Credit Management

FHFA’s new program to help underwater homeowners

Better Life

Today the Federal Housing Finance Agency announced a new program designed to help even more underwater homeowners refinance their mortgages at today’s low rates. The plan hopefully will allow homeowners to lower their monthly mortgage payments, thus freeing up money to be spent in the broader economy and help the US from slipping back into [...]

24 October 2011 Read the full article →

10 Tips to save more money

Better Life

From time to time, we post articles that aren’t related to our primary business, real estate sales… except that they sort of are. All our clients, friends and family are in the same boat we are: living through the New Normal Economy, learning to make due with less in a post-Great Recession world. Pretty much [...]

3 April 2011 Read the full article →

Can I remove a short sale from my credit report?

Credit Management

Had an interesting question this morning from someone who’s using our The Phoenix Agents Search All Homes feature. Thought I’d share my answer in case any of our readers have also been presented with this credit repair scam. Question – My wife has a previous short sale on her record and we’ve recently discovered that [...]

23 March 2011 Read the full article →

Can I get my credit score for free?

Credit Management

No. Courtesy of the always wonderful Credit Bloggers, Q: Where can I get my credit scores for free? A: This has to be the question I’m asked more often than any other. You can get your credit reports for free, but credit scores – in particular, FICO scores – require a fee. Source: Credit Bloggers . [...]

19 January 2011 Read the full article →