A credit report error can cost an Ohio borrower a lower rate before a single missed payment ever happens. A Federal Trade Commission study for Congress found 1 in 20 consumers had a credit report error serious enough to mean worse terms on a loan. That mismatch is costly. These are the credit report errors…
New York homeowners pay close to $1,660 a year for home insurance coverage. A portion of that number is more negotiable than many policyholders realize. These are the home insurance discounts many New York owners already qualify for and don’t always receive. Note: This is general information, not insurance advice. Coverage and terms are subject…
The average household leak wastes more than 9,300 gallons of water a year, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Unfortunately for homeowners, it’s not always from a leak you can easily see. These are the charges that turn one hidden leak into a doubled North Carolina water bill. Note: This is general information, not financial…
A single candy bar tucked into an otherwise tax-exempt Hy-Vee order can change what Wisconsin taxes on the delivery charge sitting next to it. That’s only one surprise inside Hy-Vee’s Aisles Online checkout. Wisconsin shoppers who order through the app run into a handful more, many of them easy to miss until their total lands….
A Pennsylvania homeowner who gets a Change of Assessment Notice has, in most counties, 40 days from the date on that notice to file an appeal, not the usual August or September deadline many residents already missed this year. That clock is shorter than it sounds. Here’s how to appeal a Pennsylvania property tax assessment…
The quickest way to replace a lost Social Security card in Florida is usually online through a my Social Security account, and it never costs a cent. A new card typically arrives by mail in 5 to 10 business days once the request goes through. That’s the short version. One detail trips up more people…
A Meijer credit card in a shopper’s wallet earns points at a gas station across town, nowhere near a Meijer aisle. Same account, a completely different store. Few shoppers expect that same card to earn anything once they’ve left a Meijer register. These are the Meijer perks Michigan shoppers never think to use. 1. Shop…
Virginia spreads its senior property tax relief across 95 counties and 38 independent cities. No two set the same income line or the same deadline. A homeowner who checked one county’s rules years ago and didn’t qualify may not know the new county they moved to runs the numbers differently. These are the Virginia property…
More than a third of U.S. drivers say they’ve ended up in a full-blown argument over a parking spot. It rarely takes much to set one off. More than 70 Publix stores share parking lots across South Carolina, and a handful of driver habits repeat at nearly all of them. These are the Publix parking…
Fuelperks+ has been dead since Jan. 25, 2024. Giant Eagle folded it into myPerks that day, and the savings behind every gas discount changed with it. myPerks still ranks among the more generous free loyalty programs at an Ohio grocery store. But no rewards program gets everything right. These are the myPerks mistakes we think…
