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Personal Loan Rates & Trends, Week of March 6: Rates Inch Up
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Blame Surging Mortgage Rates For Threadbare For-Sale Listings
New York apartment buildings
Signed Manhattan, Brooklyn Home Contracts Jump in February
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Personal Loan Rates & Trends, Week of February 27: Rates edge down
Fidelity
401(k) and IRA Balances Plunged Over 20% in 2022
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Personal Loan Rates & Trends, Week of February 20: Rates inch down
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Younger Borrowers Are Falling Behind on Credit Card and Car Loans
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Personal Loan Rates & Trends, Week of February 13: Rates rise
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Debt Collections Fell 33% Over Last Four Years, CFPB Says
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Here’s How To Pay Taxes On Your Super Bowl Winnings
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Tax Filing Starts Jan. 23, IRS Says
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Hottest Home Markets Cool as Cities That Missed Pandemic Boom Gain
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Minimum Wage Workers Need Three Roommates to Rent Two Bedrooms
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Nearly Half of Renters Spend 30% of Income on Rent, Research Shows
Annuity
Annuity Sales Hit Record in 2022 as Investors Sought Security
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Cash-Strapped Americans Increasingly Tap Savings, Retirement Accounts
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Manhattan Landlords Had a Happy Holiday as Rents Reach Records for a December
US Secretary of Education
Biden Administration Unveils New Student Loan Repayment Program
BNPL Medical
Buy Now, Pay Later Firms Entering the Health Care Space
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Many New Car Buyers Are Paying More Than $1,000 a Month
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CFPB Issues Annual Report on Credit Reporting Agencies
A couple shops for new cars.
Credit Unions Dominate Auto Loan Market Share with Lower Rates
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Goldman Sachs to Get Out of the Personal Loans Business
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New Buy Now, Pay Later Service Targets College Books
Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo to Pay $3.7 Billion Settlement for Mismanagement
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Transunion: More Americans Will Fall Behind on Loans in 2023
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How Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) Can Finance Travel: Pros & Cons
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CFPB Distributes $95 Million to Consumers Harmed by Premier Student Loan Center
A couple looks over their mortgage application.
Pew Study Shows Financing For Manufactured Homes Still Difficult
National Guard members
Military Members Often Wrongly Charged Extra Interest
Supreme Court
Supreme Court to Hear Second Biden's Student Loan Forgiveness Case
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Fintech Backed by Walmart to Launch Buy Now, Pay Later Loans
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Home Lenders Offering Buy Now, Refinance for Free Later
Chuck Grassley
GAO Report Prompts Push for Bipartisan Student Loan Reform Bill
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Car Loans Are Still Getting More Expensive
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Millions of Student Borrowers Received Incorrect Notice of Relief Approval
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Higher Mortgage Rates Increasing Homeowner Debt Burden
Supreme Court
Supreme Court Will Review Legality of Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan
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How Buyers Are Financing Holiday Purchases This Year
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Student Loan Debt and Its Impact on Financial Goals
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Mortgage Conforming Loan Limits Reach $1 Million
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Growing Credit Card Demand Defies Economic Slowdown
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Just 13% of Homebuyers Shop Around for a Mortgage
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Mortgage Lending at a Three-Year Low, But HELOCs Are Up
Banks for Small Businesses
“Buy Now, Pay Later” Lenders Spot A New Market: Small Businesses
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How Rising Personal Loan Interest Rates Will Impact Borrowers
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Interest Rate Hikes Put Car Loans Out of Reach For More Americans
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Holiday Travelers Can Book Now, Pay Later With Uplift
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More Car Owners Are Struggling With Their Auto Loans
Woman using a credit card.
Balances on Credit Cards, Personal Loans Hit Record Highs
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CFPB Accuses Nation's Largest Reverse Mortgage Lender of Deceptive Marketing
Biden
Education Department Suspends Federal Student Loan Forgiveness Applications
Amazon Prime and Wells Fargo Offer Student Loans
CFPB Seeking More Than $1 Billion in Fines from Wells Fargo
A customer receives the key to a leased car.
Decline In Car Leasing Could Drive Up Used Car Prices and Financing Costs
Man looking at mortgage refi rates
With Record-High Mortgage Rates, Does It Still Make Sense To Re-Finance?
ACB
Supreme Court Denies Second Request to Block Biden's Student Loan Forgiveness
House for Sale
Rising Prices Pushed First-Time Homebuyers Out of the Market
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Car Loan Balances Vary Significantly Across the Country
FTC
FTC Returns Over $830,000 to Students Misled by Saint James Medical School
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Treasury's I Bonds Now Yield 6.89%, Down From 9.62%