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Here's How to Finance Your Remodel Financing a remodeling project doesn't have to be a crap shoot. Here's a game plan for choosing the best deal.   |
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Bad-Mouthing the Bubble Unfortunately, many people are far more financially analytical when they're shopping for an MP3 player or a dishwasher than when they're purchasing a home. Readers share their concern. |
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3 Ways You Must Protect Your Credit Now Your credit is under assault. Do what you can to keep it. |
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April 3, 2008
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Stop Mistreating Your Money If you're not treating every dollar as an investment, you might as well just kick it to the gutter. |
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It's Good to Be a Banker Banks raise fees because they can -- and a lot of customers don't even know it. |
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August 12, 2005
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Dangerous Borrowing Beware of quicksand with credit cards and mortgages. Dangers abound when we borrow. Credit cards, if used suboptimally, can land you a world of trouble, while even mortgages these days are carrying more risks than ever. |
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Fiscal Fitness '09: Cash Is the Cure for Over-Spending Simply leaving the plastic at home can slash spending by up to one-third. |
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January 28, 2004
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Who Has All Your Money? You made thousands of dollars in 2003. Where did it all go? Did your money end up in a place that made your life better? |
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Help Us Combat Financial Illiteracy Now The real problem plaguing our country is this: the appalling lack of formal financial education in our school systems. |
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Out of the Dark Ages of Investing The Internet democratized financial information. |
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November 14, 2007
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Stay Safe While Shopping Online Hide your identity when you hit the virtual mall. New security programs, such as false identity credit cards and online PIN numbers, can keep you safer while shopping online. |
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February 9, 2005
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Debt Becomes You When did debt become a badge of honor? Ever since those with more of it could brag about having higher credit scores. |
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Before You Buy Real Estate... Six important financial steps to take before you make an offer. |
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50 Simple Tips for Big Savings Spending less and saving more won't turn the tide on the economy, but it will help you to ride out the storm. Use these 50 simple tips to help you shore up your finances for the tough times ahead. |
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March 28, 2007
Mary Dalrymple |
When Lenders Compete, You Lose If you're in the market for a mortgage and you don't want to be blanketed with offers from other lenders, you can do two things to prevent yourself from ending up on one of these lists. |
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July 30, 2007
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The Hidden Costs of Credit Accidents It's bad enough that a few dings on your credit report can force you into higher-interest credit cards and loans. But did you know those dings can raise your auto insurance rates too? |
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February 4, 2008
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Get a Handle on Your Money -- Free! Read on for seven websites that offer simple personal finance tools at no cost. |
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How to Spend a Bundle The author shares tips on preparing for big purchases and softening their impact on your day-to-day finances. |
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September 8, 2006
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The Hidden Fortune Inside Your Paycheck When it comes to your finances, those seemingly undetectable cracks in your checking account, portfolio, bills, and rainy-day fund can seriously sideline your dreams. |
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July 9, 2009
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Let's Stop the Housing Crisis Once and for All It's hard to believe how easily it all could have been prevented. By simply following an old-fashioned standard for taking out a mortgage loan |
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A Single Resolution for 2010 Toss out that long list of promises and try something completely different this year: Pick up a new money habit. |
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June 17, 2005
Selena Maranjian |
10 Things to Know About Mortgages You have a lot of options when it comes to financing your home. Most of us are familiar with mortgages, but even experienced home-buyers may not be aware of a few meaningful facts and options. Here are some interesting details about mortgages. |
This Old House
L. Gallant & D. Snoonian |
The Mortgage Crisis: Where to Go for Help The Fed's decision to lower interest rates means more people might be looking for home loans again. These Web-based resources can help you avoid the risky ones, and find the loan that's right for you. |
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The Leading Cause of Relationship Stress: Money Rich, poor, young, old -- we all have money tiffs. Here are six ways to keep things happy on the home front. |
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It's Time for Credit Card News There's important value in keeping up with developments in the world of credit cards. |
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August 25, 2006
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Mortgage Disaster Ahead? As interest rates go up, they can take you down. If your mortgage payments are suddenly higher, you probably have rising mortgage interest rates to blame. |
AskMen.com
Michael Estrin |
9 Mortgage Don'ts But no matter how much you owe, unless you're a lottery winner, you've probably used a mortgage to buy your home. Here are some tips on what not to do when making one of the biggest purchases of your life. |
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Mortgage Power for Everyone Arm yourself with information before shopping for a home loan. |
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Why the Housing Problem Isn't Going Away Low mortgage rates should be fixing everything. So why aren't they? |
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Find Your Biggest Cash Flow Leaks Rein in your spending in five minutes with a little help from an online money buddy. |
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Interested in Interest-Only? Here is a look at the risks that interest-only mortgages pose not only to homeowners, but to investors in the banks offering these seemingly sweet ( to homebuyers) deals. |
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May 18, 2004
Dayana Yochim |
Dump Your Duds Life is messy enough without having to manage a wallet full of plastic. With the average American household hauling around nearly 17 cards, it's no wonder that we suffer from bill-paying anxiety. |
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Dayana Yochim |
All Eyes Are on Your APR The banking industry's new best friend is the universal default clause. That's a legalese way of saying that a bank has the right to raise a customer's interest rate if that customer fouls up with another company. |
AskMen.com
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Ian Speigel |
Basics Of A Home Mortgage For some people, taking out a mortgage is a nauseating and terrifying proposition. It's not difficult to understand why. After all, you're basically laying your financial bits and pieces on the table and asking to be judged. But it doesn't have to be so bad. |
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Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Mission: Possible Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to get your financial life in order. If you think that sounds easy, well, it's going to be harder than you think. |
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Jim Mueller |
Foolish Book Review: "The Rookie's Guide to Money Management" All in all, this book is a great introduction to taking control of your financial life. It gives some good tips and shows you what can be achieved once that control is reached. |
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December 22, 2006
Mary Dalrymple |
Points for Mortgage Savvy It doesn't always pay to pay discount points. |
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Home Buyers: ARMed And Dangerous? Adjustable-rate mortgages are pulling in new buyers -- but the risks are high |
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Ryan Ortega |
Good Debt vs. Bad Debt Figuring out which debt to carry -- good vs. bad -- can help you maneuver your personal finances into positive territory. |
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Dan Caplinger |
Let Buffett's Advice Stop Your Next Money Meltdown Warren Buffett advises that just as an immense federal debt could crush America's economy, massive amounts of debt can cripple both your own personal finances as well as the companies whose shares you own. |
