Lenders doing extra tightening of loan requirements in areas where prices dropping.

As mortgage deliquency rates have risen (up to 3.3% in third quarter of the year) lenders have become more and more skittish. Having already tightened up their general requirements, lenders are now setting special [...]; . . . → Click Here to Read the Full Article

Student debt next Tsunami?.

Reduction of government aid, rapidly increasing tuition, and switch to private loans to finance college have caused student debt to go through the roof. More than $17 billion is private student debt was issued [...]; . . . → Click Here to Read the Full Article

Credit score minimums getting higher.

The interest rate your lender will give you depends on your credit score. This is a number from 300 to 850 (in most cases) that you get from one of four popular credit rating [...]; . . . → Click Here to Read the Full Article