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Home Foreclosures Expected To Ramp Up
Tweet Despite throwing hundreds of billions if not trillions of dollars at the problem, the Obama administration will not be able to exert its increased influence over the financial marketplace
Small Home Lenders Not Feeling Fed Love
Tweet If you are in the market for a home loan, you may find it more difficult to obtain a loan through some of the smaller mortgage banks. Thanks to
High Yielding Savings Accounts, Online Mostly
Tweet Earning 3.35% on your savings account may seem like chump change, but if you recently opened your 401(k) statement and learned that your portfolio plunged by 20% or more,
You Can Save Money For A Down Payment
Tweet Homeownership Is Still Within Your Reach America is coming out of a strange fog, one that first settled down on our country during the heady days of the 1990s.
Mortgage Crisis? Beware of the Predatory Lender!
Tweet With the U.S. housing market experiencing one of its worst downturns in memory, consumers who are in a position to refinance their mortgages in a bid to improve their
Sage Financial Advice From The Wall Street Journal
Tweet Scanning through the Wall Street Journal recently I came upon an article that answered many of the questions I had about the current economic meltdown. The article which was
Is A No Closing Cost Mortgage Right For You?
Tweet Consumers today are feeling the impact of a financial crisis that only seems to be getting worse. Much of the crisis can be traced back to a series of
4 Steps To Applying For A Consumer Loan
Tweet The news lately has been chock full of reports about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac being taken over by the federal government while Merrill Lynch, Lehman Brothers, AIG, WaMu,
Do You Really Need Mortgage Protection Insurance?
Tweet The thought that you may die or become incapacitated can come to mind from time to time, but if you’re like most people you say a prayer and quickly
Going Back Home For Mortgages: How Parents Can Help
Tweet By Sarah Scrafford, Guest Writer You would think that the process of buying a first home just got easy what with the slump in real estate prices, but that’s
Buy Now Or Wait? Timing Isn’t Everything.
Tweet You’ve sat out of the housing market for the past year as you wait for the market to hit bottom, though you possess the wherewithal to purchase a home
Out Of Debt, But Credit Is A Wreck
Tweet Those ads on cable television seem to be played over and over again: companies offering debt management solutions to help you overcome your financial burden. On the surface, they
Second Homes Equal One-Third Of Sales
Tweet The overall decline in the housing market has impacted the purchase of second homes, whether used for vacation or investment purposes, but the fact remains that one-third of all
Foreclosures And A Lease/Buyback Option
Tweet If a court date has been set for the foreclosure of your home, you might yet be able to stay in your home after the court concludes foreclosure. By
REOs — Are They Worth It?
Tweet Home buyers looking for a bargain are taking a close look at the housing market and are witnessing some unique opportunities. For one, prices have fallen — dramatically so
