Feb 13
1. How to Find Financial Accord
In honor of Valentine’s Day, I thought I’d share a post I came across reminding us how important it is to communicate with your spouse about finances.
2. 10 Mistakes People Make in Debt
I think a better title would have been “10 Mistakes Made by People Who Are in Debt” – the difference being that people who are in debt are usually in that situation for a reason. My favorites: “Thinking they deserve everything even if they can’t afford it.” and “Continuing with the same behavior and feeling powerless.”
3. How to Protect Your
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Feb 05
There are 206 homes for sale in Casa Grande AZ from $11,900 to $850,000 with a Median price of $144,400, and an average price $170,710 price. In the month January 81 homes for sale in Casa Grande AZ sold from $18,000 to $312,000 with a Median sold price of $89,915, and an average sold price of $97,738.
The future of Casa Grande AZ Real Estate is bright. Companies like Phoenix Mart, and a few other larger corporations are going to bring lots jobs and financial growth to the Casa Grande AZ Real Estate market.
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Jan 25
The USD came off a six-week high against the euro in trading today, after news that Greece had once again failed to come to reach a debt swap deal with its creditors. Earlier in the day, the EUR/USD reached as high as 1.3231 before investors began selling off the pair. The AUD/USD also saw a substantial drop, falling well over 100 pips during the European trading session. The greenback failed to move up against the yen, as investors chose to keep their funds with the safe-haven Japanese currency.
Turning to tomorrow, dollar pairs are likely to be influenced by any announcements out of the euro-zone which may lead to further risk aversion.
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Jan 19
Banks that consider hitting customers with a new fee should take a hint from Bank of America, which revealed that the bank experienced a 20% increase in account closings after a (now-scrapped) debit card fee became the talk of the nation.
The consumer action that filled the last quarter of 2011 represented quite a hurdle for banks that tried to institute a new fees in a post-Durbin environment.
For Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), the headliner of the debit card fee debacle, plans for a $5 debit card fee led to higher rate of account closings.
“We saw an elevated level of account closings in the quarter elevated from last year fourth quarter, but frankly by, I’d said, about 20% versus last year fourth quarter 2010 to 2011,” said Bank of America chief executive Brian Moynihan during last week’s earnings call.
“Once we pulled [the debit card fee] back, we saw that mitigate,” he added. “So I’d say
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Jan 15
How much information do you give your kids about your finances?
Kids listen. We don’t always think they do, but they pick up on a lot. Getting out of debt has been a major conversation in our house recently, and our kids have had quite a bit to say about it. When we made the decision to get out of debt in 2012, we didn’t even think about what we should tell the kids. It quickly became obvious that the changes in our lifestyle were going to affect them, though – so we decided it was only fair to warn them what was coming.
We are trying to balance giving them enough information without worrying or overhwleming them. Our k
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Jan 07
This analysis is brought to you by the experts at the ShortSalesASAP group, who specialize in short sale negotiations, marketing and sales here in Aliso Viejo . This article will report the statistics for Active for Sale and Sold standard listing properties, as compared to short sales. Currently, there are 120 detached homes listed for sale in Aliso Viejo , California. The median price of these homes for sale is $292,800 and the average price per square foot is $232 . 75 of these active listings are short sales, which represent 63% of the total inventory of detached homes for sale.
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