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Graduates Flee US to Escape Student Loans

Oct 25 2008 - 10:00am by SavvySugar
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Graduates Flee US to Escape Student Loans Student loans are increasingly necessary for many students to pay for college, but these massive debts are causing some graduates to flee the country. It may seem dramatic, but leaving the country sometimes seems like the only option for grads that have defaulted on their student loans and can't find another way to escape the debt collectors. CNN Money profiled a student loan fugitive named Chris who got a foreign address to escape his $160,000 student debt from getting a master's degree in music.
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Would You Ask Your Family For Down Payment Help?

Oct 21 2008 - 5:30am by SavvySugar
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Would You Ask Your Family For Down Payment Help?
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Cash Is King When It Comes to Cars

Oct 9 2008 - 3:00am by SavvySugar
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Cash Is King When It Comes to Cars TeamSugar member RosaDilia just financed a new ride and put 20 percent down to secure her loan, and her comment about it not being easy (despite having a good credit score) coincided with a New York Times piece about the issue. Since July, the average down payment has gone up by about $1,000 for non-luxury vehicles, from $4,946 in the first seven months of the year to $5,915 by the end of September. With credit scarce, many car buyers are foregoing a down payment altogether and simply paying cash for their vehicles.
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Finally, Consumers Are Cutting the Credit Cord

Oct 8 2008 - 5:30am by SavvySugar
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Finally, Consumers Are Cutting the Credit Cord For what seems like ages financial gurus have been lamenting that consumers rely too much on credit cards, and finally people have begun to listen — all it took was a failing economy! The Federal Reserve announced on Tuesday that consumer borrowing fell in August for the first time since 1998 and that was before the crisis worsened in September. Consumer borrowing is defined as loans not secured by real estate, and auto loans and credit cards were the two areas that led to a decline in consumer credit.
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Ask Savvy: Should I Apply For a Personal Loan?

Oct 7 2008 - 11:30am by SavvySugar
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Ask Savvy: Should I Apply For a Personal Loan? Dear Savvy, I've been meaning to take a $5,000 personal loan. However, as you may know, my bank WaMu was bought by JP Morgan Chase. I'm not sure what kind of effects this would have on me or my bank.
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