Articles filed under Mortgages
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Your house isn't a piggy bankAug 19, 2018 1:00 am - Your home equity could keep you afloat in retirement or bail you out in an emergency - but not if you spend it first. U.S. homeowners are sitting on nearly $6 trillion o...
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Sending kids to college increases the chances you'll lose your houseAug 12, 2018 1:12 am - The financial distress caused by college tuition worsened the foreclosure crisis at the heart of the Great Recession. New research in the journal Demography shows that i...
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Black homeownership is stuck near 30-year lowsJul 15, 2018 1:00 am - Jani Tillery thought she would be a homeowner by now. Her parents bought a house in the Detroit suburbs in the late 1970s while living on a modest income. Her mother was...
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Don't let a down payment scare you away from buying first houseJun 10, 2018 1:00 am - College is over, but you still have to do the kind of math that matters. Like: How am I supposed to save $50,000 for a down payment on a house? If this question sends yo...
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Want to buy real estate abroad? Tips on qualifying for loansJun 10, 2018 1:00 am - American April Hess borrowed from a Belize bank to finance the construction of her house on Panama's Pacific coast. The most the Belize bank was willing to lend was 50 p...
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Is it time to harvest your home's value?May 27, 2018 1:05 am - Homeowners might be feeling richer lately, and it's not necessarily because the recent tax cut has left more dollars in their paychecks. Rising home values are creating ...
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Mortgage rates haven't been this high since 2013Apr 26, 2018 1:00 am - Mortgage rates surged to their highest level in almost five years this week. According to the latest data released Thursday by Freddie Mac, the 30-year fixed-rate averag...
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3 ways parents can help grown kids own a homeApr 15, 2018 1:10 am - When responsible first-time homebuyers need help buying a home, the family bank sometimes can lend a hand. Younger homebuyers face a mountain of obstacles, including ris...
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Surprise! Homes are more affordable now than in the pastApr 08, 2018 1:07 am - Anyone looking at rising housing prices - especially people who would like to buy their first home now - would assume that houses are less affordable than ever before. H...
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Survey: Few retired people expect to pay off their mortgagesApr 01, 2018 1:00 am - Burning the mortgage deed in celebration of owning your home free and clear, once a ritual for most older Americans on their way to retirement, has become less common. A...