Rate Trend Index -- Mortgages
Each week, Bankrate.com surveys experts to gauge which way interest rates are headed on mortgages -- a vital tool if you're about to buy a home.
Categories: Loans
10 ways to keep home and love it
Economy forcing you to stay put in your existing home? Here are expert tips on how to realize less can be more and to realize, "There's no place like home."
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Cash-out home loan refinance sensible
The math suggests a cash-out home loan refinance may make the most sense for one homeowner.
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Who wins, who loses in today's market?
In this topsy-turvy real estate market who stands to win and who's fighting an uphill battle?
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Don't raid retirement to fund mortgage
It is foolish to raid a 401(k) and risk your retirement simply to land a mortgage for a home.
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What will $400,000 buy today?
Bankrate's annual interactive looks at how much home you can buy today for $400,000. In 2009? Quite a lot.
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Bob Toll: Issue is Confidence
Toll Brothers CEO Bob Toll offered some candid observations on the housing industry this morning, urging more government action to inject some confidence in the market.
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Fed Chief: Banks Should Do More
WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday that the deepening U.
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NAHB Leaders Want More Federal Policy Changes to Boost Housing
National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) CEO Jerry Howard Tuesday in a conference call with reporters called on the federal government to save housing and the U.
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Pulte CEO Advocates Tax Credits for Home Buyers
The chief executive of Pulte Homes says his company is aggressively lobbying federal lawmakers to craft a second stimulus package that would directly benefit the housing industry by offering tax credits to home buyers.
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FBI, ATF Rule Out Explosive Device In Street of Dreams Arson
The fires that burned five "Street of Dreams" luxury show homes in Woodinville, Wash.
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HomeAid to Assist Wounded Veterans
Genette Eaton remembers the hardships faced by veterans returning from the Vietnam War and is determined that it doesn't happen again with veterans coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Proposal Aims to Protect Subprime Borrowers: Spitzer's Legislation Requires Lenders to Give Notice Before Taking Action, Targets Foreclosure Scams
Mar. 4--ALBANY -- Gov. Eliot Spitzer plans to introduce a bill today intended to help subprime borrowers statewide who are at risk of losing their homes.
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Proxy Firm Urges "No" Vote on Toll Executive Compensation Plan
A leading proxy advisory firm is recommending that Toll Brothers shareholders vote against a proposal that would ensure that the company's top three executives would receive cash incentive awards even as the company is losing money.
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Ecoterror Link Eyed in Wash. Fires
WOODINVILLE, Wash. - Fires gutted four multimillion-dollar model homes in a Seattle suburb on Monday, and authorities found a sign purportedly left by eco-terrorists that mocks claims that the homes were environmentally friendly.
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Money Spent on Single-Family Homes Continues To Fall
Single-family construction spending fell by more than 5 percent for the third straight month, as money spent on new homes dropped to $233.
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Construction Spending Dives in January
WASHINGTON - Construction spending took its biggest nosedive in 14 years and manufacturing activity contracted, fresh trouble signs for a struggling economy.
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Builder Blocks: The Week in Review
Ryland stays the course; Georgia's PlyMart fights for survival; Mizel suggests government take a break from trying to manipulate economy; Wet areas go greener and leaner; Kimball Hill to exit florida market.
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Ryland Stays The Course
For a company that lost $334 million last year, The Ryland Group sounds awfully confident about its business model.
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Hovnanian Weathers Downturn
Forget about profitability and reasonable margins in 2008.
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