Who Wins, Who Loses Under Proposed Bailout Plan?

WASHINGTON — The proposal to bail out U.S. financial markets to the tune of up to $700 billion creates a lot of potential short-term winners, ... winners, too, if the bailout works as intended: anyone soon trying to borrow money _ for cars, student loans, even to open new credit card accounts. Top executives at troubled financial institutions [more...]

Date: 2008-09-28 23:35:52

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Instant cash loan explained

by Mark Carnagie We have all had the experience of running out of money before our next payday ... in the family, an emergency home repair or even an unexpected car repair. An instant cash loans is also ... an instant cash loan no matter what your credit score may be. Bad credit, good credit, perfect credit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 09:29:55

How Wall Street’s Meltdown Helps Main Street’s Housing

Just for fun, let’s imagine a possible silver lining to the complete melt down on Wall Street ... to extend car loans, credit card debt, retail debt and so on.  But this may not be all bad ... are up and his long commute is killing them.  They need to buy a different car.  “But no one is lending money [more...]

Date: 2008-09-19 13:00:15

Mistakes Can Be Corrected, But Not Always

How many times have we heard of someone who felt they had made a bad deal or a bad payment plan choice? ... the asking for your credit report, check whether there was no dispute over the title deed and others ... =http://www.yourloanservices.com/bad-credit-car-loan-online.html car loan /URL or whatever it may [more...]

Date: 2008-11-29 19:41:30

Preparedness Tuesday: Job Loss Budgeting

It's Preparedness Tuesday - each Tuesday I post one thing you can do to help prepare you and your family for everyday disasters - be it job loss, ... you place them in order of priority. All SECURED debt such as mortgages and car loans need to be at the top ... bad weather (between being stuck in the middle of hurricane season, and the coming colder winter [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 22:26:00

Fed Throws Fresh Lifeline to Financial System

By Mark Felsenthal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve threw a massive life-line to consumers on Tuesday with two new programs aimed at ... launched a $200 billion facility to support consumer finance, including student, auto, and credit ... making it easier for them to obtain loans for homes, cars and on credit cards. Under the new [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 13:32:14

The best bad financial decisions...

If you only had enough money to pay your mortgage or your car loan, which would you pay? ... with credit cards? * Take out a payday loan or use a pawn shop? * Pay property taxes or income taxes ... Unfortunately, many Americans are faced with making what amounts to this type of "best bad [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 03:07:00

Bush/Cheney: Working Overtime to Revise History

Chrysler, Ford Extend Holiday Shutdowns to Save CashUSA TodayAs automakers await a White House decision on federal loans, ... car and its compact Chevrolet Cruze.GM and Chrysler have said they need about $4 billion immediately ... , a disorderly collapse of the auto industry should be avoided."Meanwhile, signaling that the car sales [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 13:58:00

Read Professional Tips - Car Finance Loan

There are varieties of auto finance. Anyway in most of them it is a common thing that if a person has some money for the down payment ... out his credit report first of all. Actually the credit report plays a big role in getting a better deal, which means the loan on a reasonable rate of interest. A bad credit score puts the borrower [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 22:26:48

2008 Financial Goals - How Did I Do?

We are less than a month away to a brand new year. Around this time last year, there were several financial goals I wanted to accomplish in 2008 ... finance company. I never want to have another car loan again!!!!Increase My Credit Scores. My goal ... when my Experian credit score finally jumped above 720. I guess 4 out of 5 ain't too bad. I probably would [more...]

Date: 2008-12-15 11:45:00

When Is The Last Time You’ve Reviewed Your Budget?

After yesterday’s post about making debt reduction a New Year’s resolution (and after emailing the HBHW newsletter list about it as well), the emails kept pouring in. I’m so excited to hear that so many of us are making it a priority in 2009 to reduce the amount of money we owe. Whether it’s paying of credit cards, a car loan [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 02:13:26

In 2009 Go Back to Basics

Hi All,  Like most hardworking Americans you probably spend a good deal of time working for your money ... it to increase income or save it for future bad times.   Bottom line: overspending = financial ... interest debt that's not tax sheltered, dump it immediately.  If you've got a 9% car loan, or a 20 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 20:11:16

Back to Basics: Reduce your debt

Being in debt simply means that at one point you borrowed money to fund some purchase, and are now paying it back over time. ( ... . There are many reasons why people go into debt, and they’re all not bad reasons. Funding a college ... one’s means, is usually a bad use of debt. Buying a car with a loan, though sometimes unavoidable [more...]

Date: 2008-11-16 07:24:43

Obama on ACORN Controversy: "A Distraction... We Don't Need ACORN's Help"

On Tuesday afternoon, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., made a statement about the latest economic developments and took questions from the reporters ... up credit so that small business and individuals around the country can get car loans ... . "I know there has also been some talk about providing guarantees to bank loans, to encourage the credit market [more...]

Date: 2008-10-14 20:56:49

Best New Car Deals – Finding The Best Auto Loans Online

by Sharon Lorn We all like the Net. We enjoy the convenience of internet shopping because it’s quick and easy to purchase anything, including large purchases like automobiles. Just going to Ebay Automotive will give you lots of alternatives to bid on when buying a car. There are many other websites that will also sell you a car. Every auto dealership in the world seems to have their own web site, and then there are the generic websites. [more...]

Date: 2009-07-16 10:15:57

Admirable Effort

Admirable Effort Seriously? The tellers at the drive-thru of my credit union keep trying to sell me stuff. Today they wanted to know if I'd thought about refinancing my car, or getting a loan to purchase ... in on an application you can send me out through the tube? And how bad would that hold up the drive [more...]

Date: 2008-09-17 19:59:11

Online Auto Loans

Having a car makes a lot of difference in the way you budget your time. It would be a lot convenient not only for you, but for the family as well. However, some people think that their bad credit record may be a hindrance for them ... , in an easy, fast and convenient way. Have you been considering Auto Loans lately but does not know how [more...]

Date: 2008-09-30 06:28:43

Death of the original TARP program

#fullpost{display:inline;}Sort of old news by now but for those who may not have heard, ... companies that issue credit cards, make student loans and finance car purchases. As envisioned ... billion to expand the existing bailout of American International Group, the insurance conglomerate [more...]

Date: 2008-11-13 16:30:00

Now Feds hope to spur auto lending

Credit markets for housing are loosening up a bit. Will automobile lending be next? Car dealers certainly hope so ... of credit, 2008 was the worst year for auto sales in a very long time. Maryland dealers sold 16,842 new cars ... a decade. But dealers hope federal bailouts will do for car loans what they’re starting [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 15:07:40

Breaking Down the Detroit 3 Bailout Plans

Yesterday, GM, Ford and Chrysler released official plans to Congress in hopes of securing federally backed loans to survive ... car sales. 22 of 24 new models between 2009 and 2012 will be cars or crossovers. Meaning ... all corporate jet operations. Reduces total dealers by 1,750 by 2012. Reduces engine sizes: “Eight [more...]

Date: 2008-12-03 17:36:09

A Chicken Bailout in Every Pot (Car Loan Edition)

Since the TARP has a very big checkbook and a very broad mandate (it can buy any kind of dud loan it chooses to, plus bona fide assets) ... or that market liquidity is hurting pricing. From Reuters, "Finance companies want US to buy bad auto ... auto loans to the government as part of Washington's sweeping plan to restimulate credit markets [more...]

Date: 2008-10-15 07:06:08

How to Prepare for Buying a Home

This is a guest post from Jim, my friend and colleague at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity ... of thousands, over the life of your loan. Don’t buy a car. Don’t take advantage of 12-month 0% financing “ ... then, a house would could be listed on Friday and a contract signed by Monday. It was easy to get a loan [more...]

Date: 2008-09-03 12:00:29

How to Get Credit in a Bad Economy

If you’ve been impacted by a bad economy or never took the opportunity to establish your credit when it was easy to do, ... card or applied for a car loan doesn’t have bad credit. That person is untried – he has no credit ... and Bad Credit When someone overextends himself and ends up with blights on his credit, he has earned [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 15:06:42

Easy Car Loans In Difficult Times.

by John Brennan Before the economy burst into crisis recently, you were able to get a credit to buy a car virtually from any company ... that had a very bad credit history. Today with the credit market in a huge crunch, even gigantic ... rates. Even if you have a bad credit history, the dealers are in a very tight spot right [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 08:43:51

You Can Refinance Your Motor Vehicle Loan

You have purchased a motor vehicle and financed it with a loan but it has turned out too onerous? ... , just like it is possible to refinance a URL=http://www.badcreditloanservices.com/bad-credit-car-loans.html car loan ... so you will not have to lose your dreamed vehicle. Refinancing is an excellent option for escaping the high [more...]

Date: 2008-07-23 14:57:47

The credit crunch (by Russell Roberts)

Alex (and others) have been debating whether there's a credit crunch. They are using data and anecdotes to measure whether credit is flowing or not ... not "frozen" or "locked up." It's just a lot smaller. Another way to say it. If you have good credit, I think you can get a car loan. But a lot fewer people (with both good and bad credit) want to buy [more...]

Date: 2008-11-14 20:00:14

GM Plus Chrysler Equals Survival?

The automakers may try to salvage one healthy company out of two sick ones General Motors (GM) ... . General Motors shares have been trading at 50-year lows this week as credit-rating agencies Standard ... getting loans for new cars amid the credit crunch and GM has increased cash-back incentives. GM [more...]

Date: 2008-10-11 22:41:37

paying tuition to life

Have you ever loaned money to a friend or family member? Did you really loan it or was it borrow? ... student he ran up credit cards, drove a a fancy car, and took out student loans, etc.  He was a ROTC ... my parents weren’t helping me, but had preached no consumer debt. Plus I had student loans. Anyway [more...]

Date: 2008-10-21 13:00:30

Why Bother Becoming a Bank?

Last week the Federal Reserve Board gave GMAC, the mostly spun-off financial arm of General Motors, permission to become a bank ... the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). Today the Times reports that GMAC, which loans money to car ... money only if it is a "financial institution," such as "a bank, savings association, credit union [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 16:47:00

New Year, Better Credit Score: Post 3

stockxpertcom_id12723501_size0-743295.jpg So FICO has branded you with a not-so-desirable credit score and you have made the resolution to bring ... month.  Remember also, not all debt is bad.  Items like mortgages and car loans on your credit report ... and see if they will take the late payment off so it doesn’t show up on your credit report [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 15:55:57

Got Car Loan?

In a perfect world, people have no money problems; jobs never get pink-slipped; great credit is possessed by all; and a nation never knows economic downturns. If only we inhabited such a world. Of course ... have thought about it, but people with bad credit need to buy cars too - just like people with good credit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 18:18:18

■ Payday Loans

Global economic turns very badly nowadays, many multinational companies overhere in Penang having shutdown from Christmas day till 4th Jan 2009 ... loan to pay for their house, car, personal expenses, education and more. But for those who are a bad ... they are a bad credit, slow credit or no credit. Hope that they are not becoming the victims of “loan [more...]

Date: 2008-12-24 04:45:00

Car Loan Refinance - How to Avoid Dealer Scams?

div style=’float: right; width: 100px; padding: 5px; margin: 5px; background-color: #FFFFCC;’font size=1font color=’#cc0000′bTip! ... the application process. You don’t need to go through a third party, even if you have bad credit ... available that allow you to call from home or the showroom for pre-approval on your car loan./font [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 17:15:29

Consider this Likely Future Tax Benefit of Early Mortgage Payoff

Ten Warning Signs of a Normal Financial Life was selected as an Editor’s Choice Article.  Thanks, Dan ... good debt.”   This “good debt”  argument is made to rationalize having a car loan, a HELOC or second mortgage balance, and even credit card debt.  The argument goes something like this:  “The money [more...]

Date: 2008-08-15 13:14:01

Atlanta Real Estate Recovery

Post 2 of 3 in the Atlanta Real Estate Recovery series (energy, housing, credit). Roger Tutterow Ph.D ... inventory of homes which causes a longer time on market. However, this news is not all bad either ... college grads were some of the same one’s who had school loans, credit cards, new cars, and a huge [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 12:30:41

Low Rate Loan For Poor Credit People

by katie George Sometimes bad credit history like unpaid debt, default, arrears, bankruptcy, ... , without checking their credit history. A secured loan requires your property such as home, car, bond or any other acceptable form as security against the loan. So bad credit borrowers who needs [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 11:36:14

Bush: 'Entire economy is in danger'

by Mark Silva President Bush, delivering a nationally televised appeal for an unprecedented federal buyout of $700 billion in bad mortgage debts, ... be more difficult for you to get the loans you need to buy a car or send your children to college ... , you would find it harder and more expensive to get credit. More businesses would close their doors [more...]

Date: 2008-09-25 02:13:56

Car Insurance My Free Quotes

It may come out to be difficult but life is not really that practical. I have once a dupe of a bad auto loan ... for car insurance. The said incident changed ... the said transaction. Because the job requires constant traveling, I should prefer to have my own car [more...]

Date: 2008-11-30 14:10:14

Why Consumer Debt Is Hazardous to Your Financial Health

You don’t have to look far to find a financial expert who will tell you that consumer debt is bad ... . But has anyone ever really explained what the problem with consumer debt like credit cards and car loans is? On the surface, consumer debt doesn’t seem so awful. After all, using these types of credit lines [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 13:49:19

The bail-out may be killed by add-ons (pfblogs.org)

Filed under: Deals, Bad news, Law, HousingThe list of additions to the $700 billion Paulson bail-out plan could well kill it ... , "a change to potentially allow purchases of instruments such as car loans, credit-card debt and other ... , if the plan is extended to include individual home mortgages and things like auto loans, the size [more...]

Date: 2008-09-22 08:51:01

Ideal for Your Short Term Financial Problems

by Mary Bush Financial emergencies are capable of striking you at any point of time ... credit as well as bad credit borrowers. These loans help you overcome any financial crunch situation ... expenses, car maintenance and other short term expenses. Although the loans are unsecured in nature [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 08:34:41

Ideal for Your Short Term Financial Problems

by Mary Bush Financial emergencies are capable of striking you at any point of time ... credit as well as bad credit borrowers. These loans help you overcome any financial crunch situation ... expenses, car maintenance and other short term expenses. Although the loans are unsecured in nature [more...]

Date: 2008-12-24 09:17:02

Rainbow Loans

The worldwide economic meltdown has affected almost every sector in the global economy ... /If you need a car loan, Rainbow is there to help. Whether you have bad credit or good credit ... you want to buy your car. Additionally, because of hard economic times, many car dealerships [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 00:07:05

What's going on with GMAC's car loan standards?

Filed under: TransportationFlush with capital from taxpayers, GMAC is lowering its underwriting standards ... state of so many Americans' finances, I find this unconscionable. If your credit history is worse ... . The credit crunch and a shortage of cash had pushed the company's minimum FICO score for car [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 23:00:00

The bailout may be killed by add-ons

The bailout may be killed by add-ons Posted Sep 22nd 2008 4:01AM by Douglas McIntyre Filed under: Deals, Bad news, Law, ... to potentially allow purchases of instruments such as car loans, credit-card debt and other devalued assets ... , if the plan is extended to include individual home mortgages and things like auto loans, the size [more...]

Date: 2008-09-22 12:35:18

Raising Money Smart Kids: Debt is the Monster Hiding in Your Closet

This article is part of my “Raising Money Smart Kids” series ... . It’s easy for someone to call a car loan “good debt” because it provides needed transportation ... about debt so they don’t become one of the above statistics. Good Debt vs. Bad Debt Let’s tackle [more...]

Date: 2008-11-30 19:52:46

Cross-Talk: Deleveraging the Consumer and the New Realities of a Pay-As-You-Go World

Margie and I were flipping through channels and happened to stop on financial guru Suze Orman making the case that we're now living in a pay-as-you-go society. Her point was that credit of all sorts--from credit cards to student, mortgage, and car loans--was going to be more difficult to come by and thus more expensive. In a world [more...]

Date: 2008-10-21 12:00:28

The Four-Paragraph White Flag

As I watched the following section of President Bush's speech tonight, ... if you have good credit history, it would be more difficult for you to get the loans you need to buy a car ... instinct is to oppose government intervention. I believe companies that make bad decisions should [more...]

Date: 2008-09-25 03:46:00

Fool’s Advice

Everyone’s got advice for using credit cards.   Today, ... that while “the ideal number is zero,…you want to keep your debt — including car loans — to 15% or less ... to Managing Your Credit.   It is rather optimistic to think that all you need to know about credit cards [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 23:43:58

Bush widens scope of bailout

Bush widens scope of bailout Bloomberg | Bad loans now may include car loans, credit-card debt and other devalued assets held by banks. [more...]

Date: 2008-09-22 15:31:53

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