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Libor affair shows banks have been betraying consumers' trust on a massive scale

You're likely part of the largest financial scandal in the world today if you have adjustable rate mortgage or a private student loan.

Hundreds of borrowers complain to the CFPB about private education loans

Wells Fargo borrowers potentially eligible for mortgage rate reduction under the national settlement with big banks are being notified this month, Maryland's attorney general said Friday.

Harford County real estate transactions for January 2012

Congressman Barney Frank is not running for re-election this year, but he has an idea for a bumper stick his fellow Democrats can use in their campaigns — "We're not perfect, but they're nuts."

A federal judge has ordered the nation's five largest mortgage servicers to provide nearly $1 billion in aid to Maryland homeowners as part of $25 billion settlement.

Maryland's attorney general said Friday that the nearly $60 million pot of money he controls from the national mortgage settlement would be spent only in ways designed to help homeowners and communities struggling with foreclosure.

Marylander regulators warn of mortgage settlement scam

Santorum may have mischaracterized the president's religious views, but he's right that something like theology drives his policy decisions.

The number of Maryland homeowners behind on their mortgage payments but not yet in foreclosure inched downward in 2011.

As the federal government and 49 states signed onto a landmark mortgage relief settlement, housing advocates and others pointed to shortcomings.

Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler is right to sign on to a settlement with the nation's five largest banks over problems in the foreclosure process.

Maryland joins other state attorneys general in an agreement with the nation's top five mortgage servicers over shoddy and illegal foreclosure practices.

Calif., N.Y., Fla. were on fence about joining; announcement expected Thursday

The Berlin family wants to continue to curate the selection the Ivy Bookshop is known for, but expand online presence

Robert Reich says America is realizing that the financial world does more good than harm

The Ivy bookshop in north Baltimore will have new owners in January: Ann and Ed Berlin.

The thousands of people who showed up for the Towson-area's annual Fourth of July fireworks this year didn't realize they might have been witnessing the end of a 40-year tradition. A January deadline is looming to determine if the fireworks will survive into 2012.

On Sept. 11, 2001, two old friends from Loyola Blakefield high school's Class of 1990 were high above Lower Manhattan in the World Trade Center's south tower, their futures as bright as that morning's blue-sky sunshine.

On Sept. 11, 2001, two old friends from Loyola Blakefield high school's Class of 1990 were high above Lower Manhattan in the World Trade Center's south tower, their futures as bright as that morning's blue-sky sunshine.