The Truth About Payday Loans
The Kansas City Star recently reported that a single mother used a payday loan to borrow $300 for a trip to the dentist. When she couldn’t pay the loan two weeks later, she extended it and paid $50 twice a month for almost four months and still owed the entire principle amount.
A woman in North Carolina started with a payday loan of “$50 or $100,” and before she knew it, she was getting one loan to pay another and had Continue article...
FHA Loans
An FHA loan is a mortgage loan in the United States insured by the Federal Housing Administration. The loan may be issued by federally-qualified lenders. FHA loans have been helping people become homeowners since 1934. FHA’s mortgage insurance programs help low and moderate income families become homeowners by lowering some of the costs of their mortgage loans. The FHA does not make home loans–it insures them. If a home buyer defaults, the lender is paid from the insurance fund. Continue article...
My Credit Score
Beginning the process of searching for a mortgage, I recently received my credit report. The numbers look pretty good as I received scores of 783, 783, and 778. So, what the heck is a credit score anyway? When you apply for credit – whether for a credit card, a car loan, or a mortgage – lenders want to know what risk they’d take by loaning money to you. FICO® scores are the credit scores most lenders use to Continue article...
