The Loan That Keeps on Taking
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Hundreds of lawsuits are being filed on behalf of borrowers who legal advocates say were shoehorned into homes beyond their means with creative and onerous mortgages.
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A couple whose home faces repossession after interest charges saw a loan of 5,750 pounds multiply by a factor of 67 were due to challenge the debt in court as extortionate.
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There is a new exuberance in the market for corporate loans, an obscure investment once dominated by large commercial banks.
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You may have access to more money than you think -- just be careful.
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As mortgage defaults rise, more houses are being put up for auction -- and more people are seeing a chance to make big bucks. But there are risks
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Home foreclosures have set a record in the face of a Fed request to avoid taking homes.
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Credit "piggybacking" has the industry in an uproar.
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Banks are being accused of pressuring customers into taking out costly loans to try to clear their debts.
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Lenders look at more than your credit rating. Down payments pay off.
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Business & money: Specialist teams to tackle illegal lending.
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Borrowing money seemed to make sense when the interest rate on my home-equity line of credit was 4.5 percent. And borrow I did, almost up to the $100,000 tax-deductible limit.
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Most people can tell you pretty much to the penny how much their mortgage or rent is every month. They can tell you how much they pay each month for their car loan.
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This is one bank storming through the current credit woes.
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Imagine buying the most expensive house on a good-looking block that appears to be on the upswing. Within three years, the neighborhood craters, your oldest kid starts backtalking and your spouse pesters you to sell the house and get out. Meanwhile, you're stuck with a fat mortgage.
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Annual charges are typical and sometimes hard to stop.
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It's taking on water, and debt.
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Make sure that you think things through before you decide to borrow against your plan.