Doug Hoyes
Host at Debt Free in 30
Co-founder, @HoyesMichalos | Host, Debt Free in 30 Podcast | Author, Straight Talk on Your Money | Eliminated over $3.8 billion in #debt since 1999
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2 months ago |
player.fm | LiStnr Support |Doug Hoyes |David A. Yovanno |Todd Crawford
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Aug 22, 2024 |
hoyes.com | J. Douglas Hoyes |Doug Hoyes
Paying down credit card debt can be challenging if you carry large balances. We explain the benefits and potential drawbacks of using a personal loan to pay off credit card debt and provide other debt relief options you may want to consider. Personal Loan vs Credit Card DebtPersonal loans and credit card debt are both common forms of borrowing money, but they have different structures and repayment requirements.
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Apr 3, 2024 |
hoyes.com | Hoyes Michalos |J. Douglas Hoyes |Doug Hoyes
Hoyes, Michalos has been tracking and reporting on homeowner insolvencies since 2007. Our homeowner insolvency index peaked in 2011 at 29.1% and has fallen steadily, reaching a low of 1.6% in 2022 and rising to 4.2% in the first two months of 2024. Until recently, homeowner insolvencies have been depressed due to rising home prices, allowing heavily indebted and vulnerable homeowners to tap into the resulting rising home equity to refinance rather than file insolvency.
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Mar 15, 2024 |
hoyes.com | J. Douglas Hoyes |Doug Hoyes
On March 10, Reddit exploded with reports of old City of Ottawa debts mysteriously appearing on credit reports. Based on reporting from CBC Ottawa, on January 12, 2024, the City of Ottawa signed a five year collection agreement with Financial Debt Recovery (FDR), to collect old accounts, including outstanding parking fines and unpaid water bills. It is standard practice to hire a collection agency to collect outstanding debts.
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Dec 15, 2023 |
hoyes.com | J. Douglas Hoyes |Doug Hoyes
The past year has seen a steady erosion in financial stability for Canadian debtors. The result is that consumer insolvencies are rising rapidly. In my year-end post, I will outline what is behind the average Canadian debtor’s re-accumulation of consumer credit and how that will impact consumer insolvency levels in the coming year.
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CRA hit pause on collections in 2020 (can't garnishee wages if no one is working). Five years later, that pause is over. They’re coming hard: freezing bank accounts, slapping liens on properties, and hitting employers with Requirement to Pay notices. This is an observation, not
Just spoke with @JasonQuinney in our Brampton office. Needless to say, he's the busiest trustee in our firm, so he can only tweet once every five months, but I can confirm that all of the stories you have heard about Brampton, real estate, and "suspicious" mortgages are real.
If you go to a mortgage broker and they say they have "loopholes" to get you approved and get into a condo, while you don't have a down payment. Please walk away
RT @HoyesMichalos: 📞 Calls. 💼 Lawsuits. 💸 Wage garnishments. How far can collections go? And how fast is the timeline? This episode lays…
