Soaring student loan debt is mostly measured in outstanding balances, but there are companies aligned with the nation’s public universities that charge student additional fees for accessing financial aid refunds ...

More than a third of U.S. households relied on credit cards to pay for living expenses, such as rent or mortgage bills, groceries, utilities or insurance, in the past year, according to a new survey on the third ...

New light was shed recently on the credit scoring standard known as FICO, or FICO 8, to use the upgraded methodology’s proper name. Most credit consumers aren’t even aware that there was a shift in the most ...

Fixed mortgage rates have hit new lows for three straight weeks, fueling what seems to be a rarity in the post-crisis market – a sustainable refinancing wave. The boom is being bolstered by several factors, including ...

A wave of short sales is helping ease the number of completed foreclosures and soon may outnumber sales of bank-owned properties, or REOs, in some states, according to the real estate site RealtyTrac. Foreclosure ...

The national credit card delinquency rate, measuring loans 90 or more days past due, dropped to 0.73 percent in the first quarter of 2012, from 0.78 percent in the previous quarter, according to the credit bureau ...

During the first quarter, Chase Freedom card members spent 24 percent more at movie theaters, 21 percent more on theme parks and 7 percent more on recreational activities – compared to the same period in 2011. Those ...

A national index that measures builders’ confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes gained five points this month, its strongest reading since May of 2007. The National Association of Home Builders/Wells ...

The nation’s largest mortgage lenders are taking an average of more than 70 days to complete a refinance, up from 45 days a year ago, according to Accenture Credit Services. The prolonged timetable is a result ...

President Obama is pushing for Congress to help expand mortgage refinancing to millions of borrowers with loans not backed or owned by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac – and those who cannot currently take advantage ...