As Congress is looking for ways to pay for the health care program, they are looking into the option to tax beer, wine and hard liquor as it is said to cost over $1.5 trillion over ten years. It has been reported that between junk food and alcohol, there is about $600 billion in taxes [...]
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5 Tips Before Taking Out A Debt Consolidation Loan
June 21st, 2009 
Elisheva Wiriaatmadja 1. Do your research and due diligence. Never be in a hurry to choose a debt consolidation company. Find one that is reputable and reliable. Always make sure that the company is authorized, licensed and recognized by other organizations.
How To Settle Student Loan Debt
June 20th, 2009 Elisheva Wiriaatmadja If you would like to settle your student loan debt, make sure you go through the steps below. Before you decide to settle, find all your possible options first. Who knows, you may be able to have your student loan debt completely forgiven.
Credit Card Settlement – You Can Now Cut Your Debt in Half by 50%!
June 19th, 2009 Elisheva Wiriaatmadja If you’re looking for credit card settlement, know that you can reduce your debt by 50% that you have at credit card companies. Many American consumers are not aware of their options when it comes to eliminating credit card obligations. America has been educated by Visa and MasterCard and don’t know that they have the [...]
Firstrade.com – Your Online Trading Firm
June 18th, 2009 Elisheva Wiriaatmadja Firstrade.com is an online brokerage firm where you can trade stocks, options, mutual funds EFT’s and fixed incomes at competitive costs. It lets potential customers to go through an online demo before applying, so that you know exactly how the online trading platform works at Firstrade.com.
Refinance Activity Has Fallen
June 18th, 2009 Elisheva Wiriaatmadja As the mortgage rates have climbed up, the refinance activity fell by 23% last week from the previous week, as reported by the Mortgage Bankers Association. Since Memorial Day, mortgage rates have steadily risen to as high as 5.8% last week and then dropping to around 5.4% last Wednesday.
About Interest Only Mortgage Loans
June 16th, 2009 Elisheva Wiriaatmadja If you have been looking into buying a home, you probably have heard about interest only mortgage loans and are currently wondering whether this is the right option for you. As the name already implies, the interest only mortgage loan is set up so that the borrower pays only on the interest of the loan [...]
How Fannie Mae Can Help You
June 15th, 2009 Elisheva Wiriaatmadja If you are considering purchasing a new home while the prices are still low, some people may try to talk you out of it by telling you that this is not the right time to buy, as everyone is talking about what a “bad economy” we are in right now. But logically, now may be [...]
How Not To Get Scammed by Credit Card Debt Consolidation Companies
June 14th, 2009 Elisheva Wiriaatmadja There are so many varied reasons why people are in debt. People who are in debt usually feels that things seem comfortable and affordable in the beginning, until the realization suddenly hits them and the payments that they were making so comfortably before are now like a huge mountain that they need to cover. The [...]
Mortgage Rates Up to 5.59%
June 12th, 2009 Elisheva Wiriaatmadja After 7 months of falling mortgage interest rates, the average rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage has climbed up to the highest point of 5.59% as Freddie Mac reported on Thursday, June 11, 2009. This is a steep increase from 5.29% the previous week.
