There may be more time to take advantage of low mortgage rates
After waffling on how long low mortgage rates are expected to stick around, some analysts have called for rates to not rise significantly through next year. Honestly, that’s about as specific as anyone...
View ArticleThere are many mortgage options for distressed homeowners
It’s easy to get bummed out by the bum housing market. It’s not so easy for homeowners to find out what kind of help is available to them. Foreclosure is a raw deal for both banks and homeowners, and...
View ArticleMortgages – Help for the Underemployed
ONE of the best ways for homeowners to cut costs is to refinance their mortgage, but qualifying for a new loan that would lower monthly payments can be difficult for those who are underemployed....
View ArticleRefinancing Spikes as Mortgage Rates Fall
Is it time to think about refinancing — or perhaps, re-refinancing? Mortgage refinancing jumped to a three-year high, as interest rates on home loans dropped to new lows, according to a weekly industry...
View ArticleMortgage refinances surge to highest level since April 2009
U.S. 30-year mortgage rate data by YCharts Refi madness is smoking hot. Reacting to record low mortgage rates, borrowers seeking to lower their monthly payments signed up for lower-cost replacement...
View ArticleHow to Take Advantage of Low Rates
With mortgage rates continuing to linger around record lows, potential homebuyers and homeowners considering refinancing should act now before they miss the boat, experts say. According to Freddie Mac,...
View ArticleMany repeat customers refinance mortgages
Brian Flynn and Dora Drimalas have refinanced their house in San Francisco’s Clarendon Heights neighborhood near Twin Peaks twice in the past six months, most recently locking in a 3.5 percent interest...
View ArticleReal Estate Watch: How to refinance a house you are renting out
Refinance your investment homes without the condition of your rental history! Buying a house is an attractive proposition in these days of low mortgage interest rates and fallen prices. But if you want...
View ArticleMortgages By Homebuyers To Pass Refi Loans Mid-Year
Housing recovery has been chugging along for more than a year and is about to pass a couple of milestones. For the first time in more than five years, the number of loan originations for people buying...
View ArticleRefinancing into shorter mortgages appears to grow more popular
The refinancing boom may be cooling down, but the move to shorter mortgages — especially 10-year loans among pre-retirees — appears to be accelerating. Some community banks say 10-year mortgages, once...
View Article5 Tips for Refinancing a Mortgage With Bad Credit
Refinancing your mortgage can save you hundreds of dollars a month and potentially tens of thousands of dollars over the life of a standard 30-year home loan. If you’re nervously watching interest...
View ArticleWhen You Should Refinance Your Home
With the U.S. economy on the road to recovery and interest rates on the rise, many people have already taken advantage of low rates to refinance their mortgages. Yet there still remains time for those...
View ArticleHalf those Eligible have not Refinanced; Fannie Mae asks “Why?”
Nearly half of the homeowners who could refinance their homes have not done so despite the prolonged availability of record low mortgage interest rates. Fannie Mae’s Economic & Strategic Research...
View ArticleUnderwater homeowners STILL ignoring help
They’ve called him. They’ve sent him letters. No matter what Huntington Bancshares employees try, one customer continues to rebuff the bank’s efforts to refinance his mortgage under the federal Home...
View ArticleFewer homeowners are refinancing
There were a lot of positive changes in the mortgage world last year: Foreclosures declined, property values increased, interest rates maintained historic lows, and home sales climbed. As the recovery...
View ArticleDid you refinance your mortgage? Here’s a tax break
If you are among the many who refinanced their home mortgages last year, you are probably in line for some often-overlooked tax deductions on your 2013 Form 1040. Here’s what you need to know....
View ArticleThe Mortgage-Refinancing Chance of Lifetime Is Slipping Away
Is the mortgage-refinancing opportunity of a lifetime slipping away? I suspect the answer is “yes”—and it isn’t because I can forecast interest rates. Rather, the Federal Reserve has announced it’s...
View ArticleThe Mortgage-Refinancing Chance of Lifetime Is Slipping Away
Is the mortgage-refinancing opportunity of a lifetime slipping away? I suspect the answer is “yes”—and it isn’t because I can forecast interest rates. Rather, the Federal Reserve has announced it’s...
View ArticleMortgages are cheap, but shoppers aren’t splurging
Low mortgage rates have cut the cost of borrowing, driving down the interest that Americans pay on home loans to the slowest pace in almost 14 years. But that doesn’t mean that families are splurging....
View ArticleRefinance your home mortgage now
Is the mortgage-refinancing opportunity of a lifetime slipping away? I suspect the answer is “yes”—and it isn’t because I can forecast interest rates. Rather, the Federal Reserve has announced it’s...
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