June 2, 2016
June 2, 2016
Household borrowing surged in March at the fastest pace since November 2001 as financing for automobiles picked up and Americans’ outstanding credit-card debt soared. The $29.7 billion […]
May 31, 2016
May 31, 2016
Banks have a hard time figuring out millennials, those born between the early 1980s and 2000. Many millennials don’t remember a world without the Internet, plenty […]
May 27, 2016
May 27, 2016
Since the 2008 financial crisis (fueled in large part by a real estate bubble), regulations have been put in place to cut down on predatory lending, […]
May 24, 2016
May 24, 2016
The Great Recession hit the financial services industry – and the ARM companies that serve it – the hardest. Even now, this segment is still recovering; […]
May 23, 2016
May 23, 2016
A decade ago, a bubble in house prices led to the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. House prices then collapsed, falling below their long-term […]
May 19, 2016
May 19, 2016
It’s hard to get through life without at least one major financial regret. That’s the conclusion from a new Bankrate nationwide survey that finds only 17% […]
May 17, 2016
Across the nation, a sticky subgroup of foreclosure cases involves reverse mortgages. These loans, usually taken out by seniors, are heavily promoted in advertising and aimed […]
May 16, 2016
May 16, 2016
Consumers are increasing the balances of their personal savings accounts, but at the same time there is an increase in those who rollover their monthly credit […]
May 13, 2016
May 13, 2016
Although it seems like we just wrapped up our 2015 taxes – scrambling to find receipts, tax donations and pay stubs, we are almost 6 months […]