July 13, 2015
July 13, 2015
With 17% of borrowers behind in their payments or in default on the nation’s $1.2 trillion in college loans, it’s not surprising that student debt is emerging as […]
July 10, 2015
July 10, 2015
The numbers are staggering: more than $1.2 trillion in outstanding student loan debt, 40 million borrowers, an average balance of $29,000. It’s not hard to find […]
July 7, 2015
July 7, 2015
In the past year, have you bought a house, sold a house, gotten married, gotten divorced, had a child, become pregnant, lost your job, or gotten […]
July 2, 2015
July 2, 2015
This month marks six years since the end of the U.S. recession. In those six years, the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index has climbed more than 200 percent […]
July 1, 2015
July 1, 2015
A flood of ex-homeowners may be ready to re-enter the mortgage market over the next 5 years, according to a TransUnion report. Based on an analysis of […]
June 30, 2015
June 30, 2015
Private student loan lenders rejected nine out of 10 co-signers who applied for a co-signer release from the loans, a service the lenders and servicers often […]
June 29, 2015
June 29, 2015
Are you a “credit invisible?” The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau defines credit invisibles as those adults whose credit histories are so limited that they don’t have […]
June 26, 2015
Pindrop Security recently released a study that shows a 30% rise in phone fraud among financial institutions since 2013. The company, which provides call-center-security software, analyzed […]
June 25, 2015
June 25, 2015
Today, fewer consumers believe that it is difficult to get a mortgage compared with last year. However, the majority of respondents to an Ipsos and Wells […]