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Whether or Not You Believe Credit Repair Works, You are Correct

July 2nd, 2008 12:56 pm
Categorized in: Credit Repair
Credit repair works for those people who are willing to devote the time and resources towards fixing their credit reports. Those people who do not believe in credit repair will never see the benefits it can provide.

Dow Plummets

June 6th, 2008 3:46 pm
The DOW took a dump today of almost 400 points. Oil was up more than $11 before settling at just under $140/barrel. If you have a 401(k) or an IRA, I suggest you make sure you know where your mone... [Read More]

Fed approves BofA Purchase of Countrywide

June 6th, 2008 3:41 pm
Tagged with: banking, credit, mortgage
The purchase has been approved, but that does not mean by any means that it is complete.

True or False: Companies lie to their customers

May 20th, 2008 4:34 pm
Take a major international credit card company I’ve recently reluctantly been communicating with. They launched a new card in America – I thought it was cool, I went to their website to... [Read More]

How Will The US Economy Recover?

May 18th, 2008 11:03 pm
You would probably have to have been living on a remote desert island for the better part of two years to not see any signs of the slowdown in the economy of the United States. Since August of 2007, t... [Read More]

Repairing Your Credit and Identifying Credit Scams

May 14th, 2008 6:51 pm
Many people every year get taken advantage of by thousands of scam artists that prey on distressed consumers in need of credit repair. They advertise that for a fee, they can wipe your slate clean. In 1997, the Credit Repair Organizations (CRO) Act was

News from Washington - Tuesday

May 13th, 2008 8:22 am
Categorized in: Real Estate Market
Tagged with: credit, home buyers, mortgages
Mortgage regulatory issues.

Financing Solutions

May 5th, 2008 2:33 am
David Reed, a prominent mortgage professional talks about the state of financing. In essence, what he says is that there IS money available to make loans despite what you read and hear about in the me... [Read More]

Credit Crunch: Light at the End of the Tunnel

April 29th, 2008 3:09 am
When thinking about the economic slowdown now gripping the United States, one might think of the naked emperor of yore, who could not realize his condition until told by a child. By the time analysts... [Read More]

Interest Rates and the Credit Crunch

April 19th, 2008 11:12 pm
In Greek mythology, the hydra was a beast that, when one of its many heads were severed, would grow new heads in their place. The sub-prime mortgage crisis has developed in a similar fashion, initiall... [Read More]

The Twin Menaces of Inflation

April 15th, 2008 9:27 pm
This week, a storm of bad news gave markets cold feet, resulting in Friday's 250-point loss. While this pattern of volatility has been the status quo for stock exchanges worldwide for the better part... [Read More]

How’s your credit? Part III: Fixing errors on your credit report and building good credit history

April 8th, 2008 7:16 pm
Yesterday I offered 8 steps to help you build good credit. But I left out a few steps (on purpose, of course). One part of maintaining a good credit history is making sure that mistakes don’t appear on your reports.

Bear Stearns and the New Federal Reserve

March 26th, 2008 5:45 pm
On March 14th, Bear Stearns, the fifth-largest investment bank in the United States, entered a period of insolvency. As growing lack of confidence in the firm's subprime exposure grew, other banks eve... [Read More]

Subprime Woes Reach New Heights

March 21st, 2008 5:26 pm
This article discusses the most recent developments in the subprime mortgage crisis, addressing the twin spectres of rising foreclosures and jitters on Wall Street.
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