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What Is a Mortgage Payment Made Of?

Rent or buy: The question confounds people in every income bracket, age group and geographic location.

However, there are resources available that can help make college more affordable. First, we'll take a look at two options available from Northeast Credit Union:

Whether you're shopping for a new or used vehicle, you won't be motoring for long if you're not prepared to cover the substantial expenses that are a normal part of auto ownership. As experienced car owners know, buying the car is just the beginning. Operating and maintaining it is where the real financial challenge lies.

Remember driver's ed? You logged some hours in the classroom before you hit the road, right? The preparation process behind buying a car should be no different. If you do a little homework before you dive behind the wheel for a test drive, you'll narrow your options to cars you love and can afford. Okay, pencils ready... here are the major questions to ask and answer when you're in the market for a car.

Have you ever known anyone who found themselves suddenly unemployed? Or someone who had to leave their job due to an illness or death in the family? Or someone who was injured in an accident and couldn't work for a time?

So you have some debt that you're sick and tired of paying for and you have made THE DECISION to get out of debt as fast as you can. But of course, you need to do more than make a decision to get out of debt; you need a plan. So where do you start? Our partners at Financial Finesse help us answer that important question in this week's blog.

Have you decided on any New Year's financial resolutions? For many of us, the question about how to improve our finances is simply, "where do I start?" In this week's blog, our partners at Financial Finesse help us answer this important question.

Happy New Year! As we kick off the New Year, we wanted to share a great article from our partners at Financial Finesse that can really help you take actionable steps towards a stronger financial future. This week's blog post is courtesy of Erik Carter, JD, and Certified Financial Planner with Financial Finesse.

Have you done all of your holiday shopping yet, or are there more presents on your list? Have you used your credit card to pay for any of those presents? Chances are that most of us have used credit cards for our holiday shopping and many of us even use credit cards for every day purchases.