Jun 13, 2012

Student Loan Debt Falls From a Year Ago

CreditKarma.com (<a href="https://www.creditkarma.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">www.creditkarma.com</a>), the consumer's credit advocate, today released its U.S. Credit Score Climate Report with trend data for May 2012. Nationally, credit card debt decreased slightly in May, down .2% to $5,637 from April 2012. Student loan debt is also down, falling 2% year-over-year to $29,088, with residents in Nevada ($26,456) and New Mexico ($25,332) boasting biggest decreases at 12% and 11% respectively.

May 16, 2012

Consumer Mortgage Debt Falls Three Percent Since April 2011

CreditKarma.com (<a href="https://www.creditkarma.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">www.creditkarma.com</a>), the consumer's credit advocate, today released its U.S. Credit Score Climate Report with trend data for April 2012. Consumer credit card and mortgage spending slowed from a year ago, with the average credit card debt per consumer falling 13% to $5,650 and the average mortgage debt decreasing 3% to $166,631.

Apr 11, 2012

Student Loan Debt Up 12 Percent in First Quarter of the Year

CreditKarma.com (<a href="https://www.creditkarma.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">www.creditkarma.com</a>), the consumer's credit advocate, today released its U.S. Credit Score Climate Report with trend data for March and Q1 2012. Credit card debt fell 11 percent nationally since December to $5,871.

Mar 14, 2012

Credit Card Debt Remains Stable

CreditKarma.com (<a href="https://www.creditkarma.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">www.creditkarma.com</a>), the consumer's credit advocate, today released its U.S. Credit Score Climate Report with trend data for February 2012. Since January, credit card debt increased slightly to $6,105. Despite this increase, credit card debt is still down 15 percent year-over-year.

Jan 17, 2012

Consumers Pay Down Credit Card Debt By 11 Percent In 2011

Credit Karma (<a href="https://www.creditkarma.com">www.creditkarma.com</a>), the consumer's credit advocate, today released its U.S. Credit Score Climate Report with trend data for December 2011. Since December 2010, all 50 states have reduced their credit card debt with credit card debt falling 11 percent nationally to $6,576.

Jan 3, 2012

Creditkarma.com Unveils First Free Credit Monitoring Service

Credit Karma (<a href="https://www.creditkarma.com">www.creditkarma.com</a>), the consumer's credit advocate, today became the first company to offer free credit monitoring to all U.S. consumers. The new feature will monitor a consumer's credit file on a daily basis and alert the member when a significant change occurs.

Oct 2, 2011

Consumer Credit Scores Drop Two Points Since January 2010

Credit Karma (<a href="https://www.creditkarma.com">www.creditkarma.com</a>), the consumer's credit advocate, today released its U.S. Credit Score Climate Report with trend data for January 2011. Nationally, credit scores are 667, down one point since December 2010 and down two points from January 2010.

Sep 14, 2011

Credit Card Debt Falls 18 Percent Since August 2010, According to CreditKarma.com

Credit Karma (<a href="https://www.creditkarma.com">www.creditkarma.com</a>), the consumer's credit advocate, today released its U.S. Credit Score Climate Report with trend data for August 2011. Although the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported a slightly lower year-over-year 9.1 percent unemployment rate for August 2011, consumer debt continues to decrease.

Jun 9, 2011

Consumer Mortgage Debt Drops Two Percent Since May 2010, According To CreditKarma.com

Credit Karma (<a href="https://www.creditkarma.com">www.creditkarma.com</a>), the consumer's credit advocate, today released its U.S. Credit Score Climate Report with trend data for May 2011. Consumer credit card and mortgage spending slowed from a year ago, with the average credit card debt per consumer falling 15 percent to $6,470 and the average mortgage debt decreasing two percent to $172,957.