Top 10 Ways to Avoid Loan Fraud
Every year, misinformed homebuyers, often first-time purchasers or seniors, become victims of predatory lending or loan fraud. Below you'll find the top ten ways to avoid becoming a victim yourself.1. Take your time and shop around. You should be able to compare prices and houses. If a lender or ...
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Credit Report Secrets: Do You Know What They Reveal?
If youve ever applied for a credit card or loan, youve probably had
your credit report reviewed by the lender. Your credit report has a huge impact on your financial future, so its well worth your time to be sure that you understand what your credit report says about you. Even if youre not ...
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Are You SURE Your A Bad Debt?
Many people who seek the advice and guidance of debt counsellors are driven to them in the first place by fear and ignorance two powerful emotions which often mask the real scale of the problems.In many cases, what you made have been led to believe is a bad level of debt, may instead need only ...
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Benefits of a Home Improvement Loan
Some of the many benefits of a Home Improvement Loan are outlined below. Home Improvement Loans are ideal if you need more space but cannot afford to move house. Lofts can be converted and extensions built. As the number of mortgage applications declines Home Improvement Loans are an increasingly ...
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Bad Credit Debt Consolidation - What Are Your Options to Reduce Your Debt With Poor Credit?
To reduce your debt with a poor credit history, you have several options. While none will solve your credit problems overnight, they can help you get on better financial ground. A debt consolidation loan can help you reduce your monthly payments, while lowering interest rates. A debt consolidation ...
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Family Money Management: The Importance of Agreement
Are you having problems with debt? Are you afraid to answer the phone because it may be an angry creditor calling? Do you have problems getting from one paycheck to the next? The simple answer is that you need to budget. But for that budget to work, both you and your spouse need to be in total ...
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Asset Searching for Recovery Actions - The Decision Maker's Tool Part 2
In Part One of this article we took a look at some minimum recommendations for asset searches as a recovery medium. This discussion is based on the assumption that an asset search has already been determined to be sanctionable by, for example, a loan in default, a judgment that has been rendered, a ...
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10 Step Credit Repair Guide
The process of clearing credit can be laborious and frustrating, but your efforts will be paid for in better financing. Your rights are protected by laws, but you need to take reasonable actions toward your goal of clearing credit discrepancies. You can get the credit reporting agencies to help you ...
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Income Multiples Are Dead!
Income multiples in the mortgage market are coming to an end which is good news for borrowers.Usually, you will go to a mortgage broker who will search the mortgage market for the best deal for you and your particular circumstances. They will then work out what you can borrow, which is usually ...
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Getting Started with Succession Planning: Part I
GETTING STARTED WITH SUCCESSION PLANNING: PART IA survey of 4,300 small business owners by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) revealed about 37% said they plan to sell their businesses upon retirement to non-family members. Twenty-six per cent said they planned to transfer or ...
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How to Evaluate and Raise Your Credit Score
Why do some people get offers for pre-approved credit cards and others dont? What do car dealers know about your financial health that you dont know? The answer is your credit score.Your credit score is a number generated by a mathematical formula to estimate how likely you are to pay your bills. ...
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Making A Credit Card Work For You
A considerable obstacle standing between many Americans and the consumer goods they consider a necessary or desirable part of life is a ready way to pay for them. From a new piece of furniture to a car or even a house an age old problem stands in their way: MONEY or rather how to get hold of it.A ...
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