Category: Auto Loan

Consumer credit growth slows in July to 2.1%

date 09 Sep 2008 | category Auto Loan

MarketWatch
By Rex Nutting, MarketWatch
Last update: 3:06 p.m. EDT Sept. 8, 2008

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) – U.S. consumer debt grew at an annual rate of 2.1% in July, the slowest growth since December, the Federal Reserve reported Monday.
Consumer debt — including …

Rising Car Arson And Insurance Fraud Costs Everyone

date 06 Sep 2008 | category Auto Loan

Cars n Bikes Automotive

Due to the recent economic slowdown which is evidenced by every indicator (except the ones George Bush uses) car and SUV owners with payments they cannot afford are turning to arson to break their debts. …

Business ‘booming’ for repossession industry as owners default on car-loan payments

date 03 Sep 2008 | category Auto Loan

Riverside Press Enterprise

By GREGOR McGAVIN
The Press-Enterprise

With soaring oil and gas prices, record home foreclosures and the cost of just about everything else rising, it seems times are tough for everyone. Except maybe the repo man.

Business is brisk for …

Consumer Reports Analysis: Buying a Late Model Used Car Can Save Thousands Over the First Five Years

date 03 Sep 2008 | category Auto Loan

MarketWatch

Last update: 7:13 p.m. EDT Sept. 2, 2008
YONKERS, N.Y., Sept 02, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ — Buying a three-year-old Toyota Camry can save $13,000 over a five year period
- A new Consumer Reports study of owner costs shows …

Altier Credit Union Offers Cash Back Auto Loan

date 01 Sep 2008 | category Auto Loan

East Valley Living

Credit union helps members put cash in their pocket during tough times

TEMPE, Ariz. – In recognition of our struggling economy, Altier Credit Union, formerly SRP Credit Union, is offering its members an auto loan perk. …

2 Orland car dealers sued over mailers

date 28 Aug 2008 | category Auto Loan

SouthTown Star
http://www.southtownstar.com/business/1129796,0827dealermailers.article

August 27, 2008
Sun-Times News Group

Two Orland Park auto dealers have been sued for deceptive sales and advertising practices by the Illinois attorney general’s office.

The lawsuits against Orland Park Nissan and Infiniti of Orland Park were filed Wednesday by Attorney …