Archive for the 'money' Category

Estimating Home Value

In MyMoneyBlog’s monthly update - November 2008 Financial Status / Net Worth Update two additional resources for finding estimates of your house value were identified:

I am testing out a new way of estimating our house’s value. First, I take the average estimates provided by Zillow, Cyberhomes, Coldwell Banker, and Bank of America. Then, I shave [...]

Go Green with a 2009 Civic Hybrid

Green - that word has so many potential meanings these days: a color, new to something, money, and more recently - environmentally conscious. The high price of gas has now made green the new black - going green with your car can save you money and reduce your impact on the environment with the [...]

Loanio Launches - Really!

Loanio has launched - really for real this time. It just got this in my email:
Loanio is Now Open for Business!
We are pleased to announce that Loanio.com is now open for business.
We thank all of you for your patience and look forward to seeing many of you participate as lenders, borrowers, co-borrowers, and more!
Click [...]

Icesave Savings from Iceland’s Landsbanki

Banks and building societies are falling over themselves in the fight for your custom, using great rates on savings accounts to win you over. This means that the best buy tables are frequently changing, but a look at the current leaders in the savings race shows Manchester Building Society’s Premier Plus account tops the table [...]

Household Debt Rises - or does it?

I heard on the television that the average household revolving debt - like credit cards - is now about $8,000. Even more disturbing - according to the report - was that in 1990, the average level of credit card debt was $3,000.
At first, I thought to myself - “Golly, that is almost [...]

Think Differently about Money

Image via WikipediaRisk is inherent when dealing with money and today that risk is a bit higher than in quieter times. Don’t let yourself be complacent - plowing your money into a low-interest bank account may be “lower risk,” but there is still risk. What if your money is only making 3% in [...]

Prosper Loan Victory

Wow - the last day of the Prosper Loan funding was extraordinary! In the middle of the night a $10K bid came in that pushed the listing to 86% funded. After that it pretty much funded within a matter of hours and several hours after that the interest rate began to fall to [...]

Prosper Loan - The Final Countdown

Less than one day left - 17 hour - just hit 41% funded. Bids are picking up - six bids in just the last hour. So, the Fed dropped short-term rates to 2.0%. Is now a good time to take a look at lending someone money at 25% interest??
Thrifty Mommy linked back [...]

Prosper Loan Update - 28 April

Just reached the 20% funding mark - moving a little slower than I had hoped, but we still have 2 1/2 days left.
All bloggers that post a blurb about my Prosper loan listing (listing ID is 310933) will get a mention in a post, a dedicated post about your blog or even a site wide [...]

Prosper Loan Buzz

Bloggers that post a blurb about my Prosper loan listing (listing ID is 310933) will get a mention in a post, a dedicated post about your blog or even a site wide link in my blogroll. All are worth a couple minutes posting something on your blog - I hope. If you are [...]

Money Hackers

I kept running across “I’m a money hacker” badges on finance and money blogs. I didn’t actually click on one until now (getting blind to ads I guess). The Money Hackers Network is a pretty large network of bloggers who focus on personal finance. The network is facilitating Blogging Carnivals - [...]

P2P-Loans Speaks

And P2P-Loans spoke, via his blog, about my loan listing on Prosper.com. You know what? I have had limited experience with the Prosper community, but I am very impressed with the attention to details that many of the lenders bring to the process. Read through P2P-Loan’s analysis of my loan listing - [...]

Prosper Loan - Spring Cleaning

I am working on another Prosper loan listing to help clean up some old credit card debt. Sign up with Prosper and get $25 for bidding on your first loan. More information to follow!
Visit the Rate Ladder blog that follows P2P lending - Prosper, Zopa, Lending Club, etc.
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