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- Can Bad Debts Really Be Wiped From My Credit Report?
- Most Boomers Aren’t Ready to Go Fully Cashless
- $25 Billion Deal Reached to Aid Distressed Homeowners
- 10 Common Credit Mistakes
- 10 Facts About Financial Reform
- 10 Holiday Shopping Credit Card Mistakes
- 10 Reasons Why Credit Is Better Than Debit
- 10 Steps to Be Debt-Free in Less Than a Year
- 10 Summer Spending Mistakes to Avoid
- 10 Things You Should Know About Credit Card Balance Transfers
- 10 Things You Should Know About Reverse Mortgages
- 10 Things to Know About Using Layaway
- 14 Iconic Retailers That Fell Into Pandemic Bankruptcy
- 2003 Consumer Experience Survey: Insights on Consumer Credit Behavior, Fraud and Financial Planning
- 3 Proven Ways to Get Out of a Timeshare
- 3 Steps to Help You Get out of Debt
- 3 Unique Ways to Chip Away at Debt
- 4 Big Changes to Credit Reports and Credit Scores
- 4 Little-Known Secrets About Credit Card Companies
- 4 Reasons to Avoid Payday Loans
- 4 Ways to Break a Car Lease Without Ruining Your Credit
- 4 Ways to Effectively Dispute Mistakes in Your Credit Reports
- 5 Habits That Keep You in Debt
- 5 Interesting Facts About Generation X
- 5 Proven Ways to Boost Your Credit Score
- 5 Questions To Ask Yourself Before Considering A Reverse Mortgage
- 5 Smart Ways to Spend Your Tax Refund
- 5 Telltale Signs Your Spending Is Out of Control
- 5 Things to Rent, Not Buy
- 5 Ways You Can Have a Painless Refinance
- 5 Ways to Handle Pushy Debt Collectors
- 5 Ways to Help Your Children Pay for College by Themselves
- 5 Ways to Keep Medical Debt From Killing Your Credit
- 5 Ways to Strengthen Your Credit After Divorce
- 50 States to Probe Foreclosure Process
- 6 Steps to a Realistic Debt Repayment Plan
- 6 Ways Bad Credit Can Cost You Money
- 6 Ways Financial Reform Will Change Your Personal Finances
- 6 Ways to Pay Down Your Debt
- 7 Loans You Should Never Cosign
- 7 Reasons Spouses, Partners Lie About Money
- 8 Hidden College Expenses
- 9 Celebrities Who Went Broke
- A Better Bet Than Banks?
- A Different Kind of Housing Crisis
- A First Look at Older Americans and the Mortgage Crisis
- A Lower Credit Ceiling Needn’t Cramp Your Score
- A Matter of Life and Debt: Interview With James Scurlock
- A New Way to Improve Your Credit
- A Portrait of Older Underbanked and Unbanked Consumers: Findings from a National Survey
- A Prepaid Charge Card for My Son?
- A Reverse Mortgage for Less
- A Survival Guide to Surprise Medical Bills
- A Wild Ride Down
- A Win For Reverse Mortgage Borrowers
- A Year-End Look at the Economic Slowdown's Impact on Middle-Aged and Older Americans
- AARP Answers: Student Loans and the Coronavirus
- AARP Answers: Your Bank and the Coronavirus
- AARP Answers: Your Credit Cards and the Coronavirus
- AARP Answers: Your Mortgage and the Coronavirus
- AARP Asks Federal Appeals Court to Uphold California Consumer Credit Protection Law
- AARP Asks West Virginia Court to Protect Consumers Against Abusive Debt Collection
- AARP Bulletin Survey on Consumer Debt and Loans: Executive Summary
- AARP Consumer Home Equity/Home Improvement Lending Survey
- AARP Sues HUD Over Shift in Reverse Mortgage Policies
- AARP Texas: End Loansharking in Texas
- Across Generations, Struggles With Student Loan Debt
- Administration Weighs Plan That Would Subsidize Lenders Who Cut Interest Rate on Mortgages
- Agency to Tackle Credit Card Woes
- Alternatives to Reverse Mortgages
- Am I Protected Against Balance Billing?
- Another Twist to the Credit Crunch
- Are Adjustable-Rate Mortgages Right for You?
- Are Business Credit Cards Worth It?
- Are Your Kids Making You Broke?
- Arkansas Consumer Finances Are Well Protected, According to Scorecard
- Ask Sid: Credit Card Rewards
- Ask the Experts: Paying a Parent's Debt
- Ask the Experts: Stop Harassment From a Debt Collector
- Ask the Experts: Tax Credit for Buying a House
- Avoid These Money Traps
- Avoiding Bankruptcy
- Bad Financial Decisions May Be Early Sign of Dementia
- Bank Fees Gallop to a Record
- Bank Overcharges Military Members for Mortgages
- Bankruptcies Up for Older Adults
- Banks Swamped by Bad Loans
- Become Debt-Free This Year
- Beware of the Pension Predators
- Big Banks Scaling Back Overdraft Fees
- Big Jump in Reverse Mortgage Foreclosures Raises Alarm
- Blacks, Hispanics Struggle to Pay Bills as Pandemic Persists
- Boomer Borrowers' Debt Has Grown During Pandemic
- Boot That Credit Card!
- Buying Your First Home After 60
- Can Congress Protect a Victim's Right to File a Lawsuit?
- Can I Get a Credit Card After Bankruptcy?
- Can I Join a Credit Union If I'm Retired?
- Can My Student Loan Be Forgiven?
- Can a Typo Hurt Your Credit Score?
- Canceled Cards and a Credit Score
- Car Title Loans May Wreck Your Finances
- Cardless ATMs Are Coming!
- Cash for Clunkers: Is It a Good Deal for You?
- Celebrity Money Mistakes
- Changes Affecting Your Credit Report
- Changes to Your Credit Score May Be Coming
- Chase Could Lower Ceiling for Debit Card Purchases
- College Costs Raise Risk of Home Foreclosure
- Colleges for Older and Returning Students
- Congressional Testimony on Reverse Mortgages
- Consumer Bankruptcies Surge
- Consumer Debt Cuts Across Generations
- Consumer Payment Study
- Consumers are Winning the Credit Card Wars
- Couple Pays Dearly for Pension Exchange
- Court Overturns State Law Protecting Borrowers From High Interest Loans
- Court to Debt Collectors: Ignorance of the Law Is No Excuse
- Cow Strikes, Mower Mishaps Are Among Insurance Claims
- Credit Card Annual Percentage Rates Hit 20-Year High
- Credit Card Debt on the Rise — Again
- Credit Card Fees Up, Credit Limits Down
- Credit Card Negotiation 101
- Credit Card Tips for Your College Student
- Credit Freezes Will Be Free
- Credit Score Changes Ease Stress on Those With Medical Bills
- Credit Scores and Mortgage Lending
- Credit or Debit?
- Critics: Mortgage Relief Plan Leaves Too Many Behind
- Deal Helps Disabled Dispute Credit Card Charges
- Debt Challenge Quiz
- Debt Collector Pays for Abusive Tactics
- Debt Collectors Could Send Unlimited Texts and Emails Under New Proposal
- Debt Consolidation Calculator
- Debt Management vs. Debt Settlement: Which Is Best?
- Debt Rises for Boomers During Economic Crisis
- Delinquent Homeowners
- Digital Wallets Are Here to Stay
- Disputing a Credit Report Error
- Do I Have to Pay an 8-Year-Old Debt?
- Do I Still Need to Pay This Debt?
- Do Surviving Spouses Have Protection From Reverse Mortgages?
- Do You Speak Escrow?
- Does Credit Card Debt Go to the Grave With You?
- Does Credit History Matter After 50?
- Does a New Mortgage Make Sense?
- Don't Rush Social Security
- Dusting Off Old Debt
- Early Mortgage Payment Sets Off Foreclosure
- Eliminate Credit Card Debt
- Everlasting Debt
- Ex-Spouse Gets Surprise Bill From Old Joint Credit Card Account
- Experiences of Older Refinance Mortgage Loan Borrowers: Broker- and Lender-Originated Loans
- Facing End of Forbearance? You've Got Options
- Failed Lenders Created Their Own Crisis
- Family Finances: Supporting Mom and Dad Nearly Ruined Me
- Fantastic Plastic
- Far More Older Americans Are Going Bankrupt
- Fast Ways to Pay Your Credit-Card Bill
- Faulty Tenant Screening
- Fed Cracks Down on Credit Card Issuers
- Federal Appeals Court Upholds California Consumer Credit Protection Law
- Federal Assistance to Avoid Foreclosures Is Coming to State
- Federally-Insured Loans
- Feds Crack Down on Payday Loans
- Few Boomers Seeking Mortgage and Credit Card Relief During Outbreak
- Financial Overhaul Curbs Wall Street, Helps Consumers
- Financial Reform Is Moving Into the Spotlight
- Financially Underwater Without Flood Insurance
- Find Your True Credit Score
- Find an Extra $1,000 for Debt
- Fixing One Family's Finances
- Florida Court Approves Class Action Claims Against Payday Lender
- Florida Keys Shut Down
- For Many Boomers, Credit Card Debt Tops Emergency Savings
- Foreclosure Mediation in Philadelphia
- Foreclosure Plan May Help Some but Not All
- Foreclosures Through the Roof
- Get Motivated to Eliminate Debt
- Get Your Credit in Good Order Before the Holidays
- Get an Interest Rate Checkup
- Getting Help for College Costs
- Getting More College Aid
- Getting Your Hands on Your Credit Score
- Getting a Loan With Bad Credit
- Give Yourself a Financial Checkup
- Going Back to School? Apply for Scholarships, Grants and Loans With the FAFSA
- Going to Buy a Condo? Here's What You Need to Know
- Good News for Your Credit Score
- HELP Averts Foreclosure
- Half of 55+ Doubt They’ll Be Debt Free
- Headed Back to School?
- Helping Kids Avoid the Credit Card Trap
- Hey, Sister, Can You Spare a Loan?Social lending sites link families and friends
- Home Equity Loans vs. Line of Credit
- Homeowners Rush to Get Reverse Mortgages Before Rule Change
- How Bad Credit Costs You
- How Can I Dispute Credit Card Charge?
- How Can I Minimize Student Loan Debt?
- How Can I Raise My Credit Score?
- How Does Medical Debt Affect Your Credit?
- How Fannie and Freddie Are Trying to Stem Foreclosures
- How Hurricane Harvey Will Affect Everyone
- How Long Does a Debt Collector Have to Sue After a Credit Card Has Been Canceled?
- How To Get Student Loan Forgiveness If You Have A Disability
- How To Make Good Money Moves in Hard Times
- How to Avoid Surprise Medical Bills
- How to Control Credit Card Debt
- How to Dispute a Surprise Medical Bill
- How to Earn a Great Risk-Free Return by Paying Down Debt
- How to Find Credit Counseling You Can Trust
- How to Free Yourself From Credit Card Debt
- How to Fund Your New Start
- How to Get Help From a Credit Counseling Service
- How to Get Out of a Bad Deal
- How to Get Out of a Long-Term Contract
- How to Get Student Loan Forgiveness
- How to Get a Disaster-Related Loan
- How to Get the Best of the Fear Economy
- How to Handle Rude and Abusive Debt Collectors
- How to Make the Most of Low Interest Rates
- How to Negotiate a Surprise Medical Bill
- How to Pay Off Medical Debt
- How to Pay Your Bills Online From the Safety of Home
- How to Read Your Explanation of Benefits
- How to Read Your Medical Bill
- How to Recover From a Financial Setback
- How to Sell Your Home Faster
- How to Tell If You Have Too Much Debt
- How to Use the Pay Down Your Debt Tracker
- Hurricane Deductibles Could Cost Storm Victims Big Bucks
- Impact of the Economic Downturn on Middle-Age and Older Americans
- Improve Your Credit Score
- Improve Your Credit Score With These Simple Secrets
- Is Applying Online for a Credit Card Safe?
- Is It OK to Retire With Some Debt?
- Is It Risky to Buy a Foreclosure Home?
- Is It Time to Refinance Your Home to Get Cash Out?
- Is My Family Responsible for My Debts?
- Is My Whole Life Online?
- Is a Reverse Mortgage for You?
- Is a Zero-Interest Charge Card Too Good to Be True?
- Is an Adjustable-Rate Mortgage a Good Idea?
- Keep Your Credit Cards Fresh
- Key Decisions About Reverse Mortgages
- Know Before You Owe
- Know What Affects Your Credit Score
- Know Your Rights When the Debt Collector Calls
- Lending Money to Family, Friends
- Lessons Learned From the Pay Down Your Debt Challenge
- Loan of Last Resort
- Loosening the Shackles of Debt
- Low Interest Rates, Housing Boom — a Boon for Borrowers
- Managing Mortgage Debt in Retirement
- Managing Your Debt and Finances
- Many Millennials With College Debt Regret Past Decisions
- Many Minority Retirees Are Struggling With Debt
- Many Retired People Don't Expect to Pay Off Mortgages
- Max Out Spending for Housing at 2.5 Times Your Salary
- Meet The Money Coach
- More Boomers and Retirees Choose to Rent
- Morehouse Donor To Cover Student Loans that Parents Took Out
- Mortgage Crisis Impacts Seniors
- Mortgage Interest Rates Hit Record Lows. Time to Refinance?
- Mortgage Modification Program Stumbles Out of the Gate
- Mortgage Reform for Borrowers
- Mortgage Tax Calculator
- My Credit Score Is Low — Can I Get Plastic?
- Navient Student Loan Settlement to Benefit Thousands of Borrowers
- New Consumer Protections
- New Credit Card Offers Are Back — Should You Sign Up?
- New Credit Card Rules Kick In
- New Credit Cards and Your Credit Score
- New Credit Law May Squeeze Cardholders
- New Laws Help the Credit Card Consumer
- New Mortgage Aid Program
- New Reverse Mortgage Rules Could Mean Less Cash
- Nightmare on Main Street
- No American Dream for Underwater Homeowners
- No Signature Required
- Obama Proposes Sweeping Consumer Protection Plan
- Older Consumers' Attitudes Toward the Use of Credit Scores
- Older Homeowners Struggle with Mortgage Debt
- Older Subprime Refinance Mortgage Borrowers
- Outrage: Banking on Bonuses and Greed
- Outrage: No Credit, No Rental Car
- Outrage: ‘Walkaways’ Can Hurt Homeowners
- Pandemic Could Drive More Social Security, SSI Beneficiaries to Payday Lenders
- Pay Down Your Debt Challenge Rules
- Pay Down Your Debt Challenge: How It Works
- Payday Lending: Too Good to Be True?
- Payday Loan Shops Exploit a Loophole
- Payday Loans in South Carolina: What Credit Counselors Say
- Payday Loans to Get Scrutiny
- Paying Down College Debt
- Pilot Program Offers Free Guidance to Avoid Foreclosure
- Please, Judge, Save My House
- Poor Credit Can Hurt Your Love Life (and Lots Of Other Things)
- Prepaid Cards: Promise and Pitfalls for Consumers
- Prepay Your Mortgage
- Prevent Billing Mishaps When Booking Travel
- Prevent Car Insurance Rate Increases
- Protect Your Credit in a Divorce
- Protect Yourself From Rising Interest Rates
- Q-and-A: Credit and Consumer Debt
- Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of Student Loans
- Quiz: What Do You Know About Credit and Debt?
- Quiz: Whose Credit Is Better?
- Quiz: Will It Hurt My Credit?
- Read This Before You Cosign
- Refinance Mortgage — or Not?
- Refinancing After 50
- Relax If You See Small Changes In Your Credit Score
- Resources on Credit
- Retirees Not Worried About Debt
- Reverse Mortgage Alternatives
- Reverse Mortgage Basics
- Reverse Mortgages
- Reverse Mortgages Ripe for Abuse
- Revisiting the Credit vs. Debit Card Debate
- Risk Preferences and the Investment Decisions of Older Americans
- Robert Reich vs. Income Inequality
- Saddled With Debt, Recent Grads Can't Save
- Save Big On Your Refinance
- Savi Student Loan Repayment Tool
- Savi Widget Student Loan Redirect
- Scams Target Latino Homeowners
- See How Much You Can Save With the AARP Mortgage Payoff Calculator
- Seeing Red
- Senate Approves Credit Card Reforms
- Setting Boundaries When Lending Money
- Should 60-Somethings Use Savings to Pay Off Credit Cards?
- Should I Pay Off My Mortgage?
- Should I Refinance My Credit Card Debt?
- Should Seniors Take Out Student Loans to Learn New Skills?
- Should This Couple Say 'I Do' to Paying Off Mortgage Early?
- Should You Give Your Kids a Mortgage?
- Should You Pay Down Your Mortgage?
- Should You Refinance Your Mortgage Before Retirement?
- Should You Refinance?
- Some Debt Relief Companies May Ask for Upfront Fees
- Sounding the Alarm on Older Adults' Debt
- Squeezed by Bank Fees — Still
- Stimulus Update—Feb. 2—Party Stands on the Issues
- Stuck on Hold
- Student Debt Increasing the Strain on Older Americans
- Student Debt Sinks Retirees
- Student Debt Traps Older Borrowers
- Student Loan Debt Can Sink Your Retirement Plan
- Student Loan Debt Is an Unheralded Burden for Older Borrowers
- Student Loan Debt Rising Among Older Borrowers
- Student Loan Debt Soaring Among Adults Over 50, AARP Study Finds
- Student Loan Redirect
- Supreme Court Agrees: Ignorance of the Law Is No Excuse
- Survey Finds Americans’ Financial Health Shaky
- Swedish Bank Gets the Ageism Message
- Tackling Student Loan Debt
- Tapping Your Home’s Value for Cash
- Test Your Smarts About Payday Loans
- The ABC's of Credit Bureaus
- The ABC's of Student Loans — From Applications to Repayment Terms
- The Alternative Financial Services Industry
- The Foreclosure Crisis
- The Hidden Costs of Donating a Time-Share
- The High Cost of Cancer Treatment
- The Ins and Outs of Bankruptcy
- The Law: Can a home be foreclosed if the owner didn't qualify for a home loan in the first place
- The Mortgage Crisis
- The Mysterious Shrinking Credit Line
- The One Time You Can Use Retirement Money to Pay Off Debt
- The Path to College
- The Payday Loan Cycle
- The Risks of Cosigning a Student Loan
- The Savings vs. Debt Payoff Dilemma: Which to Tackle First?
- Think Twice About Store-Branded Credit Cards
- Think You're Too Old to Worry About Credit Checks?
- Tips for Avoiding Foreclosure
- To Buy or Not To Buy
- Top Mistakes That Hurt Your Credit Score
- Treasury Moves to Get Credit Flowing;Will It Come in Time to Help?
- Troubled Homeowners May Get Mortgage Relief After All
- Typical Boomer Household Income Reaches $67,499
- U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Protect Borrowers
- Virtual Credit Cards Tout Safety, Yet Consumers Take a Pass
- Wall Street Reform: One Year Anniversary: Findings from a Survey of Likely November 2012 Voters
- Want to Take Out a Home Equity Loan? Not So Fast
- Watch Out for Surprise Auto-Renewal Payments
- West Virginia Court Upholds Consumer Protections
- What Can Help My Children Get Into College?
- What Causes Surprise Medical Bills?
- What Happens to Your Debt When You Die
- What Happens to Your Debts After You Die?
- What Is a Foreclosure's Impact on Buying Another Home?
- What Should I Do if I'm Behind on Repaying My Student Loans?
- What You Need to Know About Pay-As-You-Go Plastic
- What to Do When a Relative Asks for Money
- What to Know About Reverse Mortgages
- When Debt Can Be Useful
- When Do Gift Cards Expire?
- When One Spouse's Credit Score Is Lower
- Which Credit Card Should You Pay Off First?
- Which Is Worse, a Short Sale or Foreclosure?
- Whose Credit is it Anyway? A Survey of Washington State Adults 18+ About Security Freeze Legislation
- Why I Don't Like Prepaid Cards for Kids
- Why Try a Credit Union?
- Why You Might Need a Home Equity Line of Credit And Why You Might Not Get One
- Why Your Credit Score Still Matters
- Will Canceling Credit Cards Lower My Score?
- Will Housing Take Another Hit As Boomers Sell?
- Will Retirees Finally Get a Mortgage Break?
- Will a Reverse Mortgage Loan Help or Hurt This Retired Couple?
- Wondering How to Pay for College?
- Wrong Ways to Pay Off Debt
- ‘Making Home Affordable’ Plan Could Help Millions of Troubled Homeowners