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Mortgage rates fell this week -- and should level off -- after the Fed stopped pushing rates up
Mortgage rates have tumbled more than a third of a point over the past six weeks, retreating back to where they were in mid-April....more...
20 Aug 2008 -
Mortgage rates fell this week -- and should level off -- after the Fed stopped pushing rates up
Mortgage rates have tumbled more than a third of a point over the past six weeks, retreating back to where they were in mid-April....more...
20 Aug 2008 -
Mortgage rates fell again this week -- could the peak be past?
Mortgage rates have plunged more than a quarter of a point over the past five weeks, retreating back towards where they were in late April and early May....more...
20 Aug 2008 -
Mortgage rates keep falling this week . Could they have peaked after steadily increasing for two years?
Mortgage rates have plunged more than a quarter of a point over the past five weeks, retreating back towards where they were in late April and early May....more...
20 Aug 2008 -
Condo-Hotel Buyers See Investments Sour
Many investors who purchased condo hotel rooms during the real-estate boom are wishing they hadn't. Some frustrated owners are bringing these projects to the attention of regulators....more...
7 Apr 2008 -
Five Questions to Ask Before Remodeling
Before you redo your home make sure you know how big a renovation you can afford and how long you will remain in your residence....more...
7 Apr 2008 -
Mortgage Relief Programs Aren't Helping Much
Up until now, state efforts to help distressed homeowners refinance have had negligible results. A new federal bill may give them additional tools....more...
7 Apr 2008 -
Selling History By the Square Foot
In a backlash against vinyl-clad McMansions developers are creating communities with houses that look like they were built centuries ago, but with modern trappings....more...
6 Apr 2008 -
FHA Loans Grow Costly As Banks Add Fees
Lenders that make loans insured by the Federal Housing Administration are adding costs and restrictions that make those mortgages more expensive for consumers and less widely available....more...
6 Apr 2008 -
States Move Fast On Mortgage Aid
Local governments are acting more aggressively to help homeowners avoid foreclosure, frustrated by what they view as the federal government's inadequate response to the mortgage crisis....more...
6 Apr 2008 -
Fine Tuning the Picture On the Foreclosure Mess
It's not always easy to get an accurate sense of how many foreclosures there actually are and which U.S. locales are the hardest hit. June Fletcher explains why....more...
2 Apr 2008 -
Changing Standards Mean Refinance Now
If you want a lower mortgage rate or a smaller monthly payment then it's usually time to think about refinancing but at this moment there's another reason to immediately consider replacement mortgages: The standards for real estate loans are changing...more...
30 Mar 2007 -
An Insider's Guide To Home Prices, Profits And Inflation
About 75 years ago my grandparents bought a home in what was then a distant and exotic part of New York. Family legend has it that they paid $8,000 for a brick row house in Brooklyn, a property I knew as a child and a home which today has a market va...more...
9 Mar 2007 -
Ways To Avoid Predatory Lenders
They're out there. It doesn't matter where you live, how much you make or whether you're a saint or a sinner, predatory lenders want your business in the worst way. Predatory loans come in two essential forms: First, mortgages designed from day on...more...
13 Feb 2007 -
Reasons To Find Your Mortgage Online
It used to be that there was one piece of sure-fire advice for anyone who needed a mortgage: Speak with at least three mortgage lenders before financing or refinancing a home. Today such advice is as useful as typewriter ribbons. The world has cha...more...
31 Jan 2007
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Mortgage rates fell this week -- and should level off -- after the Fed stopped pushing rates up
Mortgage rates have tumbled more than a third of a point over the past six weeks, retreating back to...more...
20 Aug 2008 -
Mortgage rates fell this week -- and should level off -- after the Fed stopped pushing rates up
Mortgage rates have tumbled more than a third of a point over the past six weeks, retreating back to...more...
20 Aug 2008 - more news
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Condo-Hotel Buyers See Investments Sour
Many investors who purchased condo hotel rooms during the real-estate boom are wishing they hadn't....more...
7 Apr 2008 -
Five Questions to Ask Before Remodeling
Before you redo your home make sure you know how big a renovation you can afford and how long you wi...more...
7 Apr 2008 - more news
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Changing Standards Mean Refinance Now
If you want a lower mortgage rate or a smaller monthly payment then it's usually time to think about...more...
30 Mar 2007 -
An Insider's Guide To Home Prices, Profits And Inflation
About 75 years ago my grandparents bought a home in what was then a distant and exotic part of New Y...more...
9 Mar 2007 - more news