Ctrl BG: A Shortcut to Financial News 11/29

Hope everyone is having a great Thanksgiving weekend and got some great bargains yesterday! ... facility to support consumer finance, including student, auto, and credit card loans and loans backed ... consumers get home, car and credit card loans easier. I haven't figured out all the implications [more...]

Date: 2008-11-29 14:40:00

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Car Loans After Bankruptcy

In spite of what many people think, it IS possible to get a URL=http://www.badcreditloanservices.com/bankruptcy.html car loan after bankruptcy /URL ... bankruptcy, your credit needs to be repaired fast. So, this car loan you are looking ... prepared, you do not want to forget to check your credit report. Every citizen is entitled to one free [more...]

Date: 2008-08-29 01:55:00

Car Loans for Everyone

With Rapid Car Loans, no problems can hold you back from placing your car on the road. Our widespread network of lenders would offer you low interest rates with guaranteed and instant approval wherein you can get auto loans approved within 48 hour of application. So get ready [more...]

Date: 2008-11-12 17:31:15

Typical Mistakes of Bying a Car and Getting Car Loans - Your Helpful ABC

It is sad to say but, when most people go to buy a car, they focus on one thing: sticker price ... if they know of a good auto loan broker. Brokers will not review your credit report for a quote request ... : you accept dealer financing. The internet is full of reputable auto loan brokers. If it is possible [more...]

Date: 2008-12-03 05:11:11

GORDON BROWN: BUYING SOMEONE ELSE'S CAR WITH YOUR MONEY

From the Times: Customers buying new cars will get loans from the taxpayer under a controversial plan to rescue the beleaguered motor industry. Finance companies linked to the auto industry could be given access to the Bank of England’ ... that that there are millions of credit-starved Britons queuing up for loans that they cannot get by hook or by [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 19:09:00

Barack Obama Draws 100,000 to St. Louis Rally

Wow. This is impressive no matter your political persuasion ... have disappeared. The credit crisis has left businesses large and small unable to get loans, which ... they have. In households across the country, it’s getting harder and harder to get a loan for that new car [more...]

Date: 2008-10-19 04:51:44

50 Financial Skills Every Person Needs To Know

Popular Mechanics created a list of 100 Skills Every man Should Know, ... . Contest errors or inaccuracies on your credit history. Apply for a loan (car loan, mortgage). Get a bank ... which naturally gravitated towards DIY/physical skills like jump starting a car and split firewood [more...]

Date: 2008-10-27 11:00:10

Carefully Explore Auto Loan Options

Making good on any kind of big purchase requires you to be informed about what you’re buying. This holds true especially for automobiles ... of obtaining a car loan is in order. Buying a vehicle often means having to obtain financing. In America ... to pay for it entirely that day. But just like any other form of loan, getting one for a car means [more...]

Date: 2008-10-30 17:11:50

How To Save Hundreds A Month On Your Mortgage

When it comes to American spending habits, the sad truth is that most people don’t put their financial assets to the best use ... such cutting unnecessary services, refinancing a car loan, paying off credit cards (to end the high cost ... with you if you have bad credit? Are you getting a new loan to refinance your rate? Or are you getting a loan [more...]

Date: 2009-03-10 10:55:59

Cheap Used Car Loans: Online Sources You Can Access

by Michael Trusthold Most people know that new cars generally have a variety of financing options. But only astute buyers know that used car loans can also be had for those of us who cannot afford or do not want to purchase a brand new vehicle. Used car loans can make it easy to get on the road [more...]

Date: 2008-10-18 07:26:10

6 Steps to Doomsday: A Great Depression II Scenario

I have to get this out of my system. BP’s interview with historians Michael Allen and Larry Schweikart helped assuage my fears some ... , out of money, default on their mortgages, car loans, student loans, credit card loans, etc. Bond ... ; the market crashes. 5. Banks hoard money, making it nearly impossible to get credit. Want a new car [more...]

Date: 2008-10-07 18:00:29

Republicants Won’t Clean Up Their Own Mess

Republicants are likely little kids who play with their toys, make a huge mess, they cry and whine when they are asked to clean up their mess ... industry championed by Bush allowed for banks to make subprime mortgage loans. It allowed people ... car loans. Consumers found it easier to get credit thus were more likely to buy a new car [more...]

Date: 2008-11-19 17:12:35

Getting a Bad Credit or No Credit Auto Loan

By katie GeorgeEveryday people swamp into the dealerships all across the US, looking at new or pre owned vehicles ... score and credit history. Bad credit shouldn't stop anyone from getting a car loan, it may ... of residence, most recent pay check stubs, and maybe even references. Bad credit car loans are harder [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 09:36:00

Scanning the Auto Blogosphere

Hello again, car fans. Let’s get one bit of bad auto news that’s been widely reported over the last week out of the way pronto: ... that the automaker will make up to 3 months of car-loan payments for any Hyundai new-car buyer who loses ... scribe” (does anyone at GM know what newspaper reporters get paid?), was just plain weird. The Car [more...]

Date: 2009-02-26 22:44:42

GMAC to lend money to those with credit scores higher than 700

We already saw how the economy has affected the markets, from real estate and auto industries, to financial institutions ... history in order to get approved for a car loan. So, when GMAC announced that they will only start ... . It was an expected decision and followed by many other lenders as well. GMAC’s spokeswoman, Sue Mallino, stepped [more...]

Date: 2008-10-24 21:26:58

The car wreck that is the option ARM loan

Back in the halcyon days that were 2004-2006, many buyers who should have known better took out what are called “option-ARM” loans ... on the loan, which means your loan balance actually gets bigger, not smaller, the longer ... more to the outstanding loan amount, and then the fun begins. According to a recent article: In one of the first [more...]

Date: 2008-08-22 03:28:26

If the money guys hate it ...

It must be a good idea : Yesterday, Nancy Pelosi announced that a housing bill which could come up for a vote this week would include the " ... . I remember the first time I tried to buy a brand new car. It was 1981, I was 19, had a steady job (U.S. Air Force), and paid my bills and I tried to get a car loan. $6995 for a Chevy Chevette (remember [more...]

Date: 2009-02-25 10:37:00

Ultra-Bedouin Worker Road Trip

We’ve been talking about bedouin workers for a while now, but a recent interview on webmonkey with two mega-bedouins simply made us smile ... chunk of cash, since between my credit and the state of the economy, we weren’t exactly going to get a car loan for the RV we live in. Aside from that, we basically just gave most of our stuff away [more...]

Date: 2008-10-28 17:32:02

The Obama “Dream Team”

Rubin-clones And Other Fakers… Things are getting crazier by the day ... of student loans, credit cards and car loans. Investors have been boycotting the asset-backed securities ... companies that provide financing for consumers. There’s just one little hitch, Fannie and Freddie [more...]

Date: 2008-11-28 14:28:30

no one really cares

from jordon: If it is now unreasonable to pay $1500 to get a car loan, or unreasonable to have capital to cover one’s losses, or even unreasonable to think that you would have to pay off a mortgage (why pay when you can refinance?), why should a government make any effort either. The famous Irish based band U2 moved [more...]

Date: 2008-10-22 03:07:53

No more bail outs!

Have you read the articles about the auto industry, among others, lining up to get some government money? ... lending criteria has tightened they are unable to get loans approved to sell their cars. Uhm ... and streaming online video is killing their business. Yet, they have not modified their business [more...]

Date: 2008-10-28 13:02:01

One Step Closer to Financial Independence

I paid off my car loan!       2 down, 1 to go!  I paid off my credit card last July, so all the remains now is my college loan, which ... holding my car loan it’d be closed, and I REALLY wanted to get this over with now. So I took [more...]

Date: 2009-02-20 14:15:05

Obama on ACORN Controversy: "A Distraction... We Don't Need ACORN's Help"

On Tuesday afternoon, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., made a statement about the latest economic developments and took questions from the reporters ... up credit so that small business and individuals around the country can get car loans ... . "I know there has also been some talk about providing guarantees to bank loans, to encourage the credit market [more...]

Date: 2008-10-14 20:56:49

The credit crunch (by Russell Roberts)

Alex (and others) have been debating whether there's a credit crunch. They are using data and anecdotes to measure whether credit is flowing or not ... not "frozen" or "locked up." It's just a lot smaller. Another way to say it. If you have good credit, I think you can get a car loan. But a lot fewer people (with both good and bad credit) want to buy [more...]

Date: 2008-11-14 20:00:14

How to Pay for a Home

- More than 2.2 million homeowners are more than 60 days late on their mortgage payments - One in six homeowners owes more on a home than it's worth ... to get a loan, or really that I wouldn't be able to get a loan big enough to buy the house I wanted ... like bonuses, vacations, gifts, charitable contributions, and car maintenance. I averaged everything [more...]

Date: 2008-11-19 23:01:18

Admirable Effort

Admirable Effort Seriously? The tellers at the drive-thru of my credit union keep trying to sell me stuff. Today they wanted to know if I'd thought about refinancing my car, or getting a loan to purchase a new one. Rates start at just 5.49%! I appreciate the effort. My background was in marketing [more...]

Date: 2008-09-17 19:59:11

Feeding my "ooh, shiny!" reflex

Anyone want to buy a Mazda? I've had my car up on auto24.ee for a month now ... have to be something special. I don't want to get a big car loan, just out of a general sense of imminent ... on the Freeway of Death, because they don't blink if a car bears down on them on a kamikaze overtake [more...]

Date: 2008-12-15 20:12:03

Trillion-Dollar Scam?

RG mail Even as the media continue to repeat the claim that credit has frozen up, evidence has emerged suggesting the entire story is wrong ... he was asking, the results would be disastrous: “Even if you have good credit history, it would be more difficult for you to get the loans you need to buy a car or send your children to college [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 19:26:33

The Patient is Dead Part II

Previously, here, we broke down what was a tad wobbly with The Glorious Free-Market System in the US pre-2004 ... of your credit worthiness that a lending institution uses to determine if you get the car loan ... , offering you a starting salary of SFA as a drone so you could pay off your student loans by 2020 [more...]

Date: 2009-02-28 15:56:41

Can’t get a car loan? There’s always the bus…or is there?

I’m a big advocate of public transit, so I was quite dismayed when I heard on MPR this morning that Metro Transit is looking at an 80 to 90 million ... ? Anyway, since people can’t get financing to buy cars, since gas prices were high, since everyone [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 15:50:29

Car loan rates set to skyrocket next week

Car loans could get costlier as top financiers ICICI and Kotak are thinking about a 100 basic points hike. Paris Auto Show I Tips for car buyers I More news on Auto [more...]

Date: 2008-10-03 13:20:44

The polluted pays

The collapse of the car industry, you would think, would have the greenies dancing with joy at the prospect of fewer of these mobile emitters being ... customers are finding it increasingly difficult to get car loans from banks and finance companies, which [more...]

Date: 2008-11-30 02:26:00

“It’s not a bailout!”

Look at Chrysler’s website today (click to see full image): This is clearly a bailout. If it were just a “loan to help us succeed”, then they would be able to get private financing ... . The car companies and Washington get lots of money while the taxpayer gets the bill. And I love [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 00:10:43

The Credit Crisis Hits Home

Evidence that the tight credit markets are having an impact on Main Street: ... s still quite possible to get a car loan, even with less-than-perfect credit. But the most favorable ... interest-free financing, for example, on certain sport-utility vehicles that haven’t budged from car [more...]

Date: 2008-10-07 16:39:06

The Obama “Dream Team”: Rubin-clones and political fakery

by Mike Whitney Things are getting crazier by the day ... of student loans, credit cards and car loans. Investors have been boycotting the asset-backed ... companies that provide financing for consumers. There’s just one little glitch, Fannie and Freddie [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 03:15:00

Payday loans

I do get angry when people say that payday loans shouldn't exist. What we're actually talking about is people who need money and need it now ... . You know, now. The kids need feeding say. The car needs gas to get to work to keep that job. That sort ... all in favour of this part of the financial system. I've used it myself in tough times: yes [more...]

Date: 2009-02-28 04:05:23

The Four-Paragraph White Flag

As I watched the following section of President Bush's speech tonight, ... if you have good credit history, it would be more difficult for you to get the loans you need to buy a car ... instinct is to oppose government intervention. I believe companies that make bad decisions should [more...]

Date: 2008-09-25 03:46:00

Car Title Loan

What you do when you need funds for something important in life or some eventuality? ... or more. There are solutions available. You get loan against your vehicle, may be. If you own your own car, truck or van ... credit, Tax liens, denied credit elsewhere, repossessions and or bankruptcies Have a look at Car [more...]

Date: 2009-03-05 08:23:00

The Best Ways to Finance a Vehicle

Buying a car is a big investment , no matter what your price range may be ... . Any car loan will come with interest , and the bigger the loan you get, the more you’re going to pay ... that come into play that are unique to your purchase. An older or well-used car may have problems [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 10:03:57

How Sun Came Thisclose To Getting Taxpayers To Pay Off Its Bad Car Loans [Freakoutnomics]

"Not once did we consider asking Washington to bail out the Sun," ... firm Cerberus, which in turn controls two auto financing firms, GMAC and Chrysler Financial. Auto financing firms are sitting on truckloads of car loans gone bad in no small part because people can't [more...]

Date: 2008-09-30 22:53:34

Obama's Tuesday speech

Barack Obama is what a real Democrat sounds like. Andrew Jackson was surely clapping from the Great Beyond when he heard Obama talking about the ... it. And then those workers will have money to spend, and if they can get a loan too, maybe they’ll finally buy that car, or open their own business. Investors will return to the market, and American [more...]

Date: 2009-02-25 14:39:00

Do You Know Your Credit Score? Get Your Free Report Online

Most people get into financial troubles just because of one fact that is ignorance about their credit details and present state of affairs ... for any kind of loans. Credit score is important in many cases. Let it be a credit card application, mortgage, car loans or just personal loans. A good credit report can help you in getting a  job [more...]

Date: 2009-02-25 20:51:25

Chrysler gets $4bn emergency loan

We’re pleased to present this story from The BBC. [ ... for GMAC - General Motors’ troubled car loan arm, which is co-owned by Chrysler’s owner, Cerberus ... . GM, America’s largest car manufacturer, received its first $4bn loan earlier this week [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 03:50:06

Tuesday Open Thread

Other things happening around the state • Who said Republicans never lifted a finger to save anybody from a burning car? Well, not me. Asm. Curt Hagman(R-Chino HIlls) apparently saved two people from their burning car right outside ... be able to get us a payday loan, that's probably better than Whitman could do. There is a video on the SF [more...]

Date: 2009-02-17 08:57:07

Peer to peer lending for payday loans

Jared said... You mentioned in your post that you don't think payday lenders charge a reasonable fee for their services ... . From their Wordpress blog: What do you do when you want to get the best rate for a car loan ... so that a check they just wrote does not bounce, or so they can make their car payment. There are two [more...]

Date: 2008-11-12 16:58:23

Discover Here Necessary Knowledge - Refinancing Auto Loan

Refinancing your auto loan will reduce your monthly car payment. This will allow you to use some extra money to pay off other bills. For example your credit cards or payday loans. Anyway, you may ask yourself is there any way I can get the cheapest auto refinance loan possible? Of course there are some and if you follow [more...]

Date: 2008-11-14 13:27:30

Why You Should Get Out of Debt

This world is backwards. Everyone loves to talk about using OPM (other people’s money) to purchase things or to gain wealth. I just don’t get it ... that rather than always having a car payment, I wanted to never take out a loan on a car again. Sure ... was just a way of life. I accepted the fact that I would always have a car payment. Everyone has credit [more...]

Date: 2008-08-19 20:21:37

Production Tata Nano all set for 23rd March unveiling, sales to begin in April!

Some of you may be wondering what has happened to the Tata Nano after all the buzz that was created after it was unveiled back in January last year ... face difficulty with loans Tata Nano affects used car prices in India Tata Nano to get US$10 ... . Tata’s 1-lakh car had gone through so many downs such as having to abandon a nearly-completed [more...]

Date: 2009-02-26 10:25:34

Michigan news links: Auto company stocks, gas prices, Detroit deficit, anti-bullying legislation

Here's what I'm reading online this morning about happenings in Michigan and other places: GM and Ford stock took a beating yesterday, according to the Detroit Free Press. Tightening credit to get car loans is blamed for GM shares losing 65 cents to close t $6.91 and Ford losing 26 cents and closing at $2.66. Four years ago Ford [more...]

Date: 2008-10-09 11:29:10

Fw: Tesla Motors to get DOE loan?!?!

Looks like tesla is going to get the DOE loan! Huge news!!! From : Elon Musk Date : Thu, 12 Feb 2009 05:34:17 +0000 (GMT) ... difficult to close, the $40M financing round completed in December was twice the amount Tesla needed ... has no direct competitors in the marketplace.  It is faster than almost any sports car on the market [more...]

Date: 2009-02-12 05:47:16

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