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Monthly Mortgage Payments Have Just Hit the Highest Level on Record, Surpassing Housing Bubble Heights
If youâre in the market to buy a home or refinance an existing mortgage, you know conditions arenât ideal at the moment. Heck, the 30-year fixed was pricing about a percentage point lower just a month ago, so that alone is enough to drastically change the calculus. Today, youâre looking at a 4%+ mortgage rate… Read More »Monthly Mortgage Payments Have Just Hit the Highest Level on Record, Surpassing Housing Bubble Heights
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What Is Mark to Market and How Does It Work?
Mark to market or mark-to-market is an accounting method that’s used to measure the value of assets based on current market conditions. Mark to market accounting seeks to determine the real value of assets based on what they could be sold for right now. That can be useful in a business setting when a company […]
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Is Real Estate Going Down, At Long Last? Why You Shouldn’t Get Your Hopes Up Just Yet
The headlines surrounding the housing market and mortgage rates have been quite pessimistic lately. So bad that you might think this so-called real estate bubble weâve supposedly been in is about to pop, once and for all. The warnings have been coming for a while now, but more and more folks are saying enough is… Read More »Is Real Estate Going Down, At Long Last? Why You Shouldn’t Get Your Hopes Up Just Yet
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7 Times When Itâs Smart Not to Pay Off Your Mortgage Early
Where the Most (and Fewest) Homes Sell Below Asking Price
When Will the Next Housing Market Crash Take Place?
Iâve noticed a trend lately. Everyoneâs a real estate expert. It seems the most recent crisis and recovery has turned just about every single person into a guru on all things to do with home buying and selling. I suppose part of it has to do with the fact that the massive housing bubble that [&hellip
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The Do’s and Don’ts of Home Equity Loans
Home equity burning a hole in your pocket? You may want to think twice about that boat.
11 Ways to Build Home Equity
These days, home equity is booming thanks to rapidly appreciating property values. At last glance, total equity on mortgaged properties exceeded $10 trillion, with more than $6.5 trillion of it tappable, per recent figures from Black Knight. Yes, that’s a “T” not a “B.” But you would of never guessed it less than a decade [&hellip
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Slowing Mortgage Market Could Lead to Looser Lending
The forecast for the 2013 residential mortgage market wasnât all that optimistic. Back in December, the Mortgage Bankers Association said it expected refinance volume to slip to $785 billion from $1.2 trillion in 2012, while purchase money mortgage activity was slated to increase only slightly from $503 billion to $585 billion. After all, there are [&hellip
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