General Motors is set to release its electric car, the Volt, at the end of 2010. It has a purchase price around $33,500, after a $7,500 federal tax credit. However, the lease price is probably what will draw consumers in. For a 36-month lease, consumers can expect to pay about $350 a month, with $2,500 [...]
The three coastal counties of Mississippi are preparing for the arrival of Tropical Storm Bonnie and perhaps an abundance of oil that may be pushed towards their white sands beaches.
Mississippi governor Haley Barbour declared a state of emergency in the area early Friday. There is a growing fear that the pending storm surge may push [...]
The deadline for the First Time Homebuyer tax credit has been extended for all binding purchase agreements.
The Homebuyer Assistance and Improvement Act, which expired April 30, gave first time homebuyers a healthy tax credit. Previously, all contracts that were signed prior to the end of the Act were given a deadline of June 30 to [...]
Record breaking mortgage rates are not enough to spark the US real estate market..
Freddie Mac announced last week that the average thirty year fixed mortgage rate is down to 4.57 percent, but that was not enough to entice Americans into buying homes.
April marked the end of the federal tax break incentive and sales were greatly [...]
Mortgage loan modification is becoming a savior for more and more homeowners that are facing foreclosure.
The program, designed to allow homeowners to modify their current mortgages without refinancing, was first introduced by the Obama administration in March 2009. Since then over a quarter of a million homes are credited with being saved by the mortgage [...]
The gold rate is expected to continue to follow its current rising trend through next month according to a recent poll.
The gold rate poll, conducted by Reuters, showed the majority of respondents believe that the current trend will continue to hold and the gold rate will rest above the $1200 mark at the end of [...]
Given the current economy and jobless rates, Internet marketing is becoming a more and more popular endeavor. One problem that new and experienced marketers face is the sheer amount of work that goes into building and promoting their properties. Enter John Reese and his solution called Outsource Force.
Reese is known throughout the Internet as the [...]
A new online craze has emerged from within the confines of Facebook. No, it’s not poker, seduko, or Bejewled. Believe it or not, it is virtual farming.
Farmville is a real-time farming simulation game created by Zynga. The game puts you in the tractor seat as you manage a virtual farm by tending to your animals [...]
Your credit score may be keeping you from getting a job, according to a recent report. Banks and lenders were traditionally the only ones to use these scores, but more and more businesses are checking up on aplicants, making it difficult for the unemployed to find employment.
Forty-seven percent of companies are now conducting pre-emplyment credit [...]
Loan modification is taking its lumps as new reports show many of those able to secure a lower mortgage rate are still defaulting.
The Treasury Department released figures last week showing that almost three thousand homeowners in the government’s loan modification program have failed to make the modified payments, resulting in default. This is more than [...]
