Category: Personal Finance
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,...
New Hampshire is the best state to retire, according to a new Bankrate.com report. Colorado, Maine, Iowa and Minnesota comprise the rest of the top five. Click here for the full list: The study examined eight key factors which were weighted in line with a nationally representative survey of non-retired...
Progressive is now offering money-saving auto and home tips to Google Home customers, becoming the first insurer on Google’s voice-activated speaker powered by the Google Assistant. Customers of Google Home assistant simply say: ‘Google, let me talk to Progressive’ and they can get great answers to a wide range of...
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...
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...
Blinker was selected as a winner of the 2017 South by Southwest® (SXSW®) Interactive Innovation Awards, as the free app launched in Texas. Using patented image-recognition technology, Blinker is the only mobile app that allows people to buy, sell, finance or refinance their car by simply snapping a photo. The...
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®, 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,...