by Brian Carr on July 21, 2011
Share Living a frugal life and learning how to save more money is great in the short-term. You have a nice emergency fund, you don’t feel the pressure of keeping up with the neighbors, and, in this day and age, everyone is envious of your money saving abilities. Also turns out, living a frugal life [...]
by Brian Carr on July 20, 2011
Share First, the good news: mortgage applications increased by the largest amount in four months. Next, the bad news: don’t take this as a sign that the housing market will rebound any time soon. According to an article published on Yahoo! Finance, mortgage applications surged by 15.5% for the week ending July 15. Unfortunately, this [...]
by Brian Carr on July 7, 2011
Share Apparently since banks are no longer allowed to charge astronomic ATM and general banking fees, they’ve become creative in trying to find new ways to generate revenue streams. And, as one would guess, this stream comes at the expense of their customers, albeit somewhat indirectly. According to an article on CNN Money banks are [...]
by Brian Carr on July 6, 2011
Share Whether you’re a multi-millionaire, living paycheck to paycheck, or somewhere in between, we have all been affected by The Great Recession and the slow economic recovery. One of the few good things to come out of the recent tough times is a newfound love of saving money. During the run-up to The Great Recession, [...]