Signs You’re Living Beyond Your Means | The Exchange – Yahoo! Finance
Not being able to cover the bare necessities is an obvious red flag. But there are some other tell-tale signs you’re in over your head. via Signs You’re Living Beyond Your Means | The Exchange – Yahoo! Finance.
Payroll Tax Cut Expires; How Much More Will You Pay? – Real Time Economics – WSJ
Many Americans celebrating the fact that income tax rates will not go up for most taxpayers miss the fact that payroll taxes will go way up amounting to an additional annual income tax of $1,000 for a typical U.S. family earning $50,000 a year. Payroll Tax Cut Expires; How Much More Will You Pay? – […]
Fringe 15-year mortgage becomes hot property – MarketWatch
Thanks to low interest rates, many borrowers are opting for the deal that allows them to pay off their mortgages in half as much time as the traditional 30-year mortgage. Fringe 15-year mortgage becomes hot property – MarketWatch.
Rental Sector to Gain the Most from Rebound in Household Formation
For those residential landlords who have successfully weathered the recent economic downturn it appears there will be some blue sky. “With the overwhelming majority of newly forming households over the next few years set to rent rather than own their home, the rental sector will be the disproportionate beneficiary, wrote economist Paul Diggle in the […]
4 Marketing and Mindset Power-Tweaks That Will Make You More Money in 2013 | Trulia Pro Blog
How to super-charge your small business in 2013 to make more money with less effort! “The power of the Pareto principle is the power of focus: it allows us to double-down on the things that are working, and to let go the things that aren’t. Fortunately, when it comes to making changes in our businesses […]
Traits of People With High Credit Scores | Realtor Magazine
The traits of those individuals with the highest FICO sores (north of 785). “They’re not always debt-free: They average about seven credit cards, including both open and closed accounts, and have an average of four credit cards or loans with balances. One-third of “high achievers” have balances of more than $8,500 on non-mortgage accounts. The […]
States Divert Nearly Half of Settlement Money Earmarked for Housing
Remember how all of the States (Washington included) recently patted their backs about how they beat up the big banks as to alleged ‘fraudulent lending practices’ and got billions from the big banks in restitution. The restitution was to be paid by the banks to the States to be specifically used to assist homeowners in […]
The Everyday Price Index
The Everyday Price Index. Food, medical and fuel prices going through the roof despite reassurances from the Fed that all is well? When the Fed pumps a few trillion into the economy (QE 1, QE 2 and Q 3) watch what happens. “Most Americans in 2011 experienced a day-to-day inflation rate of 7.2 percent—more than […]
Five issues that could derail your refinancing | Reuters
A FICO of 740 or better for best rates on a refinance? Five issues that could derail your refinancing | Reuters.
Foreclosed homes: Now, theyre hot properties – CSMonitor.com
Growing buyer interest is clearing out more than 1.5 million foreclosed homes, clearing out a huge backlog. Interest in foreclosed homes is highest in states hit hardest by housing crisis. via Foreclosed homes: Now, theyre hot properties – CSMonitor.com.