Marketplace Money Newsletter for Weekend of January 9-10, 2010


Marketplace Money weekly update
January 9-10, 2010
This Week

IRS gets tough on tax preparers
Soon "unenrolled" tax preparers will be subject to higher standards. Rico Gagliano reports on the federal guidelines rolling out in the next two to three years, which are intended to help keep taxpayers safe.


GFEs help clarify mortgage terms
A new form released by the Department of Housing and Urban Development -- the Good Faith Estimate -- is intended to make mortgage terms a little easier to understand. Bankrate.com's Holden Lewis explains.


Escaping the mortgage battlefront
How can homeowners stop the carnage associated with mortgage loan modifications? Harriet Brackey, a columnist for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, offers some advice.


2010 money goals from our listeners
Three Marketplace Money listeners share their goals for the new year: Learning their credit score, teaching the kids about family finances, and improving their budgeting.


Will Dodd act with time left in office?
Although Sen. Christopher Dodd has announced he will not seek reelection, Tess Vigeland reports that as chairman of the Senate Banking Committee he still has time to push for credit card reform.


Accident inspires budgeting strategy
Alicia Wood talks with Tess Vigeland about how an accident taught her to think about money in a new way.


Money lessons from The Simpsons
Chris Turner, author of "Planet Simpson," talks with Tess Vigeland about money lessons learned from America's favorite animated family.


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Spenders and savers frequently marry each other. That's the news from a recent academic study. Chris Farrell has some ideas about how to turn financial discord into marital harmony.

Getting Personal
Tess Vigeland and Nic Retsinas, director of Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies,answer listeners' housing questions.
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