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Now may be the best time ever to refinance
5 facts you should know about mortgage-interest tax deductions
How to get a VA mortgage approved quickly
Time to stop renting and buy a home?
A refinancing option that can save you even more
The "Best" Mortgage Lenders Aren’t Always Best For You
FHA loans not limited to first-time buyers
Fannie Mae to Pay Some Closing Costs
In an effort to boost sales of its REO properties, Fannie Mae said it would help pay for closing costs for qualified home buyers. Home buyers will receive up to 3.5% of the sales price for closing costs on a property they will live in as their primary residence. The aid can also go towards [...]
More Families Turn to Homeless Shelters
More families are ending up in homeless shelters because they can’t make it in this economy. From 2007 to 2009 the number of families in homeless shelters rose to 170,000 from 131,000, according to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
Unemployment is obviously a huge factor when it comes to families becoming homeless. The New [...]
Homeowners Squeezed by Housing Costs, Report Says
The Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University recently released its State of the National Housing 2010 report and found that 40.3 million households spend more than 30% of their incomes on housing in 2008, and 18.6 million spend more than half their incomes on housing.Â
The report also found that one in seven homeowners [...]