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Why Getting a Mortgage Will Never Be the Same Lots of changes are happening to the mortgage market. |
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Mortgage Power for Everyone Arm yourself with information before shopping for a home loan. |
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Finding 'Harmony' in Refi Loans 1st Commonwealth of Virginia offers a new kind of loan aimed at retaining customers in times of lower rates, when borrowers typically defect. |
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Think Twice Before You Refinance You may not have considered these factors. |
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Curtains for the American Dream? How trouble with Fannie and Freddie could affect your ability to get a mortgage. |
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Beware This Mercurial Mortgage The potentially risky ARM home loan is once again gaining popularity. |
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Can You Really Just Walk Away? Giving up on your mortgage and letting the bank foreclose on your property might seem easy, but how smart is it? |
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December 12, 2007
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Early Christmas for Mortgage Borrowers There's some good news on the mortgage front for a change. Lending has not come to a grinding halt. In fact, for those who have good credit and qualify for standard fixed-rate loans, mortgages have actually gotten more affordable. |
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Save Money on Your Mortgage Why spend more than you have to? There are a few ways you might be able to save money on the next mortgage you secure. |
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Last Call for Smart Homeowners The Fed's recent move has triggered a sharp downtick in mortgage rates. If you want to refinance, it may be now or never. |
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A New Kind of Refi Maybe homeowners are smarter than some people think. The share of the refinancing market attributable to adjustable-rate mortgages is at its lowest level since mid-2003. |
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February 14, 2007
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How Bad Credit Can Cost You Being careless with your credit scores could drain your piggy bank. Your credit score determines not only whether you can get a loan or a line of credit, but it also determines the interest rates that a bank or lender charges. |
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January 14, 2009
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Why the Housing Problem Isn't Going Away Low mortgage rates should be fixing everything. So why aren't they? |
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January 25, 2008
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Rate Cut Means Refi Madness Mortgages are almost at record low rates. Does this mean we will return to the days of easy money? |
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Homebuying With Good Credit, Little Cash Will this newfangled kind of mortgage help you buy a house? |
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Buying Stocks With Your Home Refinancing your home in order to get capital to invest in the stock market may not be a good idea. |
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The Negative Amortization Trap Negative amortization loans are the only way some homeowners can buy their homes, but they present a trap for the unwary. Only by managing your finances carefully can you avoid a potentially disastrous result. |
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Tips For First-Time Home Buyers Though many homeowners are shaking their fists at the current housing market, this much is certain: Those considering a first home have a great opportunity to score their dream pad at a fraction of the cost. |
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Points for Mortgage Savvy It doesn't always pay to pay discount points. |
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March 26, 2007
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Here Come the Mortgage Regulators With subprime lending continuing to plummet, House and Senate hearings run the risk of further retarding a recovery in housing. |
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Don't Fail This Mortgage Quiz Avoid payment shock by knowing your mortgage's intimate details. |
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Lenders Switch On Their Back-Up Systems After one of the nation's largest mortgage lenders announced earnings 17% below expectations, investors wondered if the nation's three-year-long mortgage bonanza might end not with a soft landing but with an earnings-pummeling thud. |
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Falling Into the Subprime Trap If any good comes from the bursting of the housing bubble, it will be that homeowners and borrowers may act more responsibly about buying property and taking on mortgage debt. |
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9 Mortgage Don'ts But no matter how much you owe, unless you're a lottery winner, you've probably used a mortgage to buy your home. Here are some tips on what not to do when making one of the biggest purchases of your life. |
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Why You May Not Need to Refinance If you're a homeowner with an adjustable-rate mortgage, the refinancing question may be plaguing you right now. These five steps will help you determine if refinancing your mortgage is really necessary. |
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What's Your Down Payment? Learn to determine how much you should put down when buying a home. |
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Free Mortgage? Look Again Free offers are rarely simple acts of kindness. When you see a no-cost mortgage, ask your lender about what exactly is free. |
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The Mortgage Crisis: Where to Go for Help The Fed's decision to lower interest rates means more people might be looking for home loans again. These Web-based resources can help you avoid the risky ones, and find the loan that's right for you. |
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Home Buyers: ARMed And Dangerous? Adjustable-rate mortgages are pulling in new buyers -- but the risks are high |
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Risky Mortgages Still Plentiful Learn a lesson from the current mortgage mess. Mortgage money is still some of the cheapest money available, and can provide a smart financial move, but be careful about creative financing tactics that seem too good to be true. |
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40 Years Is a Bad Way to Spell Relief Countrywide and other mortgage companies begin promoting 40-year mortgages. Investors, don't jump into this option without much due diligence. |
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Should You Refinance? Now that interest rates have been inching up, does it still make sense to refinance your mortgage? Here are some factors to consider. |
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Time To UnARM Yourself? As rates climb and the housing market cools, it may be time to ditch your adjustable rate mortgage. Here's some help on whether to do so. |
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Home Loans with Bells and Whistles Some new twists on mortgages offer more flexibility -- for a price. |
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Making Up for Missed Payments How to say sorry to your lenders and minimize the damage to your credit. |
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What's Your Down Payment? If you're wondering what percentage of what you're paying for a house should be your down payment, know that there's no single best amount, and it will likely vary according to your situation. |
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So Many Lenders, So Few Takers As housing slumps, the roof is falling in on the overbuilt mortgage industry. |
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August 28, 2006 |
Is Refinancing Worth It? Believe it or not, it may not be too late to refinance your mortgage. |
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