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LAS VEGAS-Record low mortgage rates have done nothing to stop a renewed housing slide, as new home sales fell to record lows in May and both refinance and purchase volumes fell throughout June.

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SILVER SPRING, Md.-Spring and summer tend to be the big home-buying seasons, but if one recent poll is any indication, mortgage lenders may not have a whole lot to look forward to this home buying season.

BOSTON-A new study is critical of some credit union and bank "alternatives" to payday loans, saying such programs also "plunge consumers into a costly and nearly inescapable debt cycle."

Incumbents Phil Andrews, John Dingethal and Chuck McDonald were re-elected to the board at Vancouver, Wash.-based Columbia CU. Lowell McDougal was re-elected to the supervisory committee while Martin Oreschnigg won his first term.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.-David Serlo, a one-time NCUA examiner who was the first full-time employee of PSCU Financial Services and built the company into the leading CUSO, has died of a complication from cancer at 63.

NEW YORK-Saying it was responding to the "extreme stress in the credit union community on the one hand, and the growing opportunities to access federal resources on the other," the National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions (Federation) is expanding its consulting and technical assistance services.

ATLANTA-According to a recent survey by Synergistics Research entitled, "The New Consumer Credit Market-Challenges and Opportunities," there is some room for improvement in how lenders respond to customers having payment difficulties.

ORLANDO-Eugene Ludwig, former U.S. controller of the currency and a financial services veteran, has some predictions when it comes to managing risk in the years ahead.

SALT LAKE CITY-A local consumer advocacy group camped out on the steps of America First CU last week and assailed it and seven other Utah credit unions as predatory lenders for payday alternatives they offer their members.

'NO RECRIMINATIONS' AS CUSSPURN LAWMAKERS ON BANK BILL

WASHINGTON-Although credit unions have been focused on the Durbin amendment related to interchage reform, the mammoth bank bill-almost 2,300 pages long-contains several other provisions that will directly affect credit unions:

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Getting started in the social media arena is relatively easy, but the steps that need to be taken to protect your reputation, your members and your employees — and the reputation of new hires — is not.

Even if your CU has ID'd lending as its "driving force," you may also find yourself responding, "Hey, the force is not with us."

There are three things you can do to create fertile ground for imagination within your credit union: attend to your sources of vitality, springboard from your strengths, and ask questions in a positive way.

OXFORD, Miss. – Officers from four law enforcement agencies converged here Wednesday afternoon to catch a robber at Mississippi FCU within 10 minutes after a heist.

SCRANTON, Penn. – NET FCU has selected Bluepoint Solutions’ ImagePoint Teller Capture and Receipt Manager solutions.

FAIRFAX, Va. – Apple FCU said yesterday it has selected DeepTarget OLB to market its online banking environment.