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Others think he may be right. Says Anthea Butler, an expert in Pentecostalism at the University of Rochester in New York: "The pastor's not gonna say, 'Go down to Wachovia and get a loan,' but I have heard, 'Even if you have a poor credit rating, God can still bless you - if you put some faith out there [that is, make a big donation to the church], you'll get that house or that car or that apartment.' " Adds J. Lee Grady, editor of the magazine Charisma: "It definitely goes on, that a preacher might say, 'If you give...
...under-regulated, free-market capitalism that got us here? In a free market, these weak banks wouldn't be around. Pushing home ownership and low interest rates irrespective of risk is what got us into this problem. Not everybody can afford a house. Maybe it's worth it to loan money to people who can't afford to borrow it so they can live in a house. I don't know. I'm just saying that the consequences of it are that you're going to have a lot of bad mortgages and inflated real estate prices. And then they...
...have been trying to reassure businesspeople and the markets that slower growth is a good thing - it might help get inflation under control - but the public isn't cheered. Opening this month is a new movie titled EMI, which stands for "equated monthly installments," an Indianism for an installment loan. The plot follows a thuggish Mumbai collection agent who, after hearing the touching stories of the people he is paid to intimidate, decides instead to help them resolve their crises by teaching them that more money isn't always the answer. "We made a film about the real problem that...
Mortgage rates are just about where they were at the start of the year--and historically speaking, a 6% loan for a house isn't that bad. The trick is getting approved for one. A borrower with a 680 credit score who a year ago could have gotten by with a 5% down payment might now have to pony up 15%. And good luck if you want a jumbo loan (above $417,000 in many areas), which now carries an average rate 1.3 percentage points higher than other mortgages, according to Bankrate.com That's more than a smidge above...
...average 60-month new-car loan is priced at 7.10%, not much different from in the spring, according to HSH Associates, Financial Publishers. Those 0%-financing deals still exist too, from automakers desperate to move the metal. But you're not going to get that rate (or maybe any) unless your credit score is north of 700; a year ago, 620 might have gotten you wheels. Even people with good credit are starting to see trouble. The dealer network AutoNation reports that approval rates for that group have dropped to roughly 60% from 90% a year...