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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.
Provides potential borrowers with a brief primer on Truth In Lending Requirements and explains new regulations enacted to ensure that consumers are informed about loan related fees and costs.
These are some sensible rules for first-time homebuyers or even existing owners who want to buy another house. My favorite: the eight hour rule. If you can't get a good eight hours sleep a night...
The real estate market may be stabilizing, but $908 billion of interest only loans may keep real estate down for the next decade. In the next year, $71 billion of interest only loans will reset....
The $8,000 homebuyer tax credit for first-time homebuyers is scheduled to end on December 1, 2009. Since it can easily take 90 days to close on a house, there is not much time if you are interested...
Many a loan was killed by an appraisal, that could have been avoided by simple communication between borrower and lender. Here are some of the things I have run up against and hopefully this will...
Century 21 CEO discusses the real estate market and of course he's not that gloomy. It's his job to keep the houses selling. He lists four factors that are key to homesales and points out that...
This is the first in a three part series on shopping for a mortgage. I have written this from the perspective of one who has been on the inside as a Mortgage Consultant. I have found that the...