payroll service companies or payroll software by doing a quick search on the Internet. There is no guarantee, of course, that the software will be easy to understand or use. It may even take you more time to get your payroll completed. Not all programs will meet every business need you have without one that is designed specifically for your business.

Large businesses or corporations utilize in-house accountants and for them it is the best solution. However, in-house accountants may not be the best solution for a small business. When it comes to payroll or tax needs, outsourcing is the best option for many small businesses.

Good payroll services will recommend that you continue to do your payroll for at least 2-3 weeks after you have opened your payroll service account. During this period, all of your data and information is transferred to their systems. From that time on, all you need to do is send, e-mail or fax your payroll information to them. They will take care of all the necessary tax deductions, child support, and retirement, insurance and calculate pay for you. Some of these companies can even handle direct deposit; otherwise, they would send you the checks to distribute to your employees.

If the service makes any mistakes, they will take care of it because they are responsible for it and they will make all the needed corrections. You also do not have to wait on any payroll reports because you are just a click away from that report that needs to be on your desk now. When you receive that report, it will also be up to date. Outsourcing payroll services for a small business is actually the best possible solution.

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Well, according to the data that was released on Friday, only about half of the loan modifications that made to the end of the year actually reduced payments by more than 10%. This data comes from the Office of the Compiler of the Currency and the Office of Thrift Supervision. They apparently analyzed nearly 35 million loans worth more than $6 trillion.

President Obama’s $75 billion plan to promote loan modifications is mainly for the average homeowner and does not provide for commercial loan workouts. Although, there are just as many commercial loan defaults, in comparison, as there are home loan defaults.

This report also states that many of the loans that were modified are also falling back into default. Many people believe that this is because of the lending industries unwillingness to be generous despite regulators attempts to influence them. As it is, 1 in 4 modifications actually increased monthly payments in the fourth quarter of 2008. It is believed the reason for this is that lenders are adding fees or past-due interest to the loan and spreading them out over the 30-40 year period.

This means that after nine months 26% of the loans that were modified and were dropped by 10% or more in the size of their payment, fell back into default. It is possible that less would likely fall into default if the monthly payments were reduced even more. Maybe they should get a special servicer to help them work this out.

However, there was some positive news to come out of these loan modifications in 2008. By the end of the year that 25% had increased to 37% of loans with payments lowered more than 10% that resulted in less going back into default.

Lenders such as Bank of America Corp., J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and Citigroup Inc. have realized that home and commercial loan defaults will decrease as they realize that more permanent changes are needed to get borrowers back on track.

The truth is, only time will tell if lenders will be willing to sacrifice certain things in making loan modifications that will help the borrower retain his or her home.

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