Stated-income loans are back

What’s up with mortgage rates? Jeff Lazerson of Mortgage Grader in Laguna Niguel gives us his take. Rate news summary From Freddie Mac’s weekly survey: The 30-year fixed rate improved, averaging 3.90 percent, three basis points...

How To Find The Best Student Loan Refinancing Options

Student loan debt now stands at a whopping $1.3 trillion. There are more than 44 million borrowers. And we’re coming up on the season when many recent graduates start paying down their student loans. For...

Stop handing over auto loans to your competitors

According to chief economist of the National Automobile Dealers Association, Steven Szakaly, U.S. new-vehicle sales will stay above 17 million for a third straight year in 2017. Szakaly also said he believes that auto...

Five ways marriage affects your student loans

Marriage legally binds you to your spouse — but that doesn't mean saying "I do" to another set of student loans. Each of you remains responsible for loans you took out before your wedding....

New home loan application coming

It's rare for financial forms to last twenty years virtually unchanged. The Uniform Residential Loan Application (URLA), otherwise known as Form 1003 or Form 65, is a notable exception. For two decades, it has...

Santander Said to Plan Boosting Stake in U.S. Consumer Unit

Banco Santander SA plans to go ahead with a proposal to increase control of its U.S. subprime auto loan unit, after the business passed the Federal Reserve’s stress test last month, according to people...

Americans want Trump to forgive their student loan debt

Four in ten Americans believe that President Trump’s administration should forgive all federal student debt in order to help stimulate the economy, a new survey revealed Friday. According to MoneyTips.com Opens a New Window. ,...

Five ways to avoid overpaying on your car loan

When people go car shopping, they usually focus on the vehicle they want — not the loan that will pay for it. But good financing is the bedrock of a solid car deal, and...

Why student loan companies are in danger of becoming like airlines

A new merger brings the number of major companies servicing government student loans down from 4 to 3 Two major student loan firms are planning to join forces. Nelnet NNI, +10.19% , a Lincoln, Nebraska-based student...

White House Probing Huge Loans to Kushner’s Family Firm

White House officials are looking into whether $500 million in loans that went to Trump administration senior adviser Jared Kushner's family real estate company may have spurred ethics or criminal law violations, according to...

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