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Buying a Home Without a FICO Score
posted: 311 DAYS 13 HOURS AGO
Nearly every personal finance guru in America will tell you that it's important to build and maintain a high FICO score -- and that good credit is a sign of financial prudence and responsibility. Lenders will reward you for that responsibility with a lower interest rate loan.
The Smart Way to Lend Money to Family and Friends? Don't Do It!
posted: 318 DAYS 11 HOURS AGO
filed under: Recession, Refinancing, Savings Account
Linda Stern of Money has a list of tips on how to lend money to family while avoiding all the headaches that come with it. The ideas are good if you're committed to lending money to relatives (or friends), but I have a better tip: Never lend money to family or friends. Really. It's just not a good idea.
Get Out of Debt the Casey Serin Way
posted: 330 DAYS 9 HOURS AGO
Casey Serin, an infamous online entrepreneur we previously profiled at Walletpop, has come a long way on the dark road of how to get out of debt -- and he still owes $190,000. That's the amount left over after his crazy year of failing to "flip" houses in Sacramento, succumbing to foreclosures and divorce.
A Newsman and His Housing Crisis
posted: 429 DAYS 12 HOURS AGO
filed under: Banking, Credit, Credit Cards, Debt, Fraud, Loans, Mortgages, Recession, Refinancing, Retirement
Edmund Andrews wasn't just reporting on the unfolding subprime-mortgage crisis -- he was also living it. The New York Times's economics writer and the author of the forthcoming Busted: Life Inside the Great Mortgage Meltdown talks to us about how and why he got tripped up by a deal that was too good to be true.
"I have no one to blame but myself for my woes," Andrews tells us. "But it is too easy to snarl in contempt at homeowners who got in over their heads in the housing bubble. I've seen too many people who really were duped by the system, and I've learned too much about how corrupt the system itself had become."
Read on for more of our exclusive interview.
'Times Magazine' on Credit, Foreclosure
posted: 440 DAYS 8 HOURS AGO
filed under: Banking, Checking Account, Credit, Credit Cards, Credit Reports, Credit Score, Debt, Fraud, Mortgages, Recession, Refinancing
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On Sunday, The New York Times Magazine will publish its Money Issue, featuring at least two stories virtually guaranteed to spoil your brunch: reporter Edmund L. Andrews's personal tale of his own harrowing misadventures in the subprime-mortgage crisis, and Charles Duhigg's study of what the credit-card companies are doing to track your every move (and figure out whether you've been naughty or nice). Read on.
Countrywide By Any Other Name Is Still...
posted: 456 DAYS 8 HOURS AGO
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The ailing Countrywide, rescued by Bank of America, is now to be known as Bank of America Home Loans. But is that really any better in terms of branding, as BofA doesn't have the best reputation now either. What would you call it?
Mortgage Fees Jump to Record Highs
posted: 491 DAYS 11 HOURS AGO
filed under: Home Equity Loan, Home Insurance, Loans, Mortgages, Recession, Refinancing
Interest rates are at record lows, which makes this a pretty fantastic time to refinance. But there's just one problem...find out what it's going to cost you to re-do your loan.
Meet Our Ideal of a Real Estate Agent
posted: 511 DAYS 10 HOURS AGO
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Our blogger comes across an agent on TV who might just be the ideal seller and gets his tips on what to look for in your own real estate agent.
Third of Older Boomers in Home Trouble
posted: 514 DAYS 8 HOURS AGO
filed under: Online Taxes, Recession, Refinancing, Retirement
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A new study says that 30% of older Boomers owe more on their mortgages than their properties are worth. That spells bad news for a group that will be retiring soon if they haven't already.
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| Type | Current | APR |
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| 15 yr fixed mtg | 4.07% | 4.43% |
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