The Hidden Costs of Buying a Home

The Hidden Costs of Buying a Home Credit Report by Maria Shahid Share Share Email In 2019, 65.1 percent of Americans owned their homes, but for many more people homeownership remains a dream. While interest rates are low, many people will be looking into how to make that dream a reality, but it’s important that anyone calculating a […]

Treasure Your Home

Treasure Your Home Credit Cards by David B. Coulter Share Share Email From Renting to Owning There is no doubt that owning a dwelling of your own is the cornerstone of financial and emotional security. If you have not reached that point yet, it should certainly be your long-term goal. One question to ask yourself […]

Stay At Home Spouses May Soon Be Able to Get Credit On Their Own – An Update

Stay At Home Spouses May Soon Be Able to Get Credit On Their Own – An Update Credit Cards by John Ulzheimer Share Share Email Recently the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced it will propose changes to the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure (CARD) Act of 2009 and Federal Reserve regulations that critics have […]

What happens if my home is foreclosed?

What happens if my home is foreclosed? Credit Monitoring by John Ulzheimer Share Share Email Over the past five or so years Americans have had to become familiar with terms that we had never heard before.  We became familiar with loan modifications, short sales, and negative equity in our homes. Millions stopped paying their home […]