Deciding To Divorce? 5 Harsh Realities You Need To Accept – First When you decide to divorce, you’re placing a bet that your future life will be better than the one you’re living now. Even if the odds feel long, it’s a chance you’re willing to take. Yes, there will be loss. But what you gain may be worth the sacrifice of the lingering, functional parts of an irreparable marriage.

5 Credit Card Mistakes That Could Keep You From Getting a Mortgage – One of the most important things you can do before applying for a mortgage is pay your bills on time to boost your credit score.

Yours, Mine and Ours: Planning Stepfamily Finances – Money issues complicate all relationships. But stepfamilies have unique, detailed planning needs that should be discussed and settled before marriage or move-in.

It’s divorce day – let’s bust some marriage myths – The conservative narrative baffles: how can tying the knot be both a moral choice and an insurance policy?

Mortgage Rate Predictions For January 2015 (FHA, VA, USDA & Conv – According to Freddie Mac’s weekly mortgage rate survey of more than one hundred banks, 30-year mortgage rates averaged 3.87% last week, marking the seventh straight week of sub-4 percent rates. The 15-year fixed rate mortgage rate averaged 3.15%.

More bankruptcy coming    International shipping advisor – Moore Stephens has predicted that more companies will have a similar fate to bankrupt ship fuel supplier OW Bunker in 2015.

The Top U.S. Healthcare Story For 2014: Cybersecurity – As healthcare becomes increasingly digitized (and more devices become network attached, attachable or aware), cybersecurity captured my vote as the top U.S. healthcare story for 2014.

Who Pays for Alimony? – When one thinks of alimony, most have a picture of the husband paying the wife, but that’s starting to change.  The 2010 Census showed that 400,000 people received spousal support, and only 3% of those were men. A 2012 survey by the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers found that 47 percent had noticed an increase in the number of wives who are paying alimony.

Divorce Rates May Not Be as High as You Think – Divorce rate data is far from perfect, but the general consensus among researchers is that divorce actually has declined since the 1980s, as this chart from Heritage’s 2014 Index of Culture and Opportunity shows. Divorce rates peaked in the early 1980s, after which they began trending downward. And researchers suggest that the lifetime probability of divorce is somewhere between 40 percent and 50 percent.

Which Mortgage Type Is Right For You? – According to a recent J.D. Power study, the majority (54%) of first-time home buyers don’t fully understand the different loan options available to them.

12 statistics on medical malpractice for orthopedic, neurosurgeons – Featured     Medical malpractice can have a huge negative impact on a surgeon’s practice.

Protecting Privacy In A Divorce – For Celebrity Clients, Professionals and Wealthy individuals, Even Backroom Meetings With Judges Can Become Front Page News. Knowing The Risks Is The First Step In Keeping Personal Information Private

How the Bankruptcy Code Should Treat All Derivatives – The American Bankruptcy Institute released its anticipated report on Monday on how Chapter 11 laws should be reformed and updated.

Foreclosure Completions Drop In October – Investors, realtors, and homebuilders watch foreclosure activity closely because it forecasts future housing supply. Foreclosure timelines can vary widely by state, depending on whether a foreclosure needs approval by a judge. The large foreclosure pipeline in the judicial states is one reason prices are still languishing in the Northeast. Homebuyers don’t focus just on existing supply. They also focus on projected supply.

Getting The Most From A High-Dollar Divorce – Divorce is almost always an emotionally taxing experience. Divorces that involve millions (or billions) of dollars have an added level of intensity and drama. It’s not uncommon for the parties in a divorce to act in irrational ways that may be counter to their own best interests or to make simple financial errors that can cost them dearly in the calculation of a settlement.

MORTGAGE EXPERT: Are new mortgage rules making it harder for older borrowers to get the home loan they want? – New rules governing the home loans market have attracted widespread criticism.

How Would You Change the Bankruptcy Code? – When Congress tweaked the bankruptcy code nearly a decade ago, seeds of discontent were sown.

How to Win a Mediation? – Mediators prefer to talk in terms of win-win or compromises where both parties leave the mediation positively disposed to one another and happy with a compromised outcome.  But in my experience the reality is somewhat different disputants particularly in the construction setting want to win, they want to get an outcome and if they do not get the outcome they want after mediation, they will insist upon their day in court

16 Reasons To Be Grateful For Divorce (Yes, Divorce) – Divorce may seem like an odd thing to be grateful for this Thanksgiving. But as plenty of HuffPost Divorce readers and bloggers will tell you, nothing forces you to reevaluate your priorities quite like a split.

Get your house back after foreclosure? – Every state allows struggling homeowners to buy back their properties before the homes are lost to foreclosure sales. In about half the states, even foreclosure isn’t the final word: Defaulting borrowers may have one last chance to get back their homes.