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As part of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008, the IRS authorizes a deduction of up to $7,500 for qualified first-time homebuyers.
What does that mean? Read on for an explanation.
Average mortgage rates moved very little over the past week with the 30-year fixed rate mortgage moving up 1 basis points from 4.95% to 4.96%. The BestCashCow averages also rose slightly, with the...
Fannie Mae has gotten into the foreclosure game with a program called Homepath. The program provides special financing on select foreclosed properties from certain lenders.
Upside-down mortgages are becoming more and more common due these days due to the recent problems in the mortgage industry. It may be more difficult to refinance an upside-down mortgage, but it is...
I have a discussion with a friend of mine on whether it is better to buy a house when interest rates are low, as they are today, or high. I think the recent real estate collapse provides the answer.
There's been a lot of discussion on financial sites about whether mortgage rates are going to rise once the Fed stops purchasing mortgage backed securities. The general consensus is that it they...
Leader Bank's Senior Loan Officer Jim O' Malley provides some tips and insight into how to get the best possible mortgage: what your FICO score needs to be, what small mistakes can really hurt your...
This is an interesting article from the Wall Street Journal about mortgage foreclosure fraud. What is especially extraordinary is how easy it is to perpetrate.
With interest rates on 30 year fixed-rate mortgage loans falling below 5%, the lowest level since the 1950s, many borrowers are keen to refinance their home loans and save tens of thousands of...
Mark Zandi, the chief economist of Moody's Economy.com predicts that we are not through the housing correction yet. According to him, housing will fall 5-10% more nationally and as much as 30% in...