Mortgage Interest Rate Drop Possible with Treasury Intervention
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is considering a new plan to reduce mortgage rates in another bid to revive the U.S ... for the lower rates. There are already a number of additions to rates due to credit score, loan ... is enormous. We saw the results of the investment of $600 Billion into the MBS market last week [more...]
Date: 2008-12-04 07:30:46
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Borrowing future growth
By Fester: Today's employment and unemployment numbers were ugly. The unemployment rate went to 6 ... . Some credit the short term rebate check stimulus. but there is another reason that sounds very plausible for this good number despite all of the labor, income, and credit market problems. Dave Altig [more...]
Date: 2008-09-05 19:20:39
Will Credit Repair Enhance Your Plunging Credit Score?
As lending rules get stricter by the day, an increasing number of consumers are desperately looking for ways to improve their credit ratings ... but nevertheless accurate entry on the client’s credit report. This technic exploits a provision ... or out-of-date information from their credit report. This technic works under the premise [more...]
Date: 2008-12-08 07:00:23
FICO Fitness Fundamentals
A FICO score is the number that determines the interest rate you pay on credit cards, car loans and mortgages ... credit bureaus: Equifax, Experian and TransUnion. The FICO score is linked to just about every ... in your favor) Don’t apply for any new credit cards Review your credit report periodically to make [more...]
Date: 2008-11-25 16:08:53
Eco-Homes: Investing in Energy Smart Solutions, Vol. II
Despite an economy in a deepening recession, plummeting housing values, tight credit and rising foreclosure rates and unemployment, ... ). This number is expected to rise to 10% by 2010, according to a Calvert Group report titled “Greener [more...]
Date: 2008-12-16 23:40:50
Parents Universal Resource Experts (Sue Scheff) Identity Theft and Teens
Source: Connect with Kids“If they’ve managed to get a hold of your Social Security number and take out credit card applications in your name, ... the problem.”– Suzanne Boas, president, Consumer Credit Counseling ServiceIdentity theft is an ever-increasing threat for all consumers -- one that could damage your credit ratings and cost you thousands [more...]
Date: 2008-10-18 12:59:00
Consumers advised over action to take if rejected for finance
In the current financial climate an increasing number of consumers are finding themselves being turned down for finance, such as loans, credit cards, ... to check their credit report, as this will show them what their credit rating is like and will give ... they should take once rejected for credit. Many tend to make another application to a different [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 11:45:58
Major Potential Risks to Credit Quality in 2009 - Fitch
Fitch Ratings’ summary of the potential rating impact of some of the more prominent credit market risks for 2009 makes for depressing, but prudent, reading. A year ago, Fitch’s 2008 Outlook presentation identified a number of possible developments for the year. These included banking system crises (though the agency was more concerned regarding [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 19:48:30
NFP: Even Worse Than Reported
Over the past few years, we have railed at the prettyfied numbers that come out of BLS regarding NFP job creation and the unemployment rate ... of aberrational, credit-driven economic growth was hidden from the public view. Many (tho not all) of Wall Street ... now in a full blown recession, and the Housing and Credit crisis getting worse, it hardly semed [more...]
Date: 2008-12-08 11:34:50
LEED certified buildings on the rise!
Adobe headquarters in San Jose received three platinum LEED ratings Photo credit kqedquest According to the US Green Building Council (USGBC) ... building by the numbers report (.doc warning): By 2009, 82% of corporate America is expected ... $30-$40 billion annually by 2010 With that in mind it was great to see the report that AMD’s Lone [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 18:16:45
LEED certified buildings on the rise!
Adobe headquarters in San Jose received three platinum LEED ratings Photo credit kqedquest According to the US Green Building Council (USGBC) ... building by the numbers report (.doc warning): By 2009, 82% of corporate America is expected ... $30-$40 billion annually by 2010 With that in mind it was great to see the report that AMD’s Lone [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 18:16:45
Well! Now we know why Emperor Paulson wanted retroactive immunity in his trillion dollar bailout plan!
How did Paulson try to get retroactive immunity? Why, via the infamous Clause 8, of course: the clause Krugman caught Paulson lying about ... , Lehman Brothers and American International Group, bringing to 26 the number of bureau investigations ... into disclosure and valuation of housing-related investments at banks, insurers and credit rating [more...]
Date: 2008-09-24 02:53:58
Finally, Home Sales Rise
Finally, Home Sales Rise By David Leonhardt The housing slump can’t end until home sellers cut their prices by enough to lure large numbers of ... do in the aftermath of a bubble. The numbers may also reverse themselves next month. The credit markets didn’t really seize up until late September, and mortgage rates have risen since then. The [more...]
Date: 2008-10-24 14:40:44
Movie Review: Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009)
Kevin James as Paul Blart in Paul Blart: Mall Cop Photo: Columbia Pictures It’s funny because he’s fat ... that is the audience this PG-rated cartoony effort is targeting. That’s not a bad thing, it’s just not my thing ... out to steal some credit card numbers. Unfortunately they messed up when they kidnapped Blart’s love [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 06:52:54
Latest News in Refinancing Home Mortgages - Dec 04, 2008
Mortgage applications up 112.1% last week, due to drop in rates: ... economy and troubled credit markets. Mortgage applications were up 112 percent during the week ... one proposal, Treasury would seek to lower the rate on a 30-year … Mortgage Lenders Report Rise In Number [more...]
Date: 2008-12-04 14:07:14
Widespread Mortgage Refinance (Good Credit Doesn’t Pay)
Mine won’t be one of the three million mortgages expected to get a new deal via The Bailout ... , to have the right numbers on our credit report. AND a month later when every headline ... , and took the best mortgage deal we could get. Who Wouldn’t Take an Adjustable Rate Mortgage? Because [more...]
Date: 2008-10-30 13:35:53
GMAC limits loans to buyers with 700+ FICO rating
Filed under: Car Buying, GMIf you're in the market for a new car, you'd better get your credit score in order first ... to consumers with a credit score of over 700. That number is up from the 71% average ... . Auto lending units are looking for top tier customers right now, and GM's captive credit arm [more...]
Date: 2008-10-14 12:52:03
Bernanke drops pretense of secrecy and airs Fed's plans
McClatchy Washington Bureau With its benchmark lending rate effectively at zero, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Tuesday, ... be doomed if problems in the financial and credit markets aren't fixed. Bernanke outlined a number [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 18:46:44
Foreclosure Crisis of 2008 Should Serve as a Lesson for Steering Through 2009
There is no doubt that many will be relieved to bid adieu to 2008 and its record breaking number of house foreclosures, jumbo unemployment figures and pathetic credit markets. However there are lessons to be learnt ... of Department of Commerce Bureau of Economic Analysis. In fact in May 2008 the savings rate had shot [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 19:00:39
2008 By The Numbers
It’s been a wild year. A 700 billion dollar bailout, a 50 billion dollar Ponzi scheme, ... fallen: Unemployment: November 2007: 4.9% November 2008: 6.9% (from http://www.bls.gov - Bureau ... institutions overnight” - in short, that’s the rate banks loan each other money. With the credit [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 15:48:47
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Date: 2008-12-31 07:11:32
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