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The fear of layoffs has been strong in the past few years—and for federal workers, that fear only continues to grow. There are also circumstances in which lenders will allow you to redraw up to your ...

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After her husband lost his tech job in 2008, Lisa Eidner of Mahwah, N.J., asked the couple's mortgage servicer to lower their monthly payments. The company agreed to a temporary cut but sent the ...