CFPB hosts savings summit to find opportunities to help people save
The savings summit was held to help people learn about innovative savings initiatives and discover opportunities to make it easier for people to save.
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Is this the year you buy your first home?
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Let us walk you through each step in the mortgage process.
¿Está comprando una vivienda? El primer paso es revisar su crédito
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Revisar su crédito es el primer paso para construir una base financiera sólida para su nuevo hogar.
Cómo ahorrar para las emergencias y el futuro
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Recursos para ayudarle a hacer un plan de ahorros
How to save for emergencies and the future
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Resources to help you make a plan to save.
9 financial problems after a natural disaster—and what you can do about them
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Help for people struggling financially after a natural disaster, including information on how to get help and ways to work with banks and lenders.
Buying a home? The first step is to check your credit
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Reviewing your credit is the first step to building a strong financial foundation for your new home.
Mortgage Moves: How many loan offers will you get?
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Let’s look at what happens when you find the right home. It’s easy to get excited about the thought of owning your own home, but not about the process of paying for it. We have a lot of information to help you through the process of getting a mortgage, but in this blog and a few more, we want you to focus in on five factors you’ll want to consider when you are starting out.
Mortgage Moves: What kind of mortgage will you get?
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Choosing the right mortgage isn’t quite as fun as shopping for the right home, but it’s just as important. Most people will need a mortgage to buy a home, which means that the choices you make on your mortgage will affect your bottom line every month for years to come.
Mortgage Moves: How will you approach your search?
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Note: This is the third blog in a series where you can make choices about buying your first home. Once you have a target home price in mind, you may feel that you’re ready to start a serious search for the right home. How will you approach this search?
Mortgage Moves: How much can you afford?
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A home may be the most expensive thing you will ever buy, and it can be hard to figure out how much you can afford. How will you decide how much to spend on a home?
Mortgage Moves: Where will you start?
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We have a lot of information to help you through the process of getting a mortgage. In this blog series, we’ll help you think about factors you’ll likely want to consider when you are starting out.
6 tips for using your credit card this season
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If you have a card, you might have been using it a lot lately to purchase gifts, meals, and travel expenses. Credit cards can help you build and maintain good credit, as long as you use your cards responsibly and pay your bills on time each month.