New program cuts mortgage insurance costs for first-timers (BizJournals)
The Florida Housing Finance Corp. unveiled a new program to help first-time home buyers in the Sunshine State receive lower mortgage payments.
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Consolidating Student Loans The interest rate for student loans are at a historic low of 2.7%. But come July 1st those rates will increase.via
30-year mortgage rates lift to 5.77% (Poughkeepsie Journal) WASHINGTON Rates on 30-year mortgages, after falling for five straight weeks, edged up a bit last week, reflecting in part indications that the recent economic slowdown would be short-lived.via
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Mortgage tax revenue down about 42 percent for LI (Newsday) Mortgage tax collection across Long Island plunged by about $94 million, or 42 percent, in the first half of this year compared with the same period in 2007, a result
Mortgage Loan Limits Raised In 14 Counties (NBC 11 Bay Area) The government raises the mortgage limits for loans guaranteed by the Federal Housing Administration in 14 high-cost California counties Wednesday.read more...
American Home Mortgage Delays Dividend Payment (Seeking Alpha via Yahoo! Finance) Jim Kingsland submits: On July 20th, Forbes.com presented its readers with this soothing ditty on American Home Mortgage : American Home Mortgage Back On Track?. The article prominently featured