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10 Mistakes New Homebuyers Make
With mortgage rates continually hitting new lows and many real estate forecasters predicting a housing bottom at the end of the year, many renters ...
Shape Up Your Credit to get a Mortgage
Even with interest rates at historic lows, there can be a big difference in the rate you’ll be charged if you have good credit and not-so-good cred...
Rent or Buy? What You Need to Know
You've seen the headlines: The housing market is beginning to stabilize. Home prices in some cities are down nearly two-thirds from the peak of the...
Should You Refinance Your Mortgage?
Military.com
Mortgage rates are at historic lows. So is now a good time to refinance your home loan? It depends. Let’s consider two different couples, one for w...
11 Tips for Selling Your Home on Your Own
House prices continue to remain fragile -- a fact that's painfully clear to homeowners who are trying to sell.
Despite the challenging housing mar...
Mortgage Payments Sending You Reeling?
Military.com | Jul 05, 2011
Content from the FTC website The possibility of losing your home because you can’t make the mortgage payments can be terrifying. Perhaps you’re ha...
Home Loans Q&A: Top 3 Questions
Military.com | Feb 01, 2012
By Ethan Ewing, president at Bills.com Recently, we’ve fielded a number of questions regarding home mortgages. They range from those with serio...
Homebuying Myth No.5: Renting is Less Expensive
Military.com | Dec 22, 2006
What's keeping you from enjoying the benefits of homeownership? Don't let a homebuying myth cause you to put your future on hold. Read on to see h...
Finding the Right Home
Military.com | Dec 10, 2005
Owning a home is part of the American dream. From carrying the wife (or, if you're suitably muscled, your husband) over the threshold, to notches o...
The Real Costs of Owning a Home
Military.com | Nov 16, 2011
This content is provided courtesy of USAA. Figure these 10 home expenses into your budget when you're planning to make the move.Buying your firs...
Expert: Double-Dip Housing Recession Has Begun
Military.com | Nov 10, 2011
The number of people falling behind on their mortgages increased over the last quarter for the first time since 2009, according to a new report by ...
Lawsuit: Banks Cheated Vets With Fees
Associated Press | Oct 05, 2011
ATLANTA -- A whistleblower lawsuit launched in 2006 and unsealed Tuesday in federal court in Atlanta claims several large banks and mortgage compan...
Troops Grapple With Housing Market
Associated Press | Jul 06, 2011
LAS VEGAS -- Air Force Lt. Col. Michael Ballek thought the four-bedroom house bordered by sage bushes and mountain roads on the edge of Las Vegas w...
4 Ways Uncle Sam Can Help Buy You a Home Now
Military.com | Oct 23, 2009
Leslie Erin Johnson saved steadily to buy her first home, making many sacrifices along the way. For example, when she got married in March, she and...
5 Smart Reasons to Buy a Home
Military.com | Aug 26, 2010
The housing market has never looked better for potential home buyers. Mortgage rates have fallen to an all time low, sinking to 4.42 percent on 30-...
House Rich and Cash Poor
Military.com | Feb 08, 2006
Everyone has one purchase they couldn't afford and bought anyway. For some servicemembers, houses fall under that category. It wasn't so long ago t...
Avoid Pickpockets in the Mortgage Market
Tom McKnight | Feb 02, 2006
We just learned of a military couple near Washington, DC who lined up a mortgage with a famous "dot com" mortgage company they found on the Interne...
Beartraps in Real Estate
Tom McKnight | Dec 21, 2005
The battlefield is not the only place where expensive mistakes can be made. The consequences can certainly be far different, but there are some sur...
Choosing Homeownership
Military.com | Jul 23, 2009
Homeownership is about security, comfort, and fulfilling the American dream. The sense of community that comes with putting down roots in a place o...
Blacks, Hispanics Pay More for Mortgages
Military.com | Sep 20, 2006
WASHINGTON - Black and Hispanic home buyers pay more for their mortgages than do whites, according to a Federal Reserve report released Friday.The ...
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Veteran’s Discounts This Weekend at Lowes and Home Depot
For the many veterans who want to get discounts at Lowes and Home Depot, this is one of your weekends. Both major home improvement stores offer a military discount all year long, and a veteran’s discount several times a year. Memorial Day weekend is one of the times that the veteran’s discount is in effect. [...]
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