May 22nd 2013 1:00PM
By Scott Sheldon Securing a mortgage today requires careful consideration of all the figures associated with the transaction. The biggest figures that most homebuyers pay attention to include loan amount, interest rate, closing costs and the one most benign to consumers, the annual percentage rate (APR for short), which... Continue Reading »
May 13th 2013 11:30AM
By Alison Paoli Mortgages are tricky and often hard to understand. Because most people only purchase a home every five to seven years, prospective homebuyers understandably don't spend a lot of time in the interim educating themselves about mortgages and the mortgage process. With the real estate market picking up and... Continue Reading »
May 9th 2013 11:59AM
By Les Christie The housing market is heating up, yet many house hunters are not prepared to take on the biggest purchases of their lives. When it comes to mortgages, homebuyers answered basic questions about terms, how to choose a lender and financing wrong nearly one-third of the time, according to an April survey of... Continue Reading »
Oct 31st 2012 10:44AM
A majority of the largest metropolitan areas in the U.S. recently received good news on the mortgage front, as foreclosures dropped in the third quarter. Home seizure activity slumped on an annual basis in 62 percent of the nation's 212 largest population centers during the period, according to the latest data from the... Continue Reading »
Jul 27th 2012 4:30PM
By Gerri Detweiler Are you getting ready to shop for a mortgage? You may be intimidated by stories about how much more difficult it can be to qualify these days, but don't let that stop you. Borrowers are still getting loans, and when they do, their rates are often remarkably low. Still, to land a sweet deal... Continue Reading »
