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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 ... Read >
Author: Steven Toms16th 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... Read >
Author: juliethompson14th 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 len... Read >
Author: Jeff Adams11th September 2009
Summary of Overnight News:
• The FTSE-100 will open sharply higher this morning following last night's strong gains in New York, as dovish comments by Fed chairman Ben Bernanke and sliding oil prices allowed investors to put the crisis in the Middle Ea... Read >
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... Read >
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... Read >
Author: Kandice26th 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... Read >
Author: Isaac Gervais17th 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... Read >
Author: srini17th July 2009
If you are one of the thousands of unfortunate home owners in South Africa that have been hit hard by the interest rate hikes and falling real estate prices and are now faced with possibly losing the roof over your head, you will be glad to hear that ther... Read >
Author: srini17th July 2009
As with anything in life there are high times and low times for all involved. Currently due to do increasing inflation rates and high interest rates, home owners are starting to feel the effect of the recent rate hikes and many out there are battling to m... Read >
Author: srini05th June 2009
These days it seems like bank is a four-letter word and bonus-getting bankers are bad guys, as evil as any comic book villain. All the hullaballoo about the banks passing the government "stress test" makes the average American want to say, "Who cares?"
... Read >
Author: Robert Palmer27th April 2009
Federal regulators are proposing some changes to the way that credit card companies are allowed to operate. These proposed bills will impose greater oversight and regulation on credit card companies but still faces tough resistance from the industry.
A... Read >
Author: Scott P. McKay27th March 2009
Given the nation’s current economic crisis, it only makes sense that many individuals are seeking the comfort of credit cards to get them by every month. But is this the best choice? What happens when credit card debt becomes unmanageable and overblown?... Read >
Author: Janet Gaither05th January 2009
As with anything in life there are high times and low times for all involved. Currently due to do increasing inflation rates and high interest rates, home owners are starting to feel the effect of the recent rate hikes and many out there are battling to m... Read >
Author: srini01st December 2008
The recent spate of interest rate hikes has had a marked effect on the property market in South Africa, with liquidations and other distressed sales reaching all time highs.
Demand outstrips supply
What is remarkable is that the demand for propert... Read >
Author: Kayla Reid07th October 2008
The number of residential properties sold at auctions has risen over the past years. With the current credit crunch and interest rate hikes, many homeowners can no longer afford their mortgages and are forced to have their properties repossessed. These re... Read >
Author: rainbow0000630th September 2008
The United Kingdom is in dire need for more properties. There has been a huge push recently from the government to build more homes in the near future to keep up with the demand. The waiting list for rental property is growing too, based on the June 2008 ... Read >
Author: Parmdeep Vadesha26th September 2008
Recent statistics released by one of the top real estate agencies in South Africa suggest a definite improvement in the property market and August 2008 has proved to be the watershed month where prices are slowly but surely recovering.
This is arguably... Read >
Author: Kayla Reid23rd September 2008
In the first week of September, there is some cheer for mutual fund investment in India. When you compare mutual funds in India, the banking mutual funds started from where they left off last month. In the first week, they again outperformed their other m... Read >
Author: Divya12th September 2008
Has seen some decline in demand in 2008 however the prices are not likely to crash a modest correction in the region of 5% is likely recovering in 2009, this is relatively
good news for people who have bought property recently of course and is better ... Read >
Author: Portugal Paul16th June 2008
A poll carried out by YouGov has shown that more than one million household in the UK have used a credit card to pay their mortgage or rent. Housing charity Shelter backed up these findings by revealing that 6 per cent of those surveyed admitted they need... Read >
Author: Phil 11th June 2008
Every time you miss a payment or pay your credit card bill late, something is happening to your credit score. You're not just incurring late fees and more interest, but damaging your score. If you keep missing payments, your interest rate will increase,... Read >
Author: nick makaryk08th May 2008
Credit card companies, who stand accused of rip off practices, are facing mounting pressure from politicians all around the globe.
No matter where you go, be it the US, UK or Australia, credit card companies are experiencing a backlash from politicos, ... Read >
Author: Tristan Dunston09th April 2008
The word mortgage comes from the Old French word morgage which means literally “death-pledge.” It is a form of debt that is secured by the borrower’s real estate property and usually is for the acquisition of the real estate property that the mortga... Read >
Author: cash loan19th March 2008
Summary: Credit crunch has adversely affected the availability of cheap loans in the UK. However, if you spend more time in researching the loan market and try to find out some cheap deals from the current loan market, it is quite possible to save some mo... Read >
Author: Amenda07th March 2008
Are we really going to be facing a property price crash in the near future?
Over the last few weeks there have been comments from industry experts all warning us that the UK is heading for a house price crisis or property price crash in the very near ... Read >
Author: SimonDuffy19th February 2008
Over the past couple of years the risk of repossession has become a very real one for many homeowners and the UK, and this has been partly fuelled by the series of interest rate hikes applied to the base rate by the Bank of England. Between August 2006 an... Read >
Author: Reno Charlton15th February 2008
Home loan exit fees have come under attack from Australian consumer watchdogs as interest rate hikes push consumers to refinance.
Banks and lenders have been accused of ‘punishing’ home owners and stifling competition in the Australian home loans m... Read >
Author: Tristan Dunston31st January 2008
Predatory home loan sharks are coming under increased pressure from consumer campaigners concerned at the number of Australians falling victim to rogue lenders.
It is feared the problem could get worse as interest rate hikes force struggling families ... Read >
Author: Tristan Dunston07th November 2007
Now I have been in the market for a mortgage for a few years now. I have been working hard to get my foot upon that elusive first rung of the housing ladder. My income has increased greater than the rate of inflation, which should be a good thing, but sti... Read >
Author: Alexis Svenn30th October 2007
With rising cost of housing, frequent rise in the interest rates and credit squeeze hitting the financial market, the Brits are facing a tough situation. It is especially so with the first time buyers. It has been recently found that an increasing number ... Read >
Author: Angelo Drew21st September 2007
Five interest rate hikes in less than a year have prompted a rush of remortgages as homeowners frantically search for cheaper options, rather than reverting to standard variable rate mortgages once their fixed rate deals expire. Since August 2006 the Bank... Read >
Author: Andrew Regan14th August 2007
In an article published less than a week ago, Fiona Moriarty, director of the Scottish Retail Consortium commented on poor summer weather and its effect on commerce: "Persistently poor weather has led to the biggest slump in like-for-like sales growth in ... Read >
Author: -ddd-04th June 2007
The rise of interest rate in May could mean that £16 a month will be added to the bill of a family with a typical £100,000 home loan. When added to the cost the previous three interest rate hikes in August, November 2006 and January 2007, it means mortg... Read >
Author: JamesQuinton28th February 2007
As we head into the first month of spring, there is no doubt -- real estate activity has increased significantly in many parts of the country. This leaves many to wonder: is this the beginning of the end of the real estate market downturn? The spring mark... Read >
Author: Eric Rogers16th November 2006
When I was about 5 or 6 years old I read one of my first books; the protagonist was a furry blue puppet. Our hero told the dear reader not to flip to the end of the book, there was a monster waiting there...and like any wise blue puppet, he did not want ... Read >
Author: John Whitefoot16th November 2006
The sound of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's voice isn't quite as soothing and reassuring as Perry Como's... but it's something penny stock investors and market analysts are (slowly) warming up to.
A quick recap...back in October 2005, Presiden... Read >
Author: John Whitefoot31st August 2006
Variety of Student Loan Options Available through NextStudent
As tuition at state colleges increases every year along with the increasing inflation rate, students and their parents often wonder how to pay for the entire cost of college. Oftentimes, feder... Read >
Author: Jeff Mictabor08th August 2006
Do you know that your home will enable you to avail loans? Do not think it is a hallucinationit is a reality. Now all homeowners can avail loans by using their home as security, as secured homeowner loans are giving all homeowners a chance to worth their... Read >
Author: Andrew Baker08th August 2006
Summary of news:
The FTSE-100 will open flat this morning amid investor caution ahead of HSBC's results today and the Bank of
England's interest rate decision Thursday.
IG Index reckons the FTSE 100 is seen opening 0.4 points lower at 5,974-5,980 a... Read >
Author: Debbie Forward20th July 2006
Summary of Overnight News:
The FTSE-100 will open sharply higher this morning following last night's strong gains in New York, as dovish comments by Fed chairman Ben Bernanke and sliding oil prices allowed investors to put the crisis in the Middle East... Read >
Author: Debbie Forward
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