Archive for July, 2010
Friday, July 30th, 2010
Free Money Finance regularly posts questions that are e-mailed to him by his readers, with the intent of having other readers offer advice. Recently a reader asked about refinancing a mortgage that is currently under water (meaning that more is owed than the house is currently worth). Here's the skinny:
$225,000 ...
Posted in Economy, Real Estate, Saving | 3 Comments »
Thursday, July 29th, 2010
Thirty-year mortgages rates haven't been this cheap in my lifetime. Considering this was the year of my 20th high school reunion, that's a fairly long time.
A fixed-rate mortgage costs more to obtain than an adjustable-rate mortgage of the same term because the lender bears the interest-rate risk. The means that ...
Posted in Banking, Personal Finance | 5 Comments »
Saturday, July 24th, 2010
I don't remember what prompted me to poke around on eBay to check for gift cards. I do remember that there had been some restrictions placed on gift card sales on eBay because of rising occurrence of fraudulent activity.
However, I did find a new practice that I found a little ...
Posted in Deals and Steals, EBay, Shopping | 3 Comments »
Monday, July 19th, 2010
My Google fast-flip brought up this article on the U.S. News site: 21 Ways to Make Extra Money In Retirement. It was aimed at present retirees. The advice ranged from one-time money raisers (sell your stuff) to on-going money savers (ask for discounts, use a rewards credit card) to on-going ...
Posted in Making Money, Retirement | No Comments »
