If you own a home, your mortgage is probably one of the biggest bills you pay each month. It’s also the most important. If you don’t pay your mortgage, you run the risk of foreclosure — and could eventually lose…
Your new house is just about perfect — except for the sagging privacy fence ringing the backyard. You know you need to replace it before it collapses onto your neighbor’s property, but it’s going to cost thousands, and you’re low…
Whether you’re shopping in-person or online, plastic cards — and their virtual counterparts — are among the most popular ways to pay for stuff. Credit cards accounted for 27% of all transactions made in 2020, and debit cards accounted for…
Overwhelming student loan debt is a serious financial drag for tens of millions of recent and not-so-recent college and professional school graduates. According to data compiled by EducationData.org, approximately 45 million student borrowers carried an average debt load of $37,584 in…
For decades, little has changed when it comes to how homeowners borrow money. So it’s impressive to find a tech-oriented lender that’s truly disrupting the home loan industry. Founded in 2018, Figure uses blockchain technology and artificial intelligence to approve…
If you’re dealing with a medical emergency, the last thing you want to worry about is whether seeking essential care will result in medical bills that hurt your credit score. However, the reality is that medical debt may impact your…
There’s nothing quite as disappointing as learning you’ve spent too much on a big-ticket purchase. Perhaps you fell for that irresistible Black Friday TV sale, only to discover six weeks later that January is the best time to buy electronics….
A credit report is like a report card that you get in school. Instead of measuring your knowledge of a subject like history or math, it measures your interactions with credit and debt. Just as a report card covers multiple…
A 2019 study by Northwestern Mutual revealed some sobering statistics on consumer debt in America. It found that the average American adult has nearly $30,000 in debt, and that figure doesn’t even include mortgage debt. More shockingly, the study found that Americans spend…
Dave Ramsey’s rise to superstardom started in 1992 with the launch of “The Dave Ramsey Show.” Now syndicated to over 600 affiliate radio stations, Ramsey has the ears of over 14 million listeners every week, according to his website. You…
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