The median price of a home as you read this article was running over $200,000. Don’t forget to throw in maintenance, insurance, and property taxes. To see if you can afford a home, with a mortgage, why not do the calculations that lenders do—before you get in over your head? (more…)

Is it something wrong with buying a car on credit? The answer is obvious. Unlike a house, you new shinny car are losing its value starting the day you buy it. The value is dropping even more as you use it. If you buy a car on credit, there is a substantial interest payments on that rapidly decrease in value. And besides those hard facts, you still need to pay steep costs for insurance, registration and maintenance of an other expensive fee by just having car. (more…)

One major key to controlling your debt—as you no doubt have heard before—is to stop paying interest on all loans. Revolving interest can be a money management killer.

Please take note that if you could not control your debt, your debt will control you. In current financial condition, debt is an all important element of your personal financial planning. (more…)

I think I've heard it all when it comes to money. When people state that they are happy with their financial situation, know that their problems might fall into one or all three of the following categories.

Spending too much - When I grew touch money - real money. If we had no coins in my pocket just not happening. We had lines of credit, credit cards or overdraft protection. Cash was all I knew. (more…)

The developed world’s population is indebted to a level never seen before, with the majority of people owing money to banks and other financial institutions. Mortgages and home loans account for a large part of this record debt - after all, with the recently ended surge in property prices, how on earth could the average person ever afford to buy without getting deeply into debt? (more…)

When you loan money or charge an item to a credit card, you are using cash loan or credit. Credit is an arrangement to receive cash, goods, or services now and pay for them in the future. Consumer credit is the use of credit for personal needs. It is also an indicator of consumer spending and demand. A common form of consumer credit loan is a credit card account issued by a financial institution. (more…)