Picking a mortgage lender (Bankrate.com via Yahoo! Finance)
You may not need a mortgage broker, depending on your credit, says Dr. Don.
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No deposit ... no mortgage (The New Zealand Herald) Home buyers with no deposit wanting 100 per cent finance will now find it extremely difficult, if not impossible, to get a mortgage.read more...
Fresh warnings on housing costs "The long-term rate of house building hasn't kept up with rising demand, causing long-term house prices to increase" The gap between incomes and house prices has grown rapidly The
Building fraudsters rip off Durban homeowners Fraudsters are cashing in on the rush by home owners to renovate. Aggrieved home owners have flooded consumer organisation switchboards to complain of shoddy workmanship or builders who disappear with
A Measure of Change Houses built now are bigger, but they're on smaller lots. More people are living in the suburbs, but not necessarily in a house with a yard. And the typical
Mortgage Lenders Network Halts Loans as Housing Slows (Update3) (Bloomberg.com) Jan. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Mortgage Lenders Network USA Inc. became the third company in a month to stop issuing some loans as U.S. housing sales slowed and defaults by borrowers
5 ways to beat the AMT Marile Robinson, 52, had just bought her dream home a few years ago when her accountant gave her a nasty shock: She owed an unexpected $290,000 in taxes.read more...