Good ways to get out of debt and cure the holiday hangover - 2004-01-18
Suffering from a debt hangover now that you have gotten the holiday bills? If so, live up to that New Year's resolution to get control on your finances before your credit-card habit spirals out of control.

Americans' consumer debt just passed $2 trillion for the first time ever, according to new figures from the Federal Reserve, and that is on top of $7 trillion worth of mortgage loans.
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Private mortgage insurance eats into budget - 2004-01-18
Let's see. I'm supposed to consume eight glasses of water a day, lower carbs and exercise.

PMI is not a form of bad cholesterol, it's a bad type of mortgage expense — private mortgage insurance.

If you made a down payment of less than 20 percent of your home's price when you got your mortgage, you're probably paying PMI.
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