Category: Personal Finance

Bankrate: Mortgage Rates Show Little Change

Mortgage rates were only slightly changed this week, with the benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage rate inching higher to 4.30 percent, according to Bankrate.com’s weekly national survey. The 30-year fixed mortgage has an average of 0.26 discount and origination points. The larger jumbo 30-year fixed also nosed higher, to 4.23 percent,...

Best College Values Publishes Ranking of Top 50 Bachelor’s in Business Degree Programs 2017

Best College Values, a website that ranks higher education degrees according to their quality and affordability, has published their latest in a series of rankings: Top 50 Best Value Bachelor’s in Business Degree Programs 2017. The schools in this ranking were selected from a pool of 300 regionally accredited colleges...

Launch of Alto, America’s First Advantage Club for People with Disabilities

Alto, America’s first advantage club for people with disabilities and their families announces its launch today. Alto is designed to be the essential consumer destination for the 57 million Americans living with disability. It offers exclusive savings on the products and services that people with disabilities need and want to...

Edmunds and State Farm Team Up to Make Car Buying Easier

Edmunds, the leading car shopping and information platform, and State Farm, the nation’s top auto insurer, today announced a new affinity relationship recognizing the importance of innovation and consumer trust in the increasingly digital car shopping process. As Edmunds’ inaugural affinity brand, State Farm will bolster its vehicle ownership tools...

Farmers Insurance Sends a Signal(SM) to Curb Distracted Driving

Farmers Insurance®, one of the nation’s leading multiline insurer groups, today announced the launch of Signal℠, an innovative app which monitors distracted driving by providing ongoing feedback and analysis of driving habits, allowing the user to see when and where they get distracted. Equipped with knowledge of their driving patterns,...