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(Kristen) Welcome to Money Matters at 757 with Justin Chastain. And Justin, for those who want to buy a home, how do we know if we’re financially ready or if we’re ever ready?

(Justin) Are we ever ready? There always usually seems to be something that comes up. But the key to this is to make sure you have a mindful spending account, create a budget, and make sure that whatever your payments are — that you are looking at in ...

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(Kristen) Welcome to Money Matters at 757 with Justin Chastain. And Justin, we are thinking about our credit scores today. So let’s start with the basics: what is it, and why is it important?

(Justin) So it’s important because your credit score is a calculation of how risky you are to default on payments. The score’s calculated by how well you’re making your payments — that’s the biggest bulk of it — how much credit you’ve used based on your credit ...

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(Kristen) Welcome to Money Matters at 757 with Justin Chastain. And Justin, if folks are thinking of buying a home right now, what are some of the things they need to be considering?

(Justin) So, there’s several things, but let’s start with the positive, right? New Year, let’s start it off on the right foot.

(Justin) The positives would be, over time in the average, home ownership and the value of your home appreciates. The other thing is you get to be ...

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(Kristen) Welcome to Money Matters at 757 with Justin Chastain. And, Justin, we are looking at the difference today between credit and debit cards. So, we have both in our wallet. What’s the difference?

(Justin) Well, the major difference is a credit card is going to be based off your credit score and credit report, and they’re going to give you a credit limit. Your debit card is going to be based off of the amount you have in your checking ...