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• If you’re careful, a used-car lease can yield a low-cost creampuff

  For someone on a fixed budget who is prepared to do a bit of homework, leasing a used car can be a great deal.

  4 min read Jan 01, 1986

  

• Six-year car loans: Opportunities with risks

  Car buyers may be tempted to take advantage of six-year car loans, a relatively new development in car financing, but the Consumer Bankers Association warns against it.

  2 min read Jan 01, 1986

  

• New rules may end some dealers’ practice of rolling old balance into new car loan

  New federal disclosure rules require auto dealers to clearly spell out the financing amount for car buyers who are buried in their trade-ins.

  3 min read Jan 01, 1986

  

• Interest rate averages drop, auto loans remain high

  The trend toward securitization in automobile loan financing is eroding the previous link between car loan interest rates and other interest rates

  1 min read Jan 01, 1986

  

• Questions to ask when buying a used car online

  Questions to ask when buying a used car online.

  1 min read Jan 01, 1986

  

• How to negotiate the best loan with the car dealer

  It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to get a good car loan through a dealer, but it does take some preparation.

  1 min read Jan 01, 1986

  

• Risk-based interest rates let borrowers with dinged credit buy a car

  Risk-based interest rates let borrowers with flawed credit buy cars.

  3 min read Jan 01, 1986

  

• Car buyers may find best loan deal with dealer

  The best place to make a car loan is through a customer’s bank or credit union. But many car buyers have learned that dealers can find lower interest rates.

  4 min read Jan 01, 1986

  

• Florida car dealer makes an unusual offer: Buy a car, get a secured credit card

  A car dealer is giving away secured credit cards to its auto buyers.

  2 min read Jan 01, 1986

  

• Lease-like auto loans offer the best of two worlds

  Credit unions often offer hybrid deals that are structured like auto loans, but carry lease-like payments.

  3 min read Jan 01, 1986