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Thinking Of Cutting Up Your Credit Cards?
Getting a new financial start in the new year may mean ditching credit cards in favor of cash. Although living without credit cards has financial benefits, a Kansas State University expert said there are a few things to consider before taking scissors to your plastic. “Living card-free takes away a lot of the spending temptations and generally [...]
Continue reading...Identity Theft 911 Offers Tips for National Data Privacy Day
Monday, February 1, 2010
Consumers and businesses globally spend hours each day exploring the Internet for news, information, and communications purposes. Today’s National Data Privacy Day serves as an important reminder that consumers need to protect their own personal information when accessing the World Wide Web and businesses need to safeguard the information which they are responsible for collecting [...]
Continue reading...Mortgage Rates Inch Lower
Monday, February 1, 2010
The average conforming 30-year fixed mortgage rate fell for the fourth consecutive week, settling at 5.13 percent according to Bankrate.com’s weekly national survey. The average 30-year fixed mortgage has an average of 0.49 discount and origination points. The average 15-year fixed mortgage dropped to 4.54 percent but the larger jumbo 30-year fixed rate moved higher to [...]
Continue reading...Consumers Encouraged to Protect Their Privacy Online
Thursday, January 28, 2010
iKeepSafe, Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum and AT&T Recognize National Data Privacy Day by Providing Consumer credit card Tips on How to Protect Your Privacy Online The Internet offers an exciting world of information and entertainment at the click of a mouse. Consumers are spending hours surfing, shopping, playing games and communicating online, but as with [...]
Continue reading...After the Near Collapse of Wall Street… What’s Next for the Real Estate Industry?
Monday, January 25, 2010
2nd Annual International Real Estate Capital Markets Conference In light of the current challenging economic conditions for real estate capital markets, Columbia Business School and Goodwin Procter LLP have partnered to present the 2010 International Real Estate Capital Markets Conference on Jan. 29, at the TimesCenter, 242 West 41st Street, N.Y. (agenda follows). The keynote speaker will [...]
Continue reading...Mortgage Rates Down for a Third Straight Week
Friday, January 22, 2010
The average conforming 30-year fixed mortgage fell again this week, to 5.15 percent according to Bankrate.com’s weekly national survey. The average 30-year fixed mortgage has an average of 0.45 discount and origination points. The average 15-year fixed mortgage dropped to 4.56 percent while the larger jumbo 30-year fixed rate retreated to 5.93 percent. Adjustable rate mortgages [...]
Continue reading...Mortgage Rates Move Lower
Monday, January 11, 2010
The average conforming 30-year fixed mortgage decreased this week to 5.26 percent, according to Bankrate.com’s weekly national survey. The average 30-year fixed mortgage has an average of 0.43 discount and origination points. The average 15-year fixed mortgage fell to 4.67 percent while the larger jumbo 30-year fixed rate inched lower to 6.14 percent. Adjustable rate mortgages [...]
Continue reading...New Tools and Research for 2010 Tax Season
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Bankrate’s 2010 Tax Guide features tax calculators and information on all the important rates and deductions for consumers’ tax filings Now that the New Year is here and tax season is fast approaching, Bankrate, Inc. released its 2010 Tax Guide, filled with tips and tools to help consumers avoid frustration when filing their taxes. With almost [...]
Continue reading...Commercial Real Estate Loan Prices Rise in November
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Values Increase Modestly After Declining in October The aggregate value of Commercial Real Estate (CRE) loans priced by DebtX that collateralizes CMBS increased to 77.7% as of November 30, 2009 from 76.9% as of October 30, 2009. The aggregate value is down from 81.3% as of January 30, 2009. “Loan prices in the CMBS universe rose modestly [...]
Continue reading...US Department of Housing and Urban Development Releases Latest Version of Shopping For Your Home Loan
Monday, January 4, 2010
HUD Booklet advises real estate buyers to search for an agent who will represent their interests in real estate transaction In its first revision in over 10 years, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) advises home buyers that it is their responsibility to search for a real estate agent that will represent their [...]
Continue reading...Weekly Credit Card Rate Report for Week of December 30
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Interest rates on new credit card offers edged slightly lower again this week, according to the CreditCards.com Weekly Credit Card Rate Report, but experts call recent rate declines uncharacteristic of a larger upward trend. The national average credit card annual percentage rate is comprised of about 95 of the most popular credit cards in the country, [...]
Continue reading...Mortgage Rates Rise for the Fourth Consecutive Week
Friday, December 25, 2009
The average conforming 30-year fixed mortgage increased this week to 5.24 percent, according to Bankrate.com’s weekly national survey. The average 30-year fixed mortgage has an average of 0.45 discount and origination points. The average 15-year fixed mortgage moved higher, to 4.62 percent while the larger jumbo 30-year fixed rate inched upward to 6.16 percent. Adjustable rate [...]
Continue reading...Experts Say Commercial Property Woes Only Beginning
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
While Commercial Real Estate Continues to Crash, One Company Seeks to Relieve Commercial Property Owners According to industry experts, the commercial real estate market (which includes shopping centers, strip malls, apartment buildings, office buildings and warehouses) is due to suffer the same fate as the recent collapse of the housing market only worse. Commercial research provider [...]
Continue reading...Home Buyers Use Text Messaging To Receive New Foreclosure Listings On Their Cell Phones
Friday, December 18, 2009
LAForeclosureFinders.com Uses iVisionMobile.com Text Messaging Software To Deliver Foreclosure Listing Information To Prospective Home Buyers’ Cell Phones A real estate company focusing on San Fernando Valley foreclosures and short sales, announced today that it has started using text messaging software to communicate with prospective real estate buyers and push new foreclosure listings to their mobile phones. [...]
Continue reading...Risk Management Practices Protected in House Derivatives Reform
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives have taken an important step toward securing access to vital corporate risk management tools with the passage of the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009 (H.R. 4173). Over the past year, the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) has worked with legislators to explain the vital role [...]
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Wednesday, February 3, 2010
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