Use of reverse mortgages growing
A growing number of New Hampshire retirees are using the equity in their homes to help pay for expenses.
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Westpac cuts mortgage broker commissions (Port Macquarie News) The global credit crunch has rolled around to Australia's mortgage broking industry with Westpac Banking Corporation moving to cut brokers' commissions to offset its own rising costs.read more...
FBI: mortgage fraud cases have doubled (Provo Daily Herald) WASHINGTON -- The number of mortgage fraud cases investigated by the FBI almost doubled the past three years, reflecting a problem that is "pervasive and growing," the bureau
Fund pays couple's mortgage She already survived cancer once but this was different. This time it was her husband.read more...
Bush Vows to Veto a Mortgage Relief Bill (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance) President Bush sided with banks and mortgage lenders on Tuesday, threatening to veto a bill being offered by Senate Democrats.read more...
Mortgage Clinic: 'Will our daughter find a new 105% deal?' (Independent) 'Our daughter took out a 105 per cent mortgage on a £175,000 flat in 2006, and she's now terrified that she won't find an affordable remortgage when her
Affordability down in state Housing affordability sank an annual 2 percentage points in California and Los Angeles County in June but remained unchanged from May, a trade association said Thursday.read more...