Home mortgage rates to jump for one in eight (San Jose Mercury News)
About one in eight U.S. mortgage borrowers ``will get tested’’ by upcoming jumps in their monthly house payments, an industry economist said last month.
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Outsmart Private Mortgage Insurance (Investopedia) One of the risk measures lenders use in underwriting a mortgage is the mortgage's loan to value (LTV) ratio . A mortgage's LTV ratio is a simple calculation made by
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A Lesson in Home Comfort Jim Powell, left, and Craig Jones installed a $50,800 comfort system in the Bavas' 5,625-sq. ft.read more...
Buying a House vs. Renting a House Liz Pulliam Weston published a column explaining why it's smarter to buy rather than rent a home .read more...
November emerges as rate-cut hope Mortgage-holders and other borrowers can expect a rate cut by November after weaker-than-expected retail sales and slowing inflation signalled the economy is moving closer to stalling.read more...
7 mortgage brokers shut down by state (Boston Globe) The state yesterday shut down seven mortgage brokers in Massachusetts and banned a variety of deceptive lending practices in what regulators called a sweeping crackdown on rogue brokers who steer