Savings Corner
DECEMBER 25, 2023
An important metric that your mortgage lender uses to calculate the amount of money you can borrow is the DTI ratio — comparing your total monthly debts (for example, your mortgage payments, including insurance and property tax payments) to your monthly pre-tax income. Credit profile. Debt and expenses.
Family Balance Sheet
MAY 6, 2020
I am totally paraphrasing the year, but had it not been for the money in our emergency savings, we would most likely have used credit cards to survive. We’d survived the dip in 2007, carried no credit card debt, and we were contributing to our retirement. What got us through financially? Our emergency fund.
Savings Corner
APRIL 4, 2024
Try to boost your credit score ahead of time by paying off credit card balances and avoid applying for new credit accounts. They may ask for copies of utility bills, lease or rental agreements, property tax bills or credit card statements as proof of address.
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