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Mortgage Express to waive ALL Early Repayment Charges!

Mortgage Express are set to waive ALL Early Repayment Charges on Residential and Buy to Let mortgages between February and June 2009 - save money now[...] read more »
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Foreclosures Up 32% Even With Government Programs in Place

April marked the second month in a row that more than 300,000 troubled homeowners received foreclosure notices, a jump of 32 percent over the same ti[...] read more »
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» FHA Mortgage Loan Requirements Guide

If you don't have a 10% downpayment saved up, chances are you'll need the participate in the FHA mortgage loan insurance program if you want to get[...] read more »
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SWAP rates and LIBOR rates on the move in 2009

See how SWAP rates and LIBOR rates effect you in the mortgage markets and how they are the key to better times ahead for us all. read more »
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The True Cost Of A Home: How Green Trends Might Save the Housing Market

There’s a paradigm shift going on in the US real estate sector. Yet will home owners justify paying extra for green building if the economic situatio[...] read more »
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The 'Walk Away' Phenomenon

One solution that has become popular around the country is for a homeowner to stop making payments, mail their house keys to the lender (known as "j[...] read more »
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What is a Mortgage Broker

A look at what a Mortgage Broker is, what they do for you, and how they get paid. read more »
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PAR Rates, Mortgage Points, and PMI

A look at how the rate on your mortgage is determined, what mortgage points are for,and why you may be subject to paying PMI read more »
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Will Bank Base Rate fall to 1%?

An article about wether Base Rate will fall to 1% on the 5th of Feb when the Monetary Policy Committee make their announcement. read more »
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Government Programs Mean Easier Refi's

When John Jordan and his wife went to refinance the mortgage on their Washington, D.C., townhouse, their appraisal came in too low. read more »
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15.2 Million Underwater Mortgages by State [infographic]

According to a report by First American CoreLogic, almost a third of all US home mortgages are underwater. For those unfamiliar with the term, it mea[...] read more »
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SmartHippo adds mortgage rate data for over 200 lenders and brokers to its rate comparison engine

SmartHippo, a shopping comparison site for mortgages that uses the power of community to help people save money, announces today it has added automated rate data for over 200 lenders and brokers. read more »
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How I bought the mortgages the banks don’t want

Prodesse Investments yields 16% and trades at a 25% discount to its $2billion of assets. The catch? Those assets are mortgage-backed securities... read more »
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Will everyone benefit from the 0.5% Base Rate Cut?

This article explains how not every lender passes on the base rate cut to you and it also lists all the lenders and the percentage benefit they have passed on to you! read more »
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Will Base Rate stay below 5% in 2009?

Apparently Base Rate is going to go even lower in 2009 rather than go up. Some interesting views here on the next 12 months. read more »
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