Fixed Rate Mortgage Loans - Understanding The Basics
Fixed rate mortgages are the most common type of mortgage loan for home buyers. With predictable payments, long term homeowners can plan their budgets and guard against rising interest rates. But a fixed rate mortgage is not for everyone with its higher interest rates and a reduction in your buying ... more...

Home A Loan
The number of homeowners taking out secured loans is set to slow down over the next five years according to analysts at Datamonitor. Over the past five years the market for secured loans has increased by over 50%, however predictions indicate that loans secured against property will only increase ... more...

How to Use Your Mortgage to Dramatically Increase Your Retirement Savings
Did you know that your mortgage can be used to dramatically increase your retirement savings? There are many ways to use your mortgage as a financial tool, but one of these ways that is most overlooked is that of using your mortgage to help you increase your efforts of preparing for retirement. ... more...

Time Out
The Patriots earned their money when settling the Super Bowl challenge thanks to Adam Vinatieri's kick through the goal posts. Just before that kick, the Carolina Panthers called time-out to unnerve Vinatieri and Kinchen, the stand in center. On Thursday, January 29, 2004, Greenspan and company ... more...

Why Are Mortgage Notes Discounted Anyway?
When real estate note brokers purchase partially paid notes, they pay the note holder a discounted price after factoring in the time value of money, the payer history, and property condition.If there is still a significant period of time left for the payer to make payments, the future payments are ... more...

Finding the Right Time to Refinance a Loan
If you've been thinking about refinancing a loan, you might wonder whether or not right now is the best time to do so.There are a variety of factors which can influence whether or not the timing is right for refinancing national and local interest rates, your credit history, and even the amount of ... more...

Affording a Home
Can you really afford a house? If so, how much house can you afford? To determine this answer will take serious financial planning, and the best time to start is at least six months before buying the home.Although buying a new home may seem like an American Dream or romantic venture, the reality is ... more...

Financing Multifamily Rental Housing
Given the rising costs of homeownership, multifamily dwellingsincluding rental apartmentsincreasingly represent an accepted alternative to the detached single-family house. Lending on apartment security combines the skills of the residential lender with those of the income-property lender. ... more...

Why Invest in Bulgaria?
Bulgaria offers cheap property for sale in a country whose economic growth has grown at a rapid pace and is now one of the highest in Europe. In the past 10 years, its tourist trade has increased dramatically. As a result, an abundance of cheap properties are for sale in Bulgaria at a much lower ... more...