How to Attract Busy Contractors to Your Home Remodel
Brian Gawthrop has waited over six months to remodel his home. The Washington state-based certified financial planner and his wife have a long enough wish list to keep a contractor…
Annie Millerbernd
Annie Millerbernd is a NerdWallet authority on personal loans. Before joining NerdWallet in 2019, she worked as a news reporter in California, a data reporter at the San Antonio Express-News and a digital content specialist at USAA. Her work has been cited by the Northwestern University Law Review and featured in The Associated Press, USA Today and MarketWatch. She’s also been quoted in New York magazine and appeared on NerdWallet's "Smart Money" podcast as well as local TV and radio.
Posts by Annie Millerbernd:
Hardship Loans: How to Borrow Money During a Financial Setback
A financial hardship can add stress to an already-difficult situation, like when your vehicle breaks down, someone in your household loses their job or a family member requires expensive medical…
How Purchase Plans and Pay Advances Could Change in 2022
It’s been a big year for nontraditional financing options like “buy now, pay later” and cash advance apps. Buy now, pay later companies offer at-checkout financing that lets shoppers split…
Cash Advance Apps Can Hurt More Than Help at the Holidays
Cash flow can get tight around the holidays when bills must compete with things like gifts and travel for space in your budget. Paycheck advance apps offer a cash boost.…
What to Expect After Paying Off an Installment Loan
Paying off a loan is a major milestone. Whether you’ve finally cleared your student debt, paid off a home improvement loan or own your car outright, making your last loan…
5 Features to Look For in a Personal Loan
You’ve researched a few different financing options and settled on a personal loan, but your work isn’t done yet. The next step is to decide which lender can make you…
Personal Loan Rates and Debt Statistics: 2021
Personal loans accounted for $148 billion in consumer debt in the fourth quarter of 2020, a decline from the same period in 2019, according to credit bureau TransUnion. Personal loans…
LendUp No Longer Offers Installment or Single-Payment Loans
LendUp, an online lender that offered high-interest installment and single-payment loans to borrowers with poor credit, no longer originates new loans, according to a December 2021 announcement from the Consumer…
Installment Loan Calculator
An installment loan is money you borrow in a lump sum and repay in fixed payments over a few months or years. An installment loan calculator can help you see…
Wells Fargo Won’t Close Personal Lines of Credit After All
A month after Wells Fargo made news for its decision to close customers’ existing personal lines of credit, the bank has changed course and will leave the lines open. The…
