For First-Time Buyers, Tempting Prices but Tougher Rules
If you’re a first-time home buyer, you’ll find it a little harder to qualify for a mortgage than your counterpart did two years ago.
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Mortgage take-up at 15-month high (Guardian Unlimited) Gross mortgage lending by UK banks added up to £17.8bn in September, the highest monthly total since July 2004, according to figures published today by the British Bankers' Association (BBA).read
H&R Block losses nearly double for the quarter H&R Block Inc. lost $156.5 million during its second quarter, nearly twice its loss a year earlier primarily because of weaker results in its mortgage business.Commentread more...
Photo Release -- Allied Home Mortgage Capital Corporation Opens New Branch Office in Boca Raton (PrimeZone via Yahoo! Finance) Allied Home Mortgage Capital Corporation has opened a new branch in Boca Raton, FL. The branch is the first one in the city and 40th in the state.read more...
Split the Mortgage, Get Tax Benefits? Q: DEAR BOB: I sold my principal residence in January with a capital gain of about $400,000. The same day, I bought another house using the profit as a
Real estate sales on track for third-best year Real estate sales on track for third-best year 30-year fixed to climb to just under 7%, NAR reports Home sales this year are expected to stay below the peak levels
Your Money Matters: Dealing with Rising Mortgage Interest Rates (Hornell Evening Tribune) (ARA) - Many Americans are asking themselves what they should be doing in the wake of rising, and sometimes, fluctuating mortgage rates. It's an important question because for many Americans
May 23rd, 2008
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