Mortgage
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Real Estate
What is a ‘Zombie Mortgage’?
Has your mortgage come back from the dead? It probably wasn’t really gone, it was likely just hiding.
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Economy
A Way to Beat High Mortgage Rates? Take Over Someone Else’s Loan.
Assumable mortgages — or low-rate mortgages that home buyers can take over from home sellers — are making a comeback.…
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World
The Case for Letting Mortgages Move With Us
What if you could move to a new home but keep the mortgage that you took out on the old…
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Economy
A 30-Year Trap: The Problem With America’s Weird Mortgages
Buying a home was hard before the pandemic. Somehow, it keeps getting harder. Prices, already sky-high, have gotten even higher,…
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World
The Fed Has Put Our Housing Market in Jeopardy
The Federal Reserve’s relentless attack on inflation is jeopardizing our housing market. The resulting damage is not only having an…
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Real Estate
Trying for a Mortgage? Here’s How Much Money You Need to Make.
Qualifying incomes for standard mortgages on typical homes have gone through the roof. Especially in California.
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Economy
A Higher Monthly Payment, but Less Square Footage
Homebuilders are responding to rising interest rates with an innovation: a small house in the traditionally spacious exurbs.
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Economy
Why Britain’s Mortgage Holders Are Being Squeezed
The Bank of England’s campaign to curb inflation is pushing up monthly payments for millions of homeowners.
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Economy
Mortgage Fees (Seriously) Spurred Outrage on TikTok. Here’s Why.
Changes to fees applied to federal mortgages have led to a misconception that borrowers with low credit scores will pay…
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Real Estate
Renting Rather Than Buying? Here’s Where You’ll Save the Most.
Although renting is still cheaper than paying a mortgage in most U.S. metro areas, the gap between the two is…
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