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Getting cash out of your home is about to get harder if you have an FHA mortgage
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A growing number of homeowners have been refinancing and pocketing the increase in their homes’ values.
Help, I’m stuck in my starter home!
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And that makes it harder for everyone to move up the housing ladder.
High mortgage rates bring changes in loan applications
The Mortgage Bankers Association will release some new data today on how many folks are applying for mortgages in the United States. Numbers have been down consistently for the past couple of months. Click the audio player above to hear the full story.
U.S. mortgage debt rises to $8.8 trillion
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The housing market is turning around.
Low-income and middle-class homeowners might see their tax refunds shrink come 2018
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Here is why.
What will happen to all the abandoned homes in Puerto Rico?
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A foreclosure wave is coming.
Homeowners might have to start paying taxes on forgiven debt again
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If the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act isn't extended, homeowners with forgiven debt will have to pay taxes on that debt.
Mortgage lenders lower barriers for those with student debt
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New rules can help those with high student debt still qualify for a mortgage.
Americans are borrowing more, creating record debt
The New York Federal Reserve says Americans are borrowing again — everything from student loans to auto loans to mortgages. According to the New York Fed, household debt has reached a record high, even higher than the previous peak, during the credit bubble in 2008. The report’s findings don’t mean Americans have learned to be […]
Home equity helping people build household wealth
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Remember the housing crisis? Well, for many American homeowners, it’s now squarely in the rear-view mirror. A report from RealtyTrac finds that the percentage of homeowners who are underwater — meaning they owe more on their mortgage than their home is worth — has fallen to about 10 percent. It was 28 percent at its […]

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