For years, manufactured homes have been an attractive, comfortable and affordable option. These homes typically cost much less than traditional homes, but buyers still need to be vigilant. These tips can help.

The sagging housing market has presented swindlers with a perfect opportunity to prey on troubled owners. But even owners who are making their payments on time are susceptible to being cheated out of their homes.

Despite the folding of Oxford Homes, Maine Home Center, Burlington Homes and Waterford Homes, the move by KBS to reopen the plant signals that the modular home industry is not dead in the Oxford Hills area, KBS general manager Ray Atkisson said.

Mexpro.com, the leading Mexico travel / auto insurance website, announced today a tremendous uptick in consumer purchases resulting from Economic Stimulus checks distributed earlier this month. Mexpro provides Mexico Auto Insurance for US and Canadian residents visiting Mexico. Tourists can purchase and print car insurance for Mexico from mexpro.com prior to their trip.

Two model homes showcase advantages of building without using wood.

Con artists attempting to steal personal information are contacting New Jersey residents and falsely stating that bank account and/or social security numbers must be provided to them in order for economic stimulus checks to be sent to consumers.

There are recommendations for FHA Insurance and consumer protections being made available for purchasers of “manufactured” homes and for creating a new automated credit rating system to help potential borrowers with “thin” credit histories (the idea that a banker might be expected to actually construct a cash flow statement for a potential borrower and evaluate a personal financial statement being out of the question for someone involved in the consumer financial industry).

Identity theft continues to be a major problem in the United States. The FTC recently released a list of the top consumer complaints in 2007, and identity theft is number one for the eighth consecutive year thanks to 258,427 complaints filed last year.

Citizens returning to America won't need passport until June 2009

American citizens won't need a passport to cross the land borders until the middle of next year, delaying that requirement by more than a year.