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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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Scott Malensek: Still a lying moron

Scott Malensek actually seems to believe that he can continue to post his idiotic lies and not get called on them ... 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 families will see [more...]

Date: 2009-02-25 16:31:34

Stanley Johnson: Credit Bubble Mascot

Every market bubble deserves its own mascot. The symbol of all that was wrong with that era ... . It opens with a well-to-do suburbanite living in a big house, in a great community, with a new car ... . The recommendation for how get out of this mess. Just use Lending Tree to get a home equity loan [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 15:15:54

Chrysler Has a Plan! Federal Tax Deductions for Car Loan Payments

You might say that this plan– getting Uncle Sam to subsidize new car payments– is a warm-up for the main event: the big ass bailout. And you’d be both wrong and right. Right, because Detroit is using [more...]

Date: 2008-11-04 17:26:46

Capital One Violates Bailout Terms - Screws Customers from whom they took Taxpayer Bailout Money

I’ve been getting a lot of emails from readers who - for arbitrary “business reasons” have had their credit card interest rates substantially ... to reduce car loans 45 percent this year. And barely two weeks after getting the bailout funds, it moved ... in the Washington area.” So Capital One took over 3 billion of our tax dollars to bail them out of ba [more...]

Date: 2009-02-07 23:21:15

Tuesday Burnt Toast and Coffee Time

January 20, 2009 in Waukesha Can the people on TV scrape their bellies any closer to the ground? ... housing which no one get get a loan to buy.The city will want me to mark each leaf with your address ... story. A woman found mostly frozen in a used car lot.The Freeman applauds the decision to hold high [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 13:17:10

No Need For The Automakers And UAW To Meet Today’s Deadline, You Are Handing Them $7 Billion Today, No Questions Asked

Can you say payback for votes? Sources said the struggling car maker wasn’t able to squeeze concessions out of the United Auto Workers - part of ... that you are entering into an upside down car loan.. Is the government going to bail out your employer ... , KIA, Hyundai, Honda,  or any other car maker.  You are not going to get any savings out of GM [more...]

Date: 2009-02-17 15:17:07

GM Makes it Easier to Get a Car Loan

GMAC, the financing-arm of GM, recently announced it would be lowering the minimum credit score requirement for an auto loan to 621. The decision comes after the company was approved... [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 18:02:39

Auto Industry Bridge Loan Deal Getting Closer

Remember folks, these are loans and we could actually make money on the deal…the same way we did last time when we helped a car company out and mandated they increase their CAFE standards. From NY Times: WASHINGTON — Faced with staggering new unemployment figures, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-06 21:38:01

Getting Guaranteed Bad Credit Personal Loans

by Samantha Blackburn Many people that have bad credit believe that there aren’t any financing options that are available to them. You might need to repair damage to your car or home, or you may need to pay unexpected medical ... t be able to secure your financing. Even if you think you’re too high risk to get a loan [more...]

Date: 2009-02-20 16:28:33

Ask the Readers: How to Cope with Spending Addiction?

Nicki wants to get out of debt, but she can’t — she has a spending addiction. She’s hoping that other Get Rich Slowly readers can give her advice ... a lot of money. Here’s a summary of my debt: Visa: $9900 at 11% Mastercard: $10,000 at 11% Car loan: $4800 at 8.5% Student loans: $12,500 at 11% (I think) I earn nearly $2800 a month after taxes [more...]

Date: 2008-09-05 12:00:24

Co-Signing For a Car Loan Comes With Huge Risk

Finding a loan these days can be very difficult. 2008 saw the subprime mortgage crisis, which jumpstarted a ripple effect in the economy, shutting down numerous credit lines and reducing the overall number of financing options across ... . One such option is finding a co-signer for vehicle financing. While this is a great option for getting [more...]

Date: 2009-01-28 16:30:18

Five key moments in Obama's address to Congress

A few noteworthy moments in Obama's first address to joint session of Congress as President: 1) ... will have money to spend, and if they can get a loan too, maybe they’ll finally buy that car, or open their own [more...]

Date: 2009-02-25 03:22:00

Buy a house, get a luxury car for free in India

Housing loan linked subprime crisis led to current state of economic slowdown in the United States and its contagion spread to all over world. The Indian real estate sector grew very rapidly [more...]

Date: 2008-10-27 09:54:18

On Bailouts and Sports Car

Just sent this to Jason’s List… felt it was important enough to publish on the web ... Today, Randall Stross takes apart Tesla Motors’ request for a $400m government loan ... it ) According to Stross, Tesla shouldn’t get a *loan* because: 1. According to the title: “Only [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 00:04:08

GM, GMAC rev up incentives thanks to Treasury funds

Yesterday the U.S. Treasury announced it would be backing GMAC with $6 billion in total funding, and today both the car finance company and General Motors, which gets 85% of its customer loans ... be dropping its minimum credit rating floor from 700 points to 620 points, which [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 20:53:00

Privacy is a myth

Which of these options scares you more? A picture of you in college. You are holding a “beverage” and pumping your fist in the air ... . Have you ever applied for a mortgage or car loan? Yes, it’s that Experian. That same company ... you’re worried about “online privacy”, get over it. For a few bucks anyone [more...]

Date: 2009-03-07 16:42:02

GMAC limits loans to buyers with 700+ FICO rating

Filed under: Car Buying, GMIf you're in the market for a new car, you'd better get your credit score in order first ... some sales, but according to credit information services company Experian, 74.3% of all auto loans went ... . Auto lending units are looking for top tier customers right now, and GM's captive credit arm [more...]

Date: 2008-10-14 12:52:03

Car Lease Termination Without Penalty Fees

Leasing a car is an alternative to car buying which has been gaining more and more adepts lately ... -loans-for-good-and-poor-credit.html auto loan /URL and got my much desired car. But as inexperienced ... . What happens if you have to get out of a URL=http://www.fastguaranteedloans.com/personal-loans-online [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 18:15:11

Bonnie CLAC

Typical car loans come at high rates of interest for people whose credit is not top-notch. So low-income people end up driving unreliable cars that get bad mileage. Bonnie CLAC is working to change that equation. [more...]

Date: 2008-12-27 13:02:48

Getting out of Debt (1 of ???)

I was going through my server logs and to my surprise, I discovered that the most downloaded audio file on my site wasn’t an old time radio show, ... and I made the last payment on my student loan. We have no credit cards. We have no car loans [more...]

Date: 2009-02-11 18:34:10

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