Guy Fawkes Night | Remember, Remember the 5th of November

Remember, remember the 5th of November
OK, a lot of us saw V for Vendetta, but people were commemorating Guy Fawkes’ Night  (November 5th) a long time before the movie came out, and certainly before the graphic novel (that the more sophisticated and discerning among us have read) that the movie [...]

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Credit Counseling – Debt Management Plans and Consumer Psychology

Finding the Link between Consumer Attitude and Intent
When a consumer enters into credit counseling, a common element of any program is what’s called the debt management plan (or DMP). In a DMP, the consumer agrees to make a set monthly payment to their credit counseling agency. Those funds are in [...]

Credit counseling and a debt management plan can lead to greater peace of mind for consumers in a bind, but proper education is needed first. (Photo: picasaweb.google.com)

Repair Your Credit Score in 6 Weeks or Less

Credit Correction: Legally Correct a Bad Credit Report and Repair Your Score in 6 Weeks or Less

Complete video course on how to correct bad credit.
You will learn:

how to identify mistakes,
tricks to increase your score quickly,
how to contact the major credit agencies,
what the scores mean,
what is a desirable score,
and how to [...]

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Repair Your Credit | Debt Consolidation (Pt. 4)

Taking stock of your debts
A key element of how you’ll “Repair Your Credit” is making mountains of debt more manageable. CLICK HERE if you missed the last installment of this article.
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Let’s face it. Managing debt can be a long, slow and tedious process. If you find yourself juggling numerous revolving [...]

Despite widespread payday loans, home sales rise in West

While many in the nation take out payday loans in effort to repair credit following the mortgage crisis, lower prices in the West are pushing home sales up.

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Existing-home sales have increased nearly 18 percent over November 2007 in the western U.S., a region that includes [...]

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