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With college costs rising, should parents and students go into debt to obtain that degree? Like generations of parents before you, you want your children to receive a great education . But unlike previous generations of parents who could wrangle together funds, grants and student loans, today’s parents are finding that available financing for their college student is . . . → Read More: Getting a College Degree Shouldn’t Bankrupt Your Family Americans are shifting how they use credit cards in response to the recession. . . . → Read More: Is there a Right Way to Use Credit Cards? With the implementation of the CARD Act banks are becoming more creative with their hidden fees and charges. Just when you thought the waters of big banking were safe to venture into once more, big banks are desperately chomping after consumer dollars with new fees and charges on consumer accounts. After the impact of the CARD . . . → Read More: Sneaky Bank Fees Return Recent changes in the Federal Health Care Bill also included shifts in student loan processing. . . . → Read More: Student Loan Changes Causing More Headaches Buying a foreclosure may seem like a bargain, but beware of defective titles. . . . → Read More: Foreclosure Sale – Buyer Beware! The following article released on January 3, 2011 has been reprinted with permission from Huffington Post. Following the maxim that drastic times call for tepid measures, the banking industry continues to pay “lip service” to loan modifications while doing little. On Dec. 15, the Congressional Oversight Committee admitted the government’s Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) loan modification . . . → Read More: How to Get Rid of a Second Mortgage without a Loan Modificiation Not only is HAMP helping far fewer homeowners than promised, there’s evidence that HAMP may be leaving more homeowners worse off than if they never had entered the “loan mod” program in the first place. . . . → Read More: Are Loan Modifications Causing Foreclosures? Round three of CARD Act banking changes scheduled to go into effect August 22, 2010. . . . → Read More: More Changes to Bank Processing Fees Those ‘reward’ credit cards in your wallet may not be as beneficial as you think. . . . → Read More: What’s in your wallet may not be as good as you think. Learning budgeting basics can lead to a life time of financial security. . . . → Read More: Budgeting Basics |
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