News from MainStreet:

NEW YORK (MainStreet) —  Premium rewards cards and low annual percentage rates are typically reserved for the credit elite, but growing competition has led many issuers to widen their target market.
That means that credit card holders with so-so credit – scores between 650 and 699 – don’t need to resort to using a [...]

News from TheStreet.com:

Texas (Rate Wire) — The benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage rate in TX has moved down over the last year. In our year-ago review on Feb. 4 the rates averaged 5.01%; this week the average stands at 4.08%, a drop of 93 basis points. The state average is lower than the national average of [...]

News from LoanSafe:

(Source: By Eileen Ambrose The Baltimore Sun) — Marlene Partridge and her husband have a six-figure retirement income, no debt and pay off their credit cards each month.
Yet when the 62-year-old former teacher from Idaho saw her credit score a couple of years ago, she was disappointed that it wasn’t near perfect.
“Are the [...]