Archive for interest rates
How To Fight Credit Card Company Interest Rate Increases
Posted by: | CommentsWith Congress passing legislation to reign in some of the worst credit card abuses, credit card companies have been scrambling to get their terms and conditions, also known as the card contract, changed to terms more favorable to them before the new rules take affect. By changing your credit card agreement before the new credit card law takes affect, these card issuers can avoid having to play fairly... Read more→
New Credit Card Laws Change the Rules in 2009
Posted by: | CommentsNew credit card laws passed by Congress in 2009 are going into effect. What you need to know about credit card laws and how they have changed won’t be a big difference from what things were before. Credit Card companies testified in front of Congress that they would stop using their very worst tricks. That, plus a multi-million dollar lobbying campaign made sure that the new... Read more→
ARM Interest Rates Adjusting Soon May Be Good News For Homeowners
Posted by: | CommentsThis is part 2 of the series, the first part is: Not Time to Refinance Your Home Future Interest Rates With Adjustable Rate Mortgages or ARM Right about now, when you are starting to feel better, someone will throw in your face the fact that even if your rate is good, IT COULD GO UP AT ANYTIME. That, is the second thing that is different. Mortgage companies and customers found that changing... Read more→
Time To NOT Refinance Your Mortgage
Posted by: | CommentsThe world of adjustable-rate mortgages isn’t very old when it comes to the general population. Sure, the product has been around for a long time, but it wasn’t until late in the 1990s that it turned into the kind of thing your average neighbor would have. That lack of age also means a lack of experience. So when media outlets start reporting about “Black Wednesday” when... Read more→
