How To Respond To A Rate Increase On Your Credit Card

Credit card companies are notorious for  increasing interest rates.  By law credit card issuers have to send you 15 days notice before increasing your interest rate. What you might not know is you dont always have to accept the higher rate. Here [ ]... Read More >>

How To Make Sure You Get The Best Auto Loan

Lets face it. Everyone needs transportation and not everyone can pay for a vehicle outright. Many cant even afford a monthly automobile note. But everyone at some point in their life has to make the tough decision of getting a car loan. Pick the wrong [ ]... Read More >>

The Statute of Limitations On Debt Can Help Debtors Avoid Paying Creditors

Many people in debt can attest to the fact that they get countless calls and letters from collectors looking for money. Your debt can get tossed around from one collector to another. So when does the cycle ever stop? Debts have a statute of limitations [ ]... Read More >>

Many Credit Card Companies Now Offering To Cut Credit Card Balances

According to the NY Times, many credit card companies are now willing to settle with card holders over delinquent balances. As the economy sinks deeper and deeper into financial woe, credit card companies would prefer get what they have the ability to [ ]... Read More >>

Some Creditors Are Hiding the True Cost of Credit

Credit card issuers are now required to include credit card repayment time and cost on the front of your billing statement, but they might be trying to skirt that new requirement. Credit card issuers are now required to give a minimum payment warning [ ]... Read More >>

Federal Reserve Chairman Says Moving Up Credit Card Rules Might Hurt Consumers

Congress is considering moving up the effective date of the new credit card rules from February 22, 2010 to December 1 this year. But, according to Boston Herald, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke has warned Congress that moving up the rules could [ ]... Read More >>

Tips On How To Apply For A Credit Card With No Credit History

Its odd that not only will bad credit work against you when applying for a loan or a credit card, but no credit will too.This doesn't seem fair right? But this is the way things work in the complicated world of consumer credit. Lenders are cautious about [ ]... Read More >>

What Is A Bad Credit Home Loan And How Do I Get One?

A "bad credit home loan" is a loan that one can get despite having a bad credit rating. Many lenders offer a bad credit home loan knowing fully that their loan is secure, since it is taken on mortgage of your home. A bad credit home loan is an instrument [ ]... Read More >>

The Dos And Donts On How To Raise Your Credit Score

With all the hype behind raising credit scores these days, it seems more and more people are trying anything they can to help raise their credit score. After all, a higher credit score means lower interest rates and lower payments, which ultimately means [ ]... Read More >>

How Late Credit Card Payments Affect Your Credit

Are you in the habit of not paying your credit card bill on time? Sure missing your due date by one or two weeks might not seem like a large deal but to your creditors it certainly is. You credit card company probably wont even call you to tell you you [ ]... Read More >>

The Straight Facts About A Home Equity Loan

In simple terminology, a home equity loan is a loan taken against your house. A home equity loan is also called a mortgage or a second mortgage. Another synonym for home equity loan is equity release schemes. While taking a home equity loan you're [ ]... Read More >>

Why Use A Credit Card When There Are Alternatives

Are you one of those people who only ever got a credit card for the convenience of being able to pay without cash, or because you weren’t aware of any other easy way to borrow money? Millions of us are, thanks to tons of advertising by the credit card [ ]... Read More >>

Smart Ways To Spend Your Tax Refund

An income tax refund can never come at a bad time. The only hard thing about getting free money is deciding how to spend it. You could always blow it on some gadget you’ll forget about in a month. Or, you can spend your tax refund on something that'll [ ]... Read More >>

Sub-prime Home Loans Could Help Those With Bad Credit

You have just seen the home of your dreams but you've had credit problems. The ability to find home loans with bad credit can be difficult but not impossible. Previous to 1990 if you did not qualify for a FHA or VA home mortgage it was very hard to [ ]... Read More >>

What To Consider When Shopping For An Auto Loan With Bad Credit

Consumers with bad credit looking for an auto loan can be overwhelmed with advertisements from finance companies looking to give them a bad credit loan. While many of these lenders are accurate in their ads about their bad credit auto loan options, there [ ]... Read More >>