The credit score average for approved mortgage applicant was 750 last month. From The Today Show from NBC, here are basic tips to maximize your FICO.

For today's home buyers and refinancing households, the value of "good credit" has never been higher.

Lenders are reserving lowest rates for the customers with high FICOs. Here's a few ways to improve your credit score quickly.

After a half-decade of tightening mortgage guidelines, banks are starting to "loosen up".

With Halloween behind us, retailers are in the Holiday Spirit. Businesses know that consumers spent a median $556 on holiday gifts last year and they want this year to be just as strong.