All Entries in the "Finance" Category
Obama’s Healthcare in the Supreme Court
Obama’s Healthcare in the Supreme Court On Thursday, The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear challenges to the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act which was signed by the president and passed by Congress back in March of last year. The hearing is tentatively scheduled but may be moved at the discretion [...]
Insurancecar.co Reminds Car Buyers About Insurance Costs
Insurancecar.co Reminds Car Buyers About Insurance Costs Insurancecar.co, in a recent article about new car purchases and new car leasing pointed out some of the ways that consumers default within the first three months. The biggest reason given was miscalculating the costs of full coverage car insurance when carrying a car note. On average, new [...]
Housing Market Home Improvement Tips to Sell Your House
Housing Market Home Improvement Tips to Sell Your House The housing market isn’t going to drastically improve anytime soon, but there are still a few ways that you can improve your home to give it an extra edge when it comes to selling. Realtors have recently compiled a list of ten easy home improvement tips [...]
Smartphones Find Niche with Penny Pinchers and Coupon Clippers
Smartphones Find Niche with Penny Pinchers and Coupon Clippers Couponing was once labeled as something that only lower class citizens participated in, but in today’s economy it has become a trend followed by millions and has even inspired several new reality television shows. While the basis of this philosophy still requires you to dig through [...]
Issues That Can Get You Turned Down for a Mortgage
Issues That Can Get You Turned Down for a Mortgage While we all know that a low credit rating and having a low income will sound the death knell for any hopes of obtaining a mortgage, there are other things that can shoot you out of the water just as fast. If you are going [...]
Debit Cards Going the Way of the Dinosaur
Debit Cards Going the Way of the Dinosaur Slowly but surely, banks are making debit cards linked to regular checking accounts less attractive and less friendly for the average American. Banks are ending rewards programs and some are beginning to charge fees for them. Wells Fargo is among those banks. The rewards program will be [...]
Bernanke Offers no New Plans for Economy
Bernanke Offers no New Plans for Economy On Friday, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke issued a warning to Congress. If they don’t want to delay the economy’s rebound, they will have to do more to stimulate hiring and growth. Bernanke hinted that the Federal Reserve may make a move to aid in economic recovery, but [...]
Attorneys General Quarrel Postpones Aid to Homeowners
Attorneys General Quarrel Postpones Aid to Homeowners Victims of the crooked foreclosures are being victimized again as fighting rages among the attorneys general of the statesinvolved over whether the banks involved will be exempted from lawsuits. Attorneys general from states like New York, Massachusetts and Delaware that have strong enforcement of fraud laws want to [...]
Rates for 30-year Mortgages Dip to Near Record Lows
Rates for 30-year Mortgages Dip to Near Record Lows Wednesday saw good news for the housing and real estate industry. Interest rates on 30-year mortgages reached near record lows after the Federal Reserve vowed to keep interest rates on short-term loans close to zero through at least the middle of 2013. The Fed accomplished one [...]
Justice Department Investigating S&P
Justice Department Investigating S&P After downgrading the United States’ credit rating, Standard & Poor’s is being investigated by the Justice Department. In question is whether S&P rated many mortgage securities improperly during the time before the banking crisis. US Credit Rating Even though the investigation began before the U.S. credit rating was downgraded, the investigation [...]