New federal rules will make it easier for apartment-dwellers to take their first step into the housing market.
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Entering Homeownership, Apartment Style
Tag Archives: Mortgages
Borrow My Money – Please!
In Denmark, at least one bank pays customers to take out mortgages. What once seemed impossible is becoming the new normal.
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More Bad News For Appraisers
Home sales are up since the Great Recession, but the number of home appraisers is shrinking. It isn’t a coincidence.
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After The Storm, Part Two
Just because your insurance company gives you a check doesn’t mean you are free to spend it as you choose.
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Creative Scrounging And Potential Consequences
While young people scramble for money to put into homeownership, too many of their elders have taken too much money out.
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Scary Headlines Belie Better Credit News
Rising delinquency rates on some subprime products paradoxically point to better conditions in the consumer credit market.
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Tantrum-Free Tapering
After pushing short-term rates higher three times in 15 months, the Fed is shifting its aim. Mortgage borrowers take note.
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The Bond Market’s Trump Factor
Interest rates have jumped sharply since Donald Trump won the election. What are the bond markets trying to tell us?
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Sweating Out A Ruling On Fannie And Freddie
Private shareholders own 20 percent of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, but collect none of the profits. Is it legal?
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When A Bank Won’t Say Goodbye
The author’s mortgage should have been paid off, but math-challenged TIAA Bank tried to keep collecting anyway.
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