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    Managing Your Personal Finances During COVID-19

Managing Your Personal Finances During COVID-19

By Liz Stevens| 2020-10-02T09:55:30-05:00 October 1st, 2020|

Managing your personal finances during COVID-19. How those who are struggling can utilize COVID-19 relief programs and prioritize bill payments. The economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic is putting an unprecedented strain on Americans’ finances. Half of those who were laid off due to COVID-19 remain unemployed and most workers who lost wages are still [...]

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    4 Ways to Prepare for a Recession

4 Ways to Prepare for a Recession

By Ilyce Glink| 2020-03-26T11:10:06-05:00 March 26th, 2020|

4 ways to prepare for a recession. The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic points to signs of a global recession and now is the best time to prepare your finances. The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has caused financial stress to go through the roof, with all signs pointing to the start of a deep, prolonged global recession. The [...]

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    Which Debt to Pay First When Improving Personal Finances

Which Debt to Pay First When Improving Personal Finances

By Ilyce Glink| 2020-03-02T12:21:56-06:00 March 2nd, 2020|

Which debt to pay first when improving personal finances. Which debts to pay down first to improve your credit score and start building your savings.  Q: I am "getting back on my feet" financially and would like to know how I should continue to improve my personal finances. Is it better to prepay my mortgage, [...]

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    Valentine’s Day 2020: Americans Expected to Set Spending Record

Valentine’s Day 2020: Americans Expected to Set Spending Record

By Liz Stevens| 2020-02-05T15:39:12-06:00 February 5th, 2020|

Valentine’s Day 2020: Americans expected to set spending record. Their lists grow longer every year, but the holiday is supposed to be about love, not money. Valentine’s Day 2020: Americans Expected to Set Spending Record Valentine’s Day spending is expected to total $27.4 billion this year, up 32 percent from last year’s record $20.7 billion, [...]

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    How Do You Deal with Money in a Relationship?

How Do You Deal with Money in a Relationship?

By Liz Stevens| 2019-06-25T11:26:02-05:00 June 25th, 2019|

How do you deal with money in a relationship? Money causes stress in most romantic relationships, but to build a future couples need to talk about finances. When should you tell a romantic partner how much money you make or how much debt you have? More than 30 percent of Americans said money causes them [...]

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    What Happens When the Co-Owner of Your Home Dies with Debt?

What Happens When the Co-Owner of Your Home Dies with Debt?

By Ilyce Glink| 2019-06-03T15:13:51-05:00 May 17th, 2019|

What happens when the co-owner of your home dies with debt? This reader is concerned they’ll get stuck with the bill or worse, that they’ll lose the home. Q: My mother and I currently share ownership of my home. We own the home equally. I've been reading some of your posts on ThinkGlink.com and it [...]

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    Best Summer Vacation Ideas for Families on A Budget

Best Summer Vacation Ideas for Families on A Budget

By Liz Stevens| 2019-05-03T09:19:36-05:00 May 3rd, 2019|

Best summer vacation ideas for families on a budget. Budget-friendly summer vacation ideas for families who can't afford to travel this summer. Are you struggling to plan a summer vacation on a budget? You’re not alone, according to a recent Bankrate survey 60 percent of Americans who aren’t planning a summer vacation have decided they [...]

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    Mortgage Delinquency is Down, Credit Delinquency is Up

Mortgage Delinquency is Down, Credit Delinquency is Up

By Liz Stevens| 2019-04-17T10:11:17-05:00 April 17th, 2019|

Mortgage delinquency rates are down, credit delinquencies are up. CoreLogic reports 30-day-plus delinquency is the lowest it’s been in over a decade. It’s a good news, not-so-good news situation. First, the good news: More people are paying their mortgages on time. Unfortunately, credit delinquencies are up as more people are having trouble getting their credit [...]

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    How to Decide if a Home Equity Loan is Right For You

How to Decide if a Home Equity Loan is Right For You

By Ilyce Glink| 2019-02-11T14:57:09-06:00 November 30th, 2018|

How do you decide if a home equity loan is right for you? An honest look at your current debts and a talk with your mortgage lender may be able to help. Q: We’re thinking that we don’t want to move forward with a home equity loan we applied for. We’re pretty far along in [...]

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    Will Buying a House Hurt My Credit?

Will Buying a House Hurt My Credit?

By Liz Stevens| 2018-11-07T12:22:41-06:00 November 7th, 2018|

Will buying a house hurt your credit? Research on how taking out a mortgage impacts your credit score is finally here to answer this age-old question. Your credit score will fall an average of 15 points over a period of four months after buying a house, according to consumer analysis by LendingTree. More specifically, your [...]

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