Welcome to Ilyce Glink's blog! Here you'll find Ilyce's latest insights on personal finance advice, real estate advice and consumer issues. Come back often for timely and interesting posts on a wide variety of topics.
Earlier this week, the Center for Economic and Entrepreneurial Literacy (CEEL) released the results of a national survey about how much people know about personal finance and economic issues.
Someone's not doing their homework.....
The survey showed that an overwhelming number of Americans can't…
Topics: personal finance advice, credit card debt, credit, credit cards, personal finance
Don't forget to tune into WSB radio this afternoon. I'll be filling in for Clark Howard today from 1p to 4p EST, and again on Tuesday, the day after Memorial Day.
On the show today, we'll look at the following issues:
New numbers showing that the number of home resales and home prices has fallen…
Topics: real estate advice, housing market, home loan, builder
The FBI released its annual report (http://www.fbi.gov/publications/financial/fcs_report2007/financial_crime_2007.htm) on the state of financial crimes in the U.S. last night. As you might expect, it's not a pretty picture.
According to the general overview, there has been a spike in the number of…
Topics: mortgage loan, housing market, mortgage lenders, mortgage fraud, home loan, fraud
I think gas has increased by at least 70 cents a gallon since I started working this past September. It's certainly not been easy.
I recently thought I could take the commuter train but then real life got in the way. I compared the costs of the train against what I was spending in gas and realized…
Topics: personal finance, automobile, save money, job advice
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