FHA Loan vs Conventional Loan: The Side-by-Side Breakdown Buyers Actually Need
Buyers with a 720+ score and 5% down can save $40,000 over the loan's life by going conventional — here's exactly what tips the FHA vs conventional loan decision.
Tighter Rules for Reverse Mortgages Goes Into Effect
Beginning October 1, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) has put into effect major changes to the agency’s reverse mortgage program also known as the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) program....
Real Estate Bidding Wars Are Back
With the recent uptick in the housing market, real estate bidding wars seem to have made a tremendous resurgence.
The War on Robocalls Continues
Although there is less telemarketing than before, robocalls are still around and alive, despite efforts by both consumers and government agencies to end it.
Growing Wealth by Buying the Farm
What might be a good real estate investment at this time? Consider buying a farm. Here’s why.
What’s it Mean if Housing is the New Stock Market
If housing is Now Like the Stock Market, what does it mean? Everybody has been writing about the financial meltdown just a few years ago, it seems, but not...
Winterizing Your Home – Spend Some Time and Save Some Money
It’s not too early to think about the upcoming winter and your heating bills. If you spend some time now and do some relatively easy (and fairly inexpensive) things around...
Is It Too Late to Save Money by Refinancing?
The ship appears to have sailed on extraordinarily low rates, but is it too late for you to save money on your current mortgage through refinancing?
Housing Starts and Permits Weak Ahead of Fed Decision
A slowdown in multi-family activity put a drag on U.S. housing starts as the indicator increased less than expected, according to the New Residential Construction Report. Total housing starts, which...
A Higher Education Look at the College Student Housing Market
It wasn’t that long ago (perhaps in my time and yours) when most off-campus student housing was best described as bare-bones. It was generally provided by small mom-and-pops in college...
Are Rising Home Prices Making Renting a Better Option?
With home prices increasing significantly as of late, does it make more sense to rent? Currently, renting is cheaper than buying a house.
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Renting with bad credit is always difficult. But, here are four ways to make it just a little bit easier.
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How could paying down or paying off your mortgage early be a bad idea? Well, here is actually why paying down your mortgage might not be the best idea.
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Just when you think it can’t get any more absurd in the Euro zone, there seems to be a trial being released suggesting that interest rates fall below zero.
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