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How much did my postage rates go up?!

HOW MUCH IS MY POSTAGE GOING UP 2Effective January 26, 2014; postage rates increased.  Check out he details of the rate hike by clicking onto a rate category below to see comparison charts.

Standard Letter Rates

Standard Flat Rates

First Class

2013 – 2012 Bankruptcy Trends

2014-01-21Comparing 2012 to 2013 BK Filings & Discharges, our data shows that Chapter 7 Filings were down by 10.2% with almost 76,000 fewer filings in 2013. Chapter 7 discharges dropped by over 90,000 representing an 11.5% decrease from 2012.

Chapter 13 filings increased by over 13,000 to show an almost 5% increase (4.6%) while Chapter 13 discharges increased by 36.8% with 39,000 more in 2013.

Please note: Our data is based on one per household, minus multiple filers and has been cleansed to postal specifications