If you’re not in a hurry to move, and are content to wait patiently while the seller negotiates terms with their lender, you can buy a great house through a short sale. While the owner may have paid $500,000 for it at the height of the real estate boom five years back, you can buy [...]
Entries from February 8th, 2011
Buying a Short Sale Property
February 8th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Real Estate
Tags: buyer·financiing·Mortgage·patience·Real Estate·seller·Short Sale·short sale terms
U.S. Banks Ignore Best Line of Defense Against ATM Credit Card Fraud
February 7th, 2011 · No Comments · Credit Cards
What’s it going to take for U.S. banks to scrap magnetic strip card technology in favor of more secure EMV, chip-based alternatives?
Tags: ATM·ATM Industry Association·chip based technology·contact cards·contactless cards·credit card fraud·EMV·EMV technology·Europe·magnetic strip technology
Are Bonds the Safe Haven They Used to Be?
February 4th, 2011 · No Comments · Investing
Gauging the stock is so different now than in the days when brokers would place their trade orders via the telephone. Back then, the market would move only a couple of points a day. It was very rare to see 100 points unless it was a crash, like in the Depression or the crash in [...]
Tags: bond definition·bond funds·bonds·Greece·Investing·market turmoil·stock market·stocks
Determined Shoppers Brave Snowstorm [January Sales Report]
February 3rd, 2011 · No Comments · Budgeting, Economy
Based on reports coming out of top retailers for January sales, the urge to shop is stronger than the temptation to just stay snowed in at home.
Tags: Budgeting·Economy·January·retail sales·saving·snowstorm·spending
