Articles, tagged with "interest rate hikes", page 2
07th July 2010
Real estate investors in and around the Louisville area who have been taking a wait-and-see approach to investing in residential and commercial real estate may want to get off the fence, depending on their financial situation. As the country's economy beg...
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Author:
willamlouis
01st June 2010
Traditional fixed rate home loans are making a return. Fixed interest rate mortgages generally come with term lengths of 15 or 30 years. The main benefit of a fixed interest mortgage is that your payment will remain fixed for the duration of the mortga...
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Author:
JD Givens
01st June 2010
Traditional fixed rate mortgages are making a comeback. Fixed interest rate mortgages typically come with term lengths of 15 or 30 years. The main advantage of a fixed interest mortgage is that your payment will remain fixed for the life span of the mo...
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Author:
JD Givens
17th May 2010
The inevitable interest rate hikes are just around the corner, which means we will be paying more for pretty much everything. Now is a good time to set your sights on making the effort to get out of debt. Here are a few suggestions on how to do this befor...
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Author:
Molly
23rd April 2010
Because of the U.S. economic crisis, you'll find that credit cards and loans are more difficult to obtain, but here are some tips to survive the credit crisis.
Use your emergency fund (not a credit card) for emergencies.
You should have between thr...
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Author:
MoneyNowUSA
13th April 2010
A recent Consumer Reports study found that one-third of Americans do not own a credit card. In addition to that, nearly 24% of American have no cards at all, no debit cards, no retail cards, NOTHING!
And in the past decade, the number of bankruptcies ...
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Author:
Sunny
26th March 2010
If you have not yet heard, February 22 (2010) finalized the practice of the new consumer-friendly credit card rules. Actually, the first batch of changes were phased in August of 2009, giving both the credit card companies and the consumer a period of adj...
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Author:
Molly
14th December 2009
With the media full of stories about credit card companies' new concealed fees and interest-rate hikes since the credit crunch started in 2007, the consumer needs now more than ever before to do due diligence before signing up for a credit card. Sele...
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Author:
Kirby Sutton
22nd September 2009
The current financial tumult has affected many households. As foreclosures begin to grow the financial situation appears to be headed into recession. Many professionals think a economic recession has already been happening for many months now. To try and ...
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Author:
Steven Toms
16th September 2009
House Foreclosures refer to the defaulted loan and tax properties being taken over by the lenders or tax authorities and being put on sale in auction for recovery of their debt.
This has made possible for most prospective first time buyers and many in...
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Author:
juliethompson
14th September 2009
Studies show that real estate investing returns an average 10 percent a year equal to the historic return for stocks.
Leveraged investing:
Major advantage of real estate investment is that you can use other's person's money like a mortgage lender ...
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Author:
Jeff Adams
16th August 2009
So you are attempting to pull out a loan, get a credit card with a realistic APR or attempting to buy an item, anything on credit, however your credit score is too low for your taste? So, the first place to begin when attempting to rebuild that score is t...
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01st August 2009
Thanks to Obama's signature on the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act, your credit card company absolutely has to give you a 45 day notice before raising your interest rates. The downfall to this great news is that credit card c...
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Author:
Kandice
26th July 2009
The Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility, and Disclosure Act, which was recently passed into law, is intended to protect consumers from arbitrary and unannounced interest rate hikes, fees, and penalties charged to them by credit card companies. Desp...
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Author:
Isaac Gervais
17th July 2009
As with any property market there are good times and bad times for all involved. Currently due to do high inflation rates as well as soaring interest rates, home owners are starting to feel the pinch and many are battling to afford their monthly bond repa...
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Author:
Len Jarosz