October, 2009

Chase Sapphire Card: Easy $100 Signup Bonus

The Chase Sapphire Card is a new rewards credit card that is offering 10,000 bonus points after your first purchase on the credit card, which can be redeemed for $100 cash. No annual fee. As a rewards card, it offers 1 point for every dollar in purchases (100 points = $1, or the usual ...

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The Art of Improvising: Alternatives to Buying New

This post is from GRS staff writer April Dykman. When you have a need or a problem, there’s usually a solution that can be bought. Buying a solution is often the easiest and fastest way to solve a problem — but it also can be the most expensive. When my husband and I were in debt-repayment ...

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Average Housing Prices in the US

Housing sales have been on the rise thus far in 2009 as confidence in the real estate market rebounds. Though September saw a decline in the median sales price to $174,900 for a single family home, the number of homes sold each month has been steadily increasing. With consumers once again shopping for homes, we ...

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GMAC Asking for a Third Bailout From Taxpayers

Through today, GMAC has received government bailout funds totaling $12.5 billion. The company is asking the Obama administration for $5.6 billion more. One might say that in a true democracy, GMAC would need to ask permission from each taxpayer whose funds would go towards shoring up the company’s balance sheet, a move that would make ...

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Money and Marriage: Tackle Trouble BEFORE It Begins

Ron Lieber writes the excellent “Your Money” column for The New York Times. Last week, he shared a list of four money talks to have before marriage. Lieber writes: Divorce tends to be emotionally gut-wrenching for the people who go through it (not to mention those around them). But most couples don’t realize that divorce can ...

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