Posted on 26 April 2011
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Many people believe that credit scores, credit cards and credit history is very boring topic. Nowadays a plastic card that is credit or debit cards are present in almost all the wallets. Here are some of the most interesting and fun facts that will be shocking for you.
1. Visa Logo on the Credit Card
This is an amazing fact about Visa logo on the credit card. A visa logo’s Blue and gold Portions on a credit card represents the color of the California sky and California hills respectively, which is the state where Bank of America was founded.
2. Americans Fear of Debit or Credit Card Fraud
Americans are full of fear not because of terrorism, computer viruses, heath or personal safety. They are frightened because of the credit and debit card fraud according to a source: Unisys Security Index: United States, March 2009.
3. Worse Interest Rate
Suppose you are having it worse with a matched up 29.9% interest rate? Retail giant Argos rocked out with a branded credit card with a ridiculous 227% APR, UK in 2008.
4. Credit Score
1/3 of American adults do not want to check their credit score. Moreover, 2/3 of American adults who are 144 million people have not even checked their credit balance for many years. Don’t be the part of this list, which are unaware of their credit result from a long time, so for getting your score free as soon as possible contact at Credit Karma.
5. Credit Card Marketing
Each American family gets an average of six credit card offers per month in the mail. You can stop those irritating deals by going to ‘OptOutPrescreen’ in your mail. However, now you can save trees while reviewing credit cards on Credit Karma.
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Posted on 16 March 2011
Tags: affordable, ARM, bank, bankrupt, Bankruptcy, beneficial, benefit, benefits, borrower, borrowers, burdenÂ, Business, car loan, cash, challenge, cheap, Cheaper, consolidate, consolidating, consolidation, consolidation program, consolidation programs, consolidationÂ, cost of living, credit, credit card, Credit Cards, credit situation, Debt, Debt cards, Debt Consolidation, debt consolidation debt, debt consolidation loan, debtÂ, debts, different reasons, everyone, finances, government, Government debt, Govt, handle, heck, household, household income, huge debts, hugeÂ, income, interest, interest rate, Interest Rates, IVA, job, lenders, license, Limited, Loans, low interest rates, lower, Money, monthly payment, monthly payments, MORTGAG, Mortgage, mortgage credit, my credit, needs, new loan, offering, pay off, payment, payment plan, peace of mind, personal loan, personal loans, privat, private agencies, private lenders, Programs, refinance, single monthly payment, SOL, solution, spend, state government, trouble
With the tighter credit situation all around the world, household income decreasing and increasing cost of living has pressed every one to borrow more money to meet their needs. This has resulted in huge debts on everyone with less income. The biggest challenge is to repay these debts with that limited income.
Should I borrow More Money?
One way to pay off my debts is to take more loans and pay off the old ones. But am I really doing well to myself? No, I am just fooling myself. These loans are called circular debts and I would never get rid of these new loans unless I come up with a better plan.
I have Too Many Debts?
Having mortgage, credit cards, car loan, personal loans have built a huge burden of loans on my shoulders and my pocket. How can I improve my situation? The answer is consolidating my debts.
Why Should I Consolidate my Debts?
I have too many debts and several payments to make every month which is a heck of job every month to keep track of. Moreover, if I miss payments or I am late, it hurts my credit which is harmful for me to take new loans in future. So consolidating my loans is the best solution.
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Posted on 11 May 2010
Tags: ARM, BBB, betterment, cost, credit card, Debt Consolidations, Debt Negotiation, debt problem, debt relief programs, debt settlement, Dependability, financial needs, late fees, lenders, problem, relief program, repayment plans, skyrocket, Solutions
Its a common fact that millions of people all over the country are struggling to meet their financial obligations. When the interest rates rise then Adjustable Rate Mortgage (ARM) payments go sky high, similarly credit card late fees get higher too. Lenders even then keep offering credit to people who already are in desperate need of help. Getting loan over loan always prolong the problem instead of solving. That’s why at end total debt is still owed by the individual.
But there is no need to be desperate, because there are number of options available if you find yourself in this situation. Such as Debt Negotiation, Debt Settlement, Read the full story
Posted on 03 July 2009
Tags: 1 Year ARM, 30 year FRM, ARM, FRM, higher mortgage rates, Historical Graphs for long term Mortgage Rates Trends, Interest Rates, Interest Rates Trends, lower mortgage rates, Mortgage, mortgage interest rates, mortgage rate trends, Mortgage rates from 1984-2009, mortgage refinancing, Real Estate, rise and fall in mortgage interest rates
In this article we have given you the 30 Year FRM and 1 Year ARM rates. The graph above shows long term trends of 30 Year FRM and 1 Year ARM. It shows the mortgage rates trends from 1984-2009.
Following the graph which starts from June 1984 as you can see that 30 Year FRM was in between 13.50-5.00% whereas 1 Year ARM was in between 10.50-12.00% then we see a little rise in the rates in the same year, the 30 Year FRM and 1 Year ARM increases up to 15% and 12% respectively.
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Posted on 02 July 2009
Tags: 1 Year ARM, 15 Year FRM, ARM, FRM, higher mortgage rates, Historical Graphs for long term Mortgage Rates Trends, Interest Rates, Interest Rates Trends, lower mortgage rates, Mortgage, mortgage interest rates, mortgage rate trends, Mortgage rates from 1992-2009, mortgage refinancing, Real Estate, rise and fall in mortgage interest rates
In this article we have given you the 30 Year FRM, 15 Year FRM and 1 Year ARM: Initial Interest rate. The graph above shows long term trends of 30 Year FRM, 15 Year FRM and 1 Year ARM: Initial Interest rate. It shows the mortgage rates trends from 1992-2009.
Following the graph which starts from June 1992 as you can see that 30 year FRM was at 8.50% while the 15 Year FRM was in between 7.75% – 8.50% and 1 Year ARM: Initial Interest rate was in between 5.50% – 6.25%. After June 1992 we can see a decline in all rates and in December 1992 the rates again goes up after that there was a continuous decline in the rates till the December of 1993 after December 1993 the rates continues to rise till December 1994 but during the month of June in 1994 the rates were quite stable.
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Posted on 30 June 2009
Tags: 1 Year ARM, 15 Year FRM, ARM, FRM, higher mortgage rates, Historical Graphs for Three Months Mortgage Rates Trends, Interest Rates, Interest Rates Trends, lower mortgage rates, Mortgage, mortgage rate trends, mortgage refinancing, Real Estate, rise and fall in mortgage interest rates
In this article we have given the three years trends of 30 year FRM, 15 Year FRM, 1 Year ARM: Initial Interest rates and 1 year ARM: Fully Indexed Rate.
Following the above graph which starts from 23rd June 2006 as you can see that 30 year ARM was at 6.60% while that of 15 Year FRM ,1 Year ARM: Initial Interest rates and 1 year ARM: Fully Indexed Rate were at 6.30%, 5.60% and 7.90% respectively. After that we can see a small rise and then the rates starts declining up to 6th October 2006.
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Posted on 28 June 2009
Tags: 1 Year ARM, 15 Year FRM, 30 year FRM, 5/1 ARM, ARM, FRM, Fully Indexed Rate, higher mortgage rates, Historical Graphs for Three Months Mortgage Rates Trends, Interest Rates, Interest Rates Trends, lower mortgage rates, Mortgage, mortgage rate trends, mortgage refinancing, Real Estate, rise and fall in mortgage interest rates
In this article we have given the one year trends of 30 year FRM, 5/1 ARM: Initial interest rates, 15 Year FRM and 1 Year ARM: Initial Interest rates and 1 year & 5/1 ARMs: Fully Indexed Rate.
Following the above graph which starts from 13th June 2008 as you can see that 30 Year FRM was at 6.25%, while that of 15 year FRM, 5/1 ARM: Initial interest rates , 1 year and 5/1 ARMs: Fully Indexed Rate and 1 Year ARM: Initial Interest rates were at 5.75%,5.65%,5.05% & 5.05% respectively.
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Posted on 25 June 2009
Tags: 1 Year ARM, 15 Year FRM, 30 year FRM, 5/1 ARM, ARM, FRM, higher mortgage rates, Historical Graphs for Three Months Mortgage Rates Trends, Interest Rates, Interest Rates Trends, lower mortgage rates, Mortgage, mortgage rate trends, mortgage refinancing, Real Estate
In this article we have given the three months trends of 30 year FRM, 5/1 ARM, 15 Year FRM and 1 Year ARM.
Following the above graph which starts from 20th February as you can see that 30 year ARM was at 5.04%, same rates were possessed by 5/1 ARM while 1 Year ARM was at 4.80%. After that the rates of 30 year FRM, 5/1 ARM, 15 Year FRM and 1 Year ARM continues to rise till 6th March and after we have seen a decline in the rates of all of them.
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