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Bad Credit Mortgage Refinance Is The Way Out For Defaulters

Sep 16th, 2009by Jimmy Tyrrell. As the financial situation has become unpredictable and erratic, non prime loans have taken a nosedived, leaving the investors in a fix. As it is a gamble the investors expect some kind of relief soon. The degree of the gamble has in turn hiked credit prices for borrowers. Initially investors gained considerably from the increase in fiscal growth and the rise in prices of bonds and currencies. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-16 18:54:55

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Ford and the $9 Billion Joy Ride

In the musical “My Fair Lady,” Eliza Dolittle, sick of seeing little proof from her suitors, finally declared: “Words! Words! I’m so sick of words! ... from this credit crisis. But while these supplicants may have learned their lessons about how to put ... to hand over the keys to a $9 billion credit line from the federal government. Mulally’s bargain [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 10:34:00


ELECTRONIC REPAIR INFORMATION.

How You Can Test Electronic Components Like A Professional!High Conversion Rate 3-4%. Electronic Repair Information. Similiar Post China Insists Mandatory Software Blocks Bad Content DigitalBridge eWarrants To Be Deployed in Illinois Credit Repair Magic Now Pays $50.58 On Every Sale! Xp Repair Pro 4.0 - New Software / Now 75% Commission. 1.67% Steady Converting Xbox 360 Repair Guide. Credit Repair Secrets Bible (Since 1994). [more...]

Date: 2009-08-19 23:23:40


Collection Agency calling from 571-431-1958 (Washington, VA)

Steve reported a Collection Agency (5714311958 from Washington area, VA) . The following comments were posted: AACC AACC AACC 5127689800 AACC 804-234-9056 assetacceptance.com Asset Acceptance is a leading purchaser and collector of charged-off consumer debt. Since 1962, we have provided credit originators such as credit card issuers, consumer finance companies, retail merchants, utilities and others an efficient alternative in recovering defaulted consumer debt. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-25 19:53:49


Who’s To Blame for Tech’s Woes? You and Me

The last time technology investments took a hit, it was easy to look around at the scattered sock puppets and dark fiber, ... t their wholehearted embrace of the web — it’s consumers’ wholehearted embrace of credit. That’s right, this tech ... debt, in the form of home equity loans and credit financing, which they’ve used to buy fancier cars [more...]

Date: 2008-10-31 04:01:17


Double Barrels Hit Financials

95129c Most industries get to spread out their bad news. The current exceptions appear to be the automotive and banking sectors ... that large financial firms will have to cut the amount of credit that they offer consumers. She expects ... to credit card customers. While the move will save the banks a lot of money on defaults, it will loss [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 16:20:57


Three Industries That Could Use Government Money

In a year when spreading the wealth has become a political flashpoint, we have to ask: ... providers of credit in the universe but other companies–and should they be covered because they’re ... . Allstate, for instance, has taken impairments or write-downs for two quarters in a row on its credit [more...]

Date: 2008-11-04 13:47:00


Taking Our Medicine

by hilzoy The NYT has a long piece on the financial meltdown in two parts: 1, 2. It's very much worth reading ... bidders -- perhaps to some bank that was not swept up in the credit bubble. The rest should ... an enormous credit contraction -- if they aren't in business who will be left to lend money [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 02:55:53


Credit Crunch

by hilzoy From the WSJ: "All around Washington, policy makers are scrambling to figure out how to get banks lending again ... , policy makers need to repair financial markets as well as banks. But investor confidence in credit ... . Lawmakers have criticized banks for not using new federal money to make loans and have threatened [more...]

Date: 2008-11-17 06:53:56


The Mini Depression and the Maximum-Strength Remedy

This is not the Great Depression of the 1930s, but nor is it turning out to be merely a bad recession of the kind we've experienced periodically over ... now is not the supply of credit. Yes, Wall Street is paralyzed at the moment because the bursting ... loans. But even if credit were flowing, those loans wouldn't save jobs. Businesses want to borrow [more...]

Date: 2008-11-09 15:02:00


Treasury Warns Against Getting Into Trouble With Debt

Earlier this month the Treasury Department, headed by Henry Paulson, in conjunction with The Advertising Council, ... financial future. I love the tagline: “Don’t let your credit put you in a bad place.” In an apparent ... online video game that attempts to teach the importance of having a good credit score managing debt [more...]

Date: 2008-09-29 16:47:02


As Word Markets Rally, A Fog Of War Envelops Trading

When the stock markets around the world raced down earlier this month, there was some sense to it ... has righted itself and the average citizen is flush again with money from his home equity loan and six credit ... . The credit and liquidity troubles were real. Corporate earnings became progressively troubled [more...]

Date: 2008-10-30 10:25:47


4,150 Reasons That I Love Lease Options

When I become President and it’s the United States of Jason, I will impose the death penalty on anyone that stops at a yield sign…for heavens’ sake, ... a tenant/buyer. The best ways to find a tenant/buyer are classified ads (Rent to own, bad credit OK ... methods that require very little cash and absolutely none of my own credit. And that the best deals [more...]

Date: 2008-08-07 15:27:40


Ed McMahon Rap Videos FreeCreditReport.com

We’re filing this under “Oh My God, Are You Serious? ... for FreeCreditReport.com, a financial Web site owned by credit bureau Experian. Poor Ed. The things ... I had money and glory/I bought a house for 6 mill/I thought nothing could touch me/Until my credit went [more...]

Date: 2008-09-25 16:41:27


Looking to Purchase an Auto ? Credit Finance Terms

September 5, 2009 | By Terry U. Vostor In Finance | by Terry U. VostorNo one goes to purchase automotive or car finance. Auto credit financing is an un-bought good , service or purchase – similar to life insurance. People go to buy transportation. They may have a job , need transportation and a car , truck or S.U.V. to get them to their job or drive the kids to school. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-05 13:27:45


Mexico May Avoid Credit Rating Downgrade, JPMorgan Says

Mexico may stave off a credit- rating downgrade, JPMorgan Chase & Co. said. “From our conversations with the rating agencies, they appear to be giving Mexico the benefit of the doubt and will likely wait to see what components of the fiscal reform are approved by Congress,” JPMorgan analysts led by Joyce Chang wrote in a report to clients. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 16:44:07


The Mayhem In Bank Earnings Is Not Over (WM)(WB)(JPM)(AXP)(V)(MA)

Wall St. cheered what seemed to be withering results from Washington Mutual (WM) and Wachovia (WB) ... those who can only get a Visa (V) or Mastercard (MA). The defaults on the balances for these credit ... on the planet, made the comment that the credit situation could get worse. By that, he certainly meant [more...]

Date: 2008-07-23 10:14:54


Glorious Beloved Deregulator Guy speaks

Listening to the Beloved Glorious Decider Guy tonight I was struck by two things. I had to actually go to whitehouse ... , you would find it harder and more expensive to get credit. More businesses would close their doors, and millions of Americans could lose their jobs. Even if you have good credit history, it would [more...]

Date: 2008-09-25 03:45:32


Credit-crunch Christmas treat freezes in blizzard of complaints

It started as just a few flakes, but by yesterday a blizzard of complaints was swirling around what had seemed the perfect credit-crunch Christmas ... manager, told the Echo: "It's been a very bad first day. I'm a bit ashamed." He confessed that staff were struggling to repair the ice rink, and added that one of the santas had phoned in sick [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 02:45:47


How To Become A Millionaire and Get Rich In 10 Steps

So you want to be a millionaire? Well you know what? Me too - and I’m determined to get there in the near future ... of the credit markets, instead of just sitting on my hands and wishing upon a star, I’m taking active ... financing. Instead, they embraced its responsible use, viewing credit cards and balance transfer offers [more...]

Date: 2008-10-13 08:13:02


Equally Predictable

by Erik Hare It’s the end of the year, and it’s been a year a lot of people want to see the back of ... ? The truth is, I saw the credit crunch gradually worsening and the commodities bubble bursting ... (apparently) and credit was getting tighter.  It was all going about like I said. Where I went wrong [more...]

Date: 2008-12-28 04:52:21


A Bright Light From Home Depot (HD)

95129c The first reaction a lot of investors would have to Home Depot's (HD) is that they are bad. Very bad. Earnings bet Wall St ... lines and credit card capital, the consumer should be doing almost no home improvement work ... economy. Stopping to reflect on the housing market and lack of available consumer credit, the figures [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 11:33:04


Obama Wants Everyone Out of Debt Erase Up to 50

This administration realizes that the economy is bad and people are suffering President Obama is trying to put a limit on the amount of interest the credit card companies can charge you But perhaps you have already gotten into trouble with your credit card and don't know what to do about it [more...]

Date: 2009-09-11 07:42:37


Buy A House With Bad Credit Rating

Purchase a new location is not easygoing. In fact it is one of the hardest things to do. There are so many things to deal, not exclusive in the nowadays but also for the later. What few may not harmonize is that their credit nock may be dragging them felled. Make [more...]

Date: 2009-09-26 20:59:04


Issue of the day: mark to market accounting

Issue of the day: mark to market accounting Andrew Leonard cuts loose: So, mark-to-market accounting contributes both to credit bubbles, which no one on Wall Street ever complains about because they are too busy raking in the cash, and credit busts, at which point, Something Must Be Done. There's just one big fat honking problem [more...]

Date: 2008-10-06 22:47:40


Twenty-First Century Trust-Busting

Halfway through Michael Lewis and David Einhorn’s NYTimes Op-Ed (btw, when did those two hook up?) ... businesses to the highest bidders — perhaps to some bank that was not swept up in the credit bubble ... that if you don’t prop up these banks you risk an enormous credit contraction — if they aren’t in business [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 15:45:51


Your problems: Margaret Dibben writes your wrongs

All I wanted was security help. NatWest tried to sell me a loan My house was burgled ... account number and was told to visit a branch. There I was told I would be credit-scored if I chose to close my current account and open a new one. Why, if I had been burgled, should I have to be credit [more...]

Date: 2008-11-09 00:04:50


How Social Media Can Help (or Kill) Your Career and Life

By now we have all heard about job recruiters using Google to search for ghosts in your closet. You know what I mean, in addition to credit and background checks, they search looking ... dozens of interviews and done my fair share of credit checks. My conclusion is that they just don't [more...]

Date: 2008-07-09 23:23:14


AIG CEO Demands Apology from Mad Money’s Jim Cramer

WSJ Deal Journal Related: The credit crunch means that consolidation looms for Mirant and Calpine as well. Bloomberg ... its banks. WSJ More bad news: Banking bosses weigh in on bonuses and job losses. Times ... is wreaking havoc on a large but little-known corner of the credit markets, which could mean more write-downs [more...]

Date: 2008-10-20 12:57:00


Deals of Day: Layoffs Coming In Every Industry

By Stephen Grocer and Heidi N. Moore Deals of the Day includes all the major news of the morning related to mergers and acquisitions and financing ... : The credit crunch means that consolidation looms for Mirant and Calpine as well. Bloomberg ... of the credit crisis: The Middle East, according to Merrill Lynch’s John Thain. Dow Jones Newswires [more...]

Date: 2008-10-21 12:10:11


Congress Seeks To Move Up Credit Card Act Implementation To December 1st [Surprise]

Today, Reps. Barney Frank and Carolyn Maloney are going to request that the implementation date for the rest of the Credit Card Act 's rules be moved to December 1st of this year instead of February 2010 , after seeing companies "jacking up their rates and doing other things to their customers in advance of the effective date" all summer, reports Mary Pilon at The Wall Street Journal. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-24 15:09:36


The Fall of AIG

Part III of the Washington Post series on AIG. Today’s version: Downgrades And Downfall ... . Here’s an excerpt: Once a small part of the firm’s business, the increasingly popular credit ... had become the “go-to” for credit-default swaps in part because of its knowledge and reliability, but also [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 12:17:13


Deals of the Day: Dow Chemical Ready to Sue Kuwait For Breakup Fee

Deals of the Day, compiled by Stephen Grocer and Heidi N ... are sidelined by the credit crisis. WSJ Pension popping: HBOS could be “hollowed out” by its takeover partner ... Markets Debt: “The credit markets may struggle to find a “magic cure” for protracted woes this year [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 12:52:35


Universal Auto Loans : Arranged Loans With Different Features

Universal auto loans can help almost anyone. They are even a great way for those, who get their first experience in the world of finances. With bad credit history, borrowers can start building their score and earning themselves a good credit report.So many different features... read more [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 10:31:57


Was There Really a Financial Crisis ?

Hale “Bonddad” Stewart is a former bond broker with several regional firms ... no credit crisis. Several people have used this paper to argue that Wall Street overstated the severity of the credit crisis in order to get a bail-out they didn’t need. What these commentators [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 13:00:55


For Strong Banks Mortgages Are Good Business - Example Navy Federal Credit Union

2008 saw a huge shakeout in the mortgage industry as those banks that profited off of subprime loans disappeared or merged with ... are making good loans highly profitable. The Navy Federal Credit Union just announced ... Federal’s 75-year history. “Navy Federal never engaged in sub-prime mortgage lending,” said Cutler [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 14:44:19


Have You Ever Lost It All ?

We are headed for some wicked hard times.  Some of us are already feeling the sting ... credit card debt spread among about 5 different cards, no job, no place to live and if that wasn’t bad ... from my job and lived on credit cards for months while trying find another job.  After several months [more...]

Date: 2008-10-10 11:00:39


Price-fixing won't help gas retailers cope with higher fees Steve Bartlett, president and CEO, Financial Services Roundtable - Washington USA TODAY's article "Credit card fees eat up gas ... fees on credit card transactions. The proposed solution described in the article is misguided on many [more...]

Date: 2008-07-21 05:36:36


Fed Watch: Rate Cuts Increasingly Likely

Tim Duy says "the Federal Reserve is inching closer to lower interest rates": Rate Cuts Increasingly Likely, by Tim Duy: ... meltdown that began last year, credit channels have become increasingly impaired despite aggressive rate cuts. The credit explosion of this decade has proven unsustainable; you cannot borrow your way [more...]

Date: 2008-10-02 07:42:00


You Say You Want a Regulation?

As if the economic news weren't bad enough at the moment, ... lenders from raising interest rates on existing balances unless a payment is received late. Credit card ... . Enter new "credit card regulations" issued by the Federal Reserve, Office of Thrift Supervision [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 14:00:48


Winners & Losers From the Week That Was

Ken Lewis: The Bank of America CEO craved the respect of Wall Street. This week he grabbed it ... last year, it wasn’t his intention to sell the brokerage house. But Thain deserves credit ... for the predicament Lehman found itself in. Dick Fuld, CEO for 14 years, was slow to react to the credit crunch [more...]

Date: 2008-09-19 13:34:00


Sale-In, Lease-Out, Bail-Out, Cash-Out

Sure, it's good news that WMATA doesn't need to cough up millions of dollars it doesn't have in order to pay back the Belgian bank KBC on loans that AIG's credit could no longer support. That is, loans ... just what the hell was the point of giving AIG government credit worth $122 billion (and counting [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 15:22:25


"Extending Health Insurance Can be an Effective Stimulus"

Dean Baker says we should include health care reform as part of the stimulus package: How Obama can save the US economy, by Dean Baker, ... coverage. As a basic outline, the government can give a substantial tax credit (eg $3,000) to employers who cover workers for the first time in 2009 and 2010. It can also offer a tax credit [more...]

Date: 2008-11-06 10:07:00


Latest News in Credit Repair and Credit Score - Sept 02, 2009

Looking good for the long haul - Minneapolis Star Tribune 1 Sep 2009 at 12:11pm HOUSTON - There was little doubt who the marquee attraction was Monday night at Reliant Stadium. Two weeks after joining the Vikings, Brett Favre played into the third quarter of his team’s 17-10 victory over the Houston Texans. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-02 10:58:27


Words from the (investment) wise 12.15.08

Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (December 8 - 12, 2008) ... that liquidity was still being hoarded. (Also see my “Credit Crisis Watch“.) 13-dec-v1.jpg Source ... of the biggest industrial failure in US history caused a sell-off on global stock markets, a widening of credit [more...]

Date: 2008-12-14 12:42:13


F|R Crib Sheet: 15 Sites to Cut Your Startup Operating Costs

Clever founders always eke the most out of every buck ... job of winnowing down and showcasing the many different small business credit-card offers out there. And in coming weeks, BillShrink plans to add a credit card service that will, like its wireless [more...]

Date: 2008-07-19 16:15:50


F|R Crib Sheet: 15 Sites to Cut Your Startup Operating Costs

Clever founders always eke the most out of every buck ... job of winnowing down and showcasing the many different small business credit-card offers out there. And in coming weeks, BillShrink plans to add a credit card service that will, like its wireless [more...]

Date: 2008-07-19 16:00:27


Getting a $5,000 Loan With Bad Credit – Is it Smart to Do?

When you have bad credit, it may seem that there is no way to survive unless you get quick cash. Most people that take out loans end up really trying to get themselves money so that they can afford basic things like food, clothing, and their bills. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-25 06:01:48


Crisis? What Crisis?

Dennis Kneale on the Housing and Credit Crisis, June 27 2008 Dennis ... an isolated problem and that we already are working to fix it. I have to give credit to Dennis Kneale ... National Association of REALTORS®Back to the President’s Report Voices of Real Estate – [more...]

Date: 2008-11-29 19:00:54


What Is a Good Fitness Equipment?

by Jesse Regan Judgment on a fitness equipment usually depends on someones interests and not on any convention or standard. There are people who would insist that equipments price might spell the difference. There are also those who will look at the brand name as their strongest basis. Surprisingly, some would even give plus points to its superficial design alone without giving credit to its effectiveness. In short, many would rather base their conclusions towards an equipment on the non-essentials. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-30 19:15:24



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