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Cars, education — consumers want it all. Consumer credit posted its biggest jump in six months as consumers borrowed more for car and student loans.
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A new study on student loans offers more evidence of the financial squeeze facing recent college graduates. But nearly as striking is the company behind the study: TransUnion.
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Paul Krake, Founder, View from the Peak: Macro Strategies warns of a credit crisis in China. He says the composition of growth is skewed and reforms aren't taking place quickly enough.
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David Ratliff, Head of Investor Sales & Relationship Management, Citi Asia Pacific says real demand will drive an economic recovery this year and this might see investments go into credit and high yield.
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A look at brand new checkout fees Visa and MasterCard users could be facing, with CNBC's Kayla Tausche. Courtney Reagan says retailers understand additional charges will not make consumers happy.
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The spread between low interest rates and the money real estate generates is "truly astonishing," Starwood Capital CEO Barry Sternlicht told CNBC.
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The right balance-transfer credit card could save the average indebted household — which has a credit-card balance of around $6,700 — upward of $1,000 in finance charges and fees.
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Credit scores from online mortgage shoppers have increased by four points since Mortgage Marvel.com ran a similar tabulation in 2011.
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New rules could make mortgage servicing more expensive, especially for those specialty servicers and level the playing field between them and the big bank servicers.
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Although the debt ceiling debate has some nervous, others expressed optimism that the issue would be resolved in due time.
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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac exacerbated the mortgage crisis and that's why the government should get out of the home loan business, former Wells Fargo CEO Richard Kovacevich told CNBC.
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Get help with your down payment for that new home? Be sure your mortgage lender can track where the money came from, preferably to a close relative.
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Your credit score has become an increasingly important number for prospective employers, landlords, and now romantic partners.
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Eric Takaha, Director of Corporates/High Yield, Franklin Templeton Fixed Income Group says corporate credit investments can give premium yields as compared to other fixed income sectors.
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Viktor Hjort, Head of Fixed Income Research & Global Corporate Credit Strategy at Morgan Stanley explains why he think credit markets are still a compelling asset class for 2013.
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Rick Santelli argues against any effort to eliminate a Congressionally-set national debt limit. While Democrats argue Republicans have used the limit for political leverage, Rick says the real problem lies somewhere else.
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CNBC's Rick Santelli discusses the changing landscape in the real estate market as well as the need for reform, with Anthony Sanders, George Mason University professor.
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CNBC's Rick Santelli explains how student loans are now at a delinquency rate greater than any other group of loans.
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Home mortgage applications fell last week, but demand for mortgage purchases rose.
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The housing recovery can't gather steam until tight-fisted banks loosen tough lending standards put in place after the worst housing crisis since the Great Depression.
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Steve Forbes, Forbes Media chairman & editor-In-chief, and Jeremy Siegel, Wharton School finance professor, discuss how to deal with Europe's growing debt problem." I think the ECB will end up lowering the euro," Siegel said.