Lifestyle and Budget

Average U.S. rates on fixed mortgages edged up slightly this week, remaining near historically low levels.

The Federal Reserve will report on consumer borrowing in May.

New Mexico's highest court cracked down Thursday on small consumer loans carrying quadruple-digit interest rates.

Certain credit card debtors are in for some relief.

How you plan and budget your finances can have a big effect on whether or not you can qualify for a home loan. For sound financial planning purposes, eliminating the expenses in your life that contain the highest interest rates first is generally a good approach. After all, why pay more interest, right? But it's not always that simple...

Bankrate survey: Personal loans are becoming popular,??even with an unlikely group.

Results from a new survey show personal loans are gaining in popularity. Find out why.

If you have things in your life that are pulling at you financially at some point you may have to ask the hard question, “What is more important to me: horses and boats or home ownership?”

Personal loan rates are heading upward. What can you expect if you're in the market?

Lending cash to grown-up kids can lead to big family drama—but these guidelines can help make the process a lot less contentious.

Student loans are a $1.3 trillion dollar issue. And with the 2016 election coming up, the issue's importance will only grow. 

Credit cards offer an easy way to tide you over until your next paycheck comes, but that easy money comes at a hefty price. Consider these scary statistics.

On average, 2015 graduates left their campus with more than $35,000 in debt that they are responsible for paying back. Is it better to pay down this debt immediately or put that money to other uses?

It all started because of a growing concern on the part of university officials: an increasing number of graduates were walking away with a diploma and a significant amount of student loan debt.

Don't call it a comeback.

A just-published report by researchers at the New York Federal Reserve Bank confirms what many have suspected: the driving force behind sky-rocketing college tuition is the increased availability of federal student aid.

When you’re looking to apply for a loan, lenders place a major emphasis on your credit report. Your credit history includes your amount of debt and payment history, as well as other factors, and lenders look to your past credit behavior to see whether you’ll be a good credit risk going forward.

It's no longer a matter of if, but when.

It seldom makes sense to tap retirement accounts to pay off loans. Here's why.

Kevin Flores has more than six years to pay off the loan on his new Nissan Frontier pickup.