Home sweet loan: Using a 401(k) loan for a down payment (Belleville News-Democrat)
Faced with a real estate market that has tightened up lending standards at a time when home values are dropping, more people are borrowing money from their 401(k) retirement plans to help swing a down payment to buy a home.
Five Tips to Help You Gear Up for the Homebuying Season (Today's News-Herald)
(ARA) - It's time to gear up for the busy spring and summer homebuying season. Buyers and sellers alike have come to expect that there are greater options available during this time of year as more people tend to be in the market for a new home.
Helping Women at Every Life Stage Achieve Financial Success (Carteret County News-Times)
(ARA) - How do you plan to spend retirement? Will you be doing all the things you wanted to do when you were younger but didn't have the time or resources for, or will you be at the mailbox waiting for your welfare check?
'Net assets: Some of the top sites for house-hunting online (Baltimore Sun)
We rate some of the top sites for house-hunting online I t is the rare homebuyer who hasn't done preliminary house-hunting online, whether to peruse what's for sale, check out neighborhoods or get an idea of what prices homes have fetched in the past few months.
Think like an Olympian to reach goals (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
To win a gold medal in financial planning, use an athlete's SMART plan.
Financial Stocks: Bond and mortgage insurers jump on MBIA deal (Market Watch)
Shares of mortgage and bond insurers rally Thursday on news that MBIA Inc. is in a deal to reinsure billions of dollars in municipal bonds, showing the embattled bond insurer is able to attract new business despite the credit crunch.
Why haven't mortgage rates declined? (Bankrate.com via Yahoo! Finance)
The Federal Reserve began to slash short-term interest rates almost a year ago. Yet mortgage rates are higher now. What gives?
Mortgage Originator Occupation (The Star-Ledger)
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Foreclosures Decrease; Mortgage Woes Don't (Washington Post)
The number of foreclosures in Charles County dropped in the second quarter of the year, but residents still face significant mortgage troubles, according to a report issued this month by the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development.
Fitch Downgrades 3 Classes of Enhanced Mortgage Backed Securities Fund I,Ltd. (Centre Daily Times)
Fitch Ratings has downgraded three classes of notes issued by Enhanced Mortgage Backed Securities Fund I, Limited (EMBS I) as follows: