Weighted Average Cost of Capital Doesn't Include Everything

Or: Figures don't lie, but Liars Sure do Figure! We've got a lot of people with loans in the low fives, interest rate wise, ... : $350,000 first at 5.25% $100,000 second at 8.5% $50,000 consumer debt at 12% This person then used ... that there's enough equity in the property to absorb the full amount of excess debt without PMI. Robert [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 17:50:23

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HOUSING PUSH FOR HISPANICS SPAWNS WAVE OF FORECLOSURES

For years, immigrants to the U.S. have viewed buying a home as the ultimate benchmark of success ... loans, which carry high interest rates and are tailored to borrowers with low credit scores or few ... multiple cash jobs, but had no savings or established credit history to allow them to qualify [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 13:19:54

Peer to Peer Lending Offers High Returns In Low Rate Environment

One of the side effects of the atrocious market we have endured in recent months is incredibly low interest rates on deposit accounts ... your $10,000 debt consolidation loan, but I can pitch in $100 along with dozens of other investors ... the current loan listings at Lending Club I see a variety of loan requests from debt consolidation [more...]

Date: 2008-12-15 11:00:20

10 Tips on Saving Money

Tip 1 ” Although credit cards are a convenient way to pay for things they can lead to trouble if you cannot afford to keep up with the total repayments. Interest on credit cards is often offered at an extremely low rate for the first few months and increased dramatically therein after. Debt can quickly spiral out of control and become unmanageable for many people therefore it is sometimes necessary to consolidate all of the debt into one manageable package by engaging in one small low cost loan. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-19 11:18:31

Why stop with capping payday loans? Banks are just as bad.

Obviously, banks have better lobbyists than payday lenders, why else can someone who has no problem charging $37 ... than $300, yet, credit card balances can be several thousand dollars. Which is worse, missing a payment on a credit card and having your interest rate go from that low intro rate of 15.9% to 29 [more...]

Date: 2008-06-07 13:02:45

Eliminating Debt in 5 Easy Steps

by John Major It is unfortunate that in today’s economy, debt rules all. From the deepest spots of our wallets, we have charged ourselves to the point of no return. The commercials and ads promising a better car, newer home and more of this and that are all based on lines of credit and bank loans. Our children have been raised in this economy where paying for something means a monthly payment and a low or high interest rate; this is why debt elimination is needed. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-24 11:39:25

Start 2009 by recognizing the unrecognized

Rhonda has a post over at her Blog regarding the low interest rate environment that prevails today ... into the office to work on transactions so that loan officer and agents transactions closed on time ... .  Rates under 5% are hard to believe even for very seasoned agents, loan officers and those [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 05:11:57

Interest Rates Drop Again…

Everyone keeps saying that it’s the perfect time to buy, home values are dropping, rates are low, the time is now. I have people that call every week for mortgage rates, they keep hoping the rates will continue to drop. Remember, banks make money off loans, there is a point where banks cannot lower rates any [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 01:53:45

Home Prices - How Did They Get So High?

It seems that the real estate bubble has burst, but how did home prices get so high anyhow? ... From Low Interest Rates Take out an amortization book or find one of those payment calculators online ... paying this much in the early 80s. For example, a 30-year loan of $200,000 would cost you $2,292 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 06:37:08

WHEN IS A 5.000 PERCENT MORTGAGE RATE REALLY 3.600 PERCENT?

Related posts:Get Extra Tax Deductions In 2008 — Pay Your Mortgage A Few Days Early For most Americans, mortgage interest paid on a home loan...Shopping for a low rate mortgage for your Danville real [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 04:23:28

Interest Rates are Incredibly Low! Nows the time to REFI!

We have been helping many families refinance thier homes, ... and be able to reduce from a 30 year loan to a 15 year loan for about the same payment!  Wouldn’ ... calculator to see what your payments would be, 15 years loans are in the 4.5-5% range and 30 year loans [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 15:20:51

How Millions of American Will Lose Their Homes

Posted By: admin| 2009.09.29 The Option ARM crisis has not hit yet. The Option ARM is not a Sub Prime loan!! People with good credit scores and low income have this too. Reckless home purchases and refinances with no long-term goal. **Please note – 61 was assumed to be interest-only payment for this video at 00:15 seconds…so, it should of been 8% fully indexed rate instead of 7%. Doesn’t change much, just that one slide…I caught it too late. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 11:11:22

Easy No Credit Check Loans

September 20, 2009 | By Preston West In Blogging | For those people with low credit scores or low wages, “No Credit Loans”, are an excellent alternative. Although this loan is linked with much higher interest rates it is an option for those with few choices. Because the loans are usually paid back over a shorter amount of time the huge interest rate may not be a deterrent to borrowing funds. For people that need quick cash for a short term, this could be ideal. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-20 22:50:50

Is Fiscal Policy the Magic Bullet?

Last February I wrote to you about how mistaken it was to see monetary policy and Fed intervention as magical cures for structural and solvency ... , permanently high home prices and endlessly expanding equity multiple bubbles. Why? Can't ... that terrified investors - many from overseas - will loan to us at shockingly low rates of interest [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 16:22:32

How You Will Spot a Worthy Car Loan

by Sandy Maseko You should attain and keep a good credit rating ... know when you begin your search online for a new or used car loan is that you are going to see interest rate ... a higher interest rate on the lending amount. If a borrower gets a car loan at low annual percentage [more...]

Date: 2008-09-23 07:26:45

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