When you buy or refinance a home, there are many moving parts and tons of paperwork. The loan processor is the main person who keeps the process moving along. If you're getting ready to apply for a ...

An installment loan is paid back in fixed installments over a fixed time. These loans are often used to purchase items that consumers cannot afford to pay for outright. An installment loan is a type ...

In proposed regulations for the car loan interest deduction, the IRS addresses issues for taxpayers and lenders, including eligibility criteria for the deduction and information-reporting requirements ...

An FHA loan is a type of mortgage geared toward borrowers with lower credit scores or who otherwise don't qualify for a conventional loan. You can use an FHA loan to buy, build or renovate a home, or ...

Amortized loans are those that have a fixed repayment term and equal payments each month during that term. Reamortization occurs if at some point the lender recalculates the monthly payments during ...

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The White House's new plan for student loan forgiveness could lead to increased savings in retirement plans, experts said, but the issue of student loan debt isn't going away any time soon. "This loan ...

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It is almost impossible to discharge student loans in bankruptcy. Only about 1 in 2,500 student loan borrowers who file for bankruptcy succeed in obtaining a full or partial discharge of their student ...