The economy is still recovering and your job prospects look dicey as the company is not performing well but a couple of years back the picture was quite rosy. The economy was booming, everybody was mi...

During the good times most of us took a number of loans to fulfill our wishes but recession played spoilsports and most of us lost our jobs leaving us in the lurch. A number of us even lost our homes....

There's one number that means more than all the rest when you're applying for a mortgage loan: your credit score. Also known as your FICO score, this number condenses your history of paying ...

According to a report from CBS News, the average U.S. family carried $7,300 in credit card debt in 2007. That's a big financial burden. Is there a relation between this spiraling credit card debt...

For homeowners struggling to make their mortgage payments, the federal government's new Making Home Affordable program — which lets homeowners refinance their existing mortgage loans or modi...