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Equifax and #1 National Best-selling Author David Bach Provide $10,000 Incentive to Help Americans Keep Digging Out of …

Equifax and #1 National Best-selling Author David Bach Provide $10,000 Incentive to Help Americans Keep Digging Out of … A little more than a month into the new year, many people may be losing their resolve when it comes to a popular New Year’s resolution: paying down debt. To help consumers keep themselves on track, [...]

Grants Announced for Familes to Find and Keep Housing

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Is it better to keep an adjustable rate at 9% home equity loan vs. a fixed rate at 6% ?

The adjustable rate has been as low as 5%, the plan we have can have the loan paid off in 3.5 years. Would it be beneficial to change to a fixed rate at 6% now, because of closing costs and fees?

Is it smart to keep my home equity line as my primary mortgage or refinance to a 30 yr fixed?

The interest rate is 3.49% on the home equity line. Will this be going up soon? I just worry that it might go really high sometime. The rate is tied to the wall street prime rate. Prime – 1/4%

Should I get a home equity loan at 7+% or keep moving credit bal. to new cards with 0% intro rates, 3%fixed?

I owe about 20k in credit card debt, 8k of that is at 2.9% or 3.9% til paid off! The rest is at 0% til April ’08. By then I’ll get more offers for new cards, with bal. transfers free, and often 18 months at 0% I could keep moving the balances and not worry, [...]

I just paid off a home equity line off credit, credit-rating wise, should I keep it open or close it?

I don’t need the credit line really just want to know if keeping it open is bad or good for my credit.