Blog Archive: April 2009

Ilyce's MoneyWatch Blog

Ilyce is now blogging on home equity for MoneyWatch.com!

Check it out:

http://moneywatch.bnet.com/saving-money/blog/home-equity/?tag=content;col2

Topics: real estate advice

Today on the Ilyce Glink Show - April 5, 2009

We're talking tax today. Bill Nemeth and Merry Brodie are with us in the studio answering your tax questions. If you have federal or state income tax questions, such as what kinds of deductions you can take or what taxes you owe on inherited property, or how to reduce your income tax bill, give us a…

Topics: taxes

Mortgage Interest Rate Average Falls To 4.78 Percent

Interest rates for 30-year fixed rate mortgages averaged 4.78 percent this week, according to Freddie Mac. That's down from an average 4.85 percent last week.

That's the lowest rate since 1971, when Freddie Mac began tracking mortgage interest rates on a weekly basis.

Here are some other average rates…

Topics: mortgage

Consumer Bankruptcy Filings Increase 41 Percent In March

The number of bankruptcies filed by American consumers increased 41 percent in March compared with a year earlier, according to the American Bankruptcy Institute.

121,413 consumer bankruptcies were filed, up 24 percent from February.

ABI predicts there will be 1.4 million consumer bankruptcies in…

Topics: bankruptcy