Buried in the housing data of the past few days (housing volume is down over the last month while prices are slightly up) was the most interesting release: the performance report of the Mortgage Bankers Association.
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Can a Credit Blemish Keep You From Landing a Job?
If you're looking for a job or thinking about changing employers, don't neglect to review a document almost as important as your resume: your credit report.
Who You Calling a Deadbeat?
Turns out that all mortgage defaulters are not created equal.
How to Unload Your Car Lease: Q&A with a LeaseTrader.com Executive
We’ve all heard about buyer’s remorse. But how about leaser’s remorse? Some consumers who hope to get out of their car leases—or who want to take over someone else’s lease on the cheap—are turning to lease trading websites, notably LeaseTrader.com, which handled 60,000 lease transactions in 2009 and is on pace to handle 70,000 this year.
Gov’t Warning: FreeCreditReport.com Isn’t Free
Websites that lure consumers with the promise of free credit reports are merely trying to get you to sign up and pay for monthly subscriptions to credit-monitoring services.
