Funds will help 300 NC renters and homeowners buy and keep their homes Raleigh, NC – March 26, 2011 – The Homeownership Center, a division of Raleigh, N.C.-based CESI Solutions, a leading nonprofit credit counseling agency, announced today that it is one of the proud recipients of a grant from the United States Department of […]

White House, HUD and CESI Solutions Salute Local Housing Counselors as “Champions of Change” Raleigh, NC – On Thursday, March 1 in Los Angeles, California, the White House and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development honored the eleven housing counselors as Champions of Change for their hard work, perseverance and dedication to their communities. […]

Raleigh, NC – March 14, 2012 – Consumer Education Services Inc., a national non-profit organization providing credit counseling and debt management services, is proud to announce that founder and CEO, Dr. Diane Chen has received an Enterprising Women of the Year award for 2012 by Enterprising Women magazine. This award honors women business owners who […]

CESI’s Executive Vice President Neil Ellington was interviewed for this post on WalletPop on secret spending and financial infidelity. “People don’t want their partner knowing about their spending,” says Neil Ellington, Executive Vice President at CESI. “They’re not communicating soon enough, and they don’t sit down and say, ‘I need things that are independent from […]

Raleigh, NC – February 15, 2011 – Consumer Education Services Inc., a national nonprofit credit counseling agency, is proud to announce that its founder and president, Dr. Diane Chen, has been appointed to the Advisory Board for Enterprising Women magazine. Dr. Chen will be one of several Advisory Board members to participate in a panel […]

Are you wondering how you can save a chunk of money in the New Year? MSN Money recently posted an outstanding article on How to save $5000 in 2012 linking to CESI’s site following an interview with CESI’s Director of Outreach – Tracy East. Some of the ideas you might want to try: Analyze your […]

Consumer Education Services, Inc.: Survey Results from September 2011 This survey was commissioned by the national nonprofit credit counseling agency, Consumer Education Services, Inc. in September 2011. Respondents had no affiliation with CESI and were recruited online by a third party research company. This is part 1 of a 2 part poll. Part 2 results not yet […]

Majority of parents believe children should be required to take course on how to use credit cards Raleigh, NC-December, 2011 – It is every parent’s wish for their children to learn from their mistakes. A recent survey of parents with credit card debt found that when it comes to the lessons learned from the Great […]

Raleigh, NC – October 27, 2011 – Twenty families in Wake County no longer face foreclosure, thanks to The Homeownership Center, a division of CESI Solutions, a Raleigh-based national nonprofit credit counseling agency. The Center announced today that it has disbursed $285,000 in assistance to Triangle homeowners as a Participating Housing Counseling Organization for the […]

Consumers ARE Confident – Just Not in the Government! CESI’s recent consumer survey was featured on a recent post by CNBC’s Cindy Perman. The CNBC post states: “…a recent survey shows that consumers — specifically consumers struggling with personal debt — are actually pretty confident in their ability to pay off their own debt. In the […]