Posted on 15 February 2011
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A significant action towards economic freedom of your youngster could be issuance of his or her credit card. This not only makes it easier to settle the day to day transactions without involvement of cash but also constructs his or her credit history. But, the introduction of CARD Act has put restrictions on issuance of credit card to a person under the age of 21 years without a guarantor.
Role of Guarantor
This is very essential to have recognition of your duties being a guarantor before you decide to offer your guarantees. The extension of guarantee suggests that you accept to settle the obligations of the other person in case of his default or bankruptcy and additionally his default shall be counted towards down grading of your credit history also. Before you extend the guarantee you must have attained the age of 21 years and must have a reputed credit history. The guarantor has no right to use the credit card of the person in favor of whom he has extended the guarantee and neither can he has separate credit card for the same account as in case of cosigner.
Being a guarantor you assume the responsibility for the use and management of the credit card in a sensible way. You need to properly educate and guide your youngster about sensible use of credit history as it will make his own credit history too.
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Posted on 14 June 2009
Tags: Affordability, affordability programs, bad mortgages, Banks, buyers, Credit rating agencies, Debt, financial speculation, foreclosures, GDP, government, gross domestic product, house prices, investment, investors, mortgage investment, Real Estate, salaries, Unemployment, US economy, US Housing Crash
It is not possible to recover the US economy unless house prices are allowed to fall to such levels that can be easily paid by an individual on a normal salary. Housing “affordability” programs are the prime evil of the economy due to which debt is encouraged; this makes prices higher, not lower.
True Affordability
What true affordability means is not more debt but it rather means lower prices. More debt has been created by the government’s false affordability programs that can ever possibly be repaid. Credit rating agencies are speaking falsely about the value of this debt, scaring off investors.
The economy will work again when house prices finally fall to affordable levels, instead of investing on financial speculation, there will be investment based on real production, jobs will be created, and people will earn and spent money.
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