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Home Financing

Mortgage Rates are Steady – Now the Time to Buy a New Home

For most people around the world, buying a home is their biggest investment. Taking out a mortgage provides a convenient method of financing the purchase.

Credit Repair

Why Credit Repair is More Important (and Beneficial) Than You Think

There are different ways that you can go about repairing your credit. Some of them may offer an “easy” way out, but you’ll have to pay the price-in money.

Home Buying

How to Know if You’re Getting a Deal on Your Home Loan

Getting the best deal possible on your home loan could mean the difference between being able to afford your dream home and being forced to settle for something less.

Loans

Five Key Considerations When Sourcing for a Loan Facility

In today’s world, the multiplicity of needs competing for the increasingly scarce resources makes it almost inevitable that everyone will require a loan facility at one point or another.

Credit Cards

Bad Credit: No Problem Credit Cards

A credit score of under 550 has you in bad credit territory. Likely, you have a few dings on your record including a late payment, an overdrawn account or insufficient funds.

Consumer Tips

7 Tips for Reducing Credit Card Debt This Year

More than five years have passed since the economy tanked and credit is once again easy to get and just as easy to abuse. What is not so easy is getting out of debt, especially for consumers with restricted income and the attendant limited options.

Credit Cards

5 Bad Credit Cards to Avoid

You are shopping for a new credit card, wanting one that will allow you to keep track of your expenses and perhaps offer you an incentive such as cash back on your purchases.

Home Financing

Mortgage Rates Rise Slightly Above Record Lows

Tweet If you are in the market for a new home, historically low interest rates beckon. Those rates, however, have risen slightly in the past week although there is no

Consumer Financing

How to Obtain a Personal Loan

Tweet Certainly, your bank may want to know what the funds will be used for as one condition for receiving credit, but you can typically find a lender that will

Consumer Tips

7 Expenses to Cut Immediately

Tweet Making more money is, of course, the ideal and an ongoing goal. Cutting your expenses is something that you can do immediately, by attending to the following seven items.

Consumer Financing

How to Apply for a Consumer Loan

Tweet Interest rates on secured loans are lower than unsecured consumer loans, thus you’ll strike a better deal with a lender if you can offer collateral. Personal loans are typically

Consumer Financing Home Financing

How to Choose a Mortgage Lender

Tweet If you’re shopping for a mortgage, don’t go with just any lender. Your bank is a natural first place to look for a loan, but it shouldn’t be the

Credit Cards

How to Choose the Right Credit Card

Tweet If you’re not shopping for a new credit card, then immediately take your offer and put it through the shredder. Don’t throw it in the trash — someone might

Money News

Mortgage Rates Hold Steady Above 5 Percent

The average rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage is now above five percent, pegged at 5.16 percent according to Bankrate.com’s weekly national survey announced on Thursday.

Debt Management

How to Step Into the Balance Transfer Bandwagon With Caution

With the economy remaining in a sluggish state, many people are looking for ways to reduce their monthly expenses and free up some cash.