Smart Cents Ways To Raise Your Credit Score - Waterbury Republican-american if you read my previous two columns, you now know the importance of having good credit and what traps you can mistakenly fall into that will harm your credit. (if you are a new reader of this column and would like to view that information, it can be ... www.rep-am.com
One Thing You Can Control: Your Credit Score tips for improving your credit standing since your credit score is something that you have a fair bit of control over. www.nytimes.com
Q & A: Mortgage Rates, Defaults On Minds - Detroit Free Press reichel: it's not impossible to finance or refinance. it's really dependent on credit score, whether you have equity in the home. anderson: i don't see any way in a bailout or no bailout that we don't have tighter credit, particularly for people who ... www.freep.com
Mortgage Last Loan People Pay, Study Finds behind the mortgage crisis lurks some consumer behavior that, at first glance at least, seems puzzling. when faced with the possibility of falling behind on home loans, credit card payments or car loans, borrowers are more likely to choose to let their... www.sfgate.com
Resolving Your Own Credit Crisis - Reuters India washington (reuters) - washington may be taking care of wall street, but consumers with a personal credit crisis are on their own. their problems can take many forms. some homeowners still are saddled with a mortgage they can't afford to keep current ... in.reuters.com
Lower Mortgage Rates May Be Silver Lining In Turmoil (update2) - Bloomberg oct. 8 (bloomberg) -- there are few silver linings for consumers who have seen the standard & poor's 500 index drop more than 30 percent this year. lower mortgage rates may be one of them. a nationwide survey of consumer credit rates showed 30-year ... www.bloomberg.com
Seven Common Credit Myths Dispelled (ara) - with the economy reeling and home loan rates at a nine-month high, lenders are scrutinizing everyone's credit history like never before. yet, many americans don't realize the impact of late payments on their credit score and their finances. www.carteretnewstimes.com
Lenders: Most Buyers Can Still Qualify For Mortgage to paraphrase mark twain, the death of loans and credit have been greatly exaggerated, according to some central alabama mortgage lenders. www.montgomeryadvertiser.com
Credit Repair Is A Diy Project - Baltimore Sun m ike ferrara wants to buy a house in a few months and is worried that mistakes on his credit report will keep him from obtaining the loan he will need. his concern is legitimate. you'd think with a credit score of 650, he'd be fine. but not now ... www.baltimoresun.com
Mortgage Crisis Affects More Than Just Mortgage Industry Save Email ... - Wvlt alcoa, tenn. (wvlt) -- the mortgage crisis and subsequent bail out appears to be having an impact on more than just the housing market. a car loan is just like a home mortgage, but on a smaller scale. financial institutions are tightening up on ... www.volunteertv.com
Upside-down On Mortgage: Now What? q: my husband and i live in a house that i own on my own. i paid $500,000 for the house in 2005. i took out a 100 percent loan with a 5-year fixed-rate first mortgage for $400,000 and an adjustable $100,000 home equity line of credit as the second loan. www.lodinews.com
Banks Trim Prime Rate As Ottawa Offers Mortgage Relief canada's big banks are lowering their prime lending rates in response to an announcement friday that the federal government will buy $25 billion worth of mortgage debt to help free up credit markets. www.ctvbc.ctv.ca
Don't Panic: Give Yourself A Financial Check-up - Daily Herald with new -- and frightening -- stock market headlines dominating the news on a daily basis, it's getting harder and harder to remain calm. and trust me, i completely understand. your retirement accounts (and mine) are plunging, your savings and ... www.heraldextra.com
Local Lenders Only Slightly Fazed By Slowdown - Palladium-item as a co-owner of tony's car sales inc. in richmond, parker said he's not written a loan application in several weeks. the only car deals he's made recently were with cash or credit union customers. the 61-year-old family-owned car lot on the city's ... pal-item.com
Credit Squeeze Literally Hits Home As Card Limits, Equity Lines Pared the credit crunch buckling wall street and the world economy used to seem like distant thunder. but more and more san diegans are feeling the vibrations where they live. it's the letter that arrives in the mail from mastercard, announcing a cut in your credit limit. www.signonsandiego.com
Todd Ossenfort: Even If You Can Qualify, Don't Add Credit Debt Now q lately there has been much talk of potential seizing of the credit market. could you advise whether it is more difficult today for businesses or individuals to get new credit cards or balance transfers? www.azstarnet.com
How To Handle The Current Economic Crisis - Detroit Free Press freep.com held a web chat friday with financial adviser dan casey of retirement advocacy group corp. in mt. clemens and troy and mortgage broker nick di legge of interactive financial corp. in troy. here are some of the questions and answers. read ... www.freep.com