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Disclosure Rules on Mortgage Assumptions
February 19, 2001 "When I purchased my home two years ago, I assumed the mortgage of the seller. Recently I applied to refinance, and was told that I had to pay a $5,000 prepayment penalty. The loan documents I was given ... more...

Disclosure Rules on Adjustable Rate Mortgages
August 5, 2002, Revised October 14, 2005 Adjustable rate mortgages (ARMs) pose the greatest challenge to a disclosure system because of their complexity, the wide array of different types, and the frequency with which they mutate. New types of ARMs appear frequently, and old types ... more...

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Truth-In-Lending, TILA
Truth-In-Lending A federal law requiring disclosure of the Annual Percentage Rate to home buyers shortly after they apply for the loan. Also known as Regulation Z and Truth-In-Lending-Act (TILA). Requires disclosures about its terms and cost and gives consumers the right ... more...

Equal Credit Oportunity Act
Equal Credit Oportunity Act (ECOA) Is a federal law that requires lenders and other creditors to make credit equally available without discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status or receipt of income from public assistance programs. ... more...

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The Wealth Effect and Real Estate: the Pro's and Con's
Consumerism these days in both the United States and Canada is at its peak in light of the buoyant real estate market. Consumerism is a side-effect of capitalism - the good capitalism as Adam Smith might have called it. Consumerism is that particular economic niche where you find wealthy consumers ... more...

Where To Get Money For a Franchise Idea
How often have you thumbed through a business opportunity magazine, noticed a franchise opportunity advertisement, and felt you'd really like to get in on that...if only you had the money? If you're like most who are seeking greater opportunity and wealth, this probably happens with you more often ... more...

Why Mobile Homes?
There are mobile homes for sale, for much less than stick-built houses, in most areas of the country. Despite persistent predjudice against them, and sometimes the people living in them, mobile homes are the cheap housing choice of millions. The advantages are not always obvious, but they are real ... more...

RESPA: The Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act
The Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) is a consumer protection statute, first passed in 1974. One of its purposes is to help consumers become better shoppers for settlement services. Another purpose is to eliminate kickbacks and referral fees that increase unnecessarily the costs of ... more...

How To Raise Money to Start Business and Where to Get Money for Business
The common questions for anyone who want to start business are: How to raise money to start business, and where to get money for my business? To raise money to start business is not as difficult as most people seem to think. This is especially true when you have an idea that can make you and ... more...

Divining Your Life Path Number
The Life Path is determined by the sum that is arrived at after reducing your birth date by adding digits together. This number represents the traits and talents that you were born with and the probable journey you will take during your lifetime. In a way it represents what path you will take ... more...

How Can The Democrats Win In 2008? (First of Two Parts)
I. VICTORY OUT WESTIf the Democrats are to seize control of the White House in 2008, they need to rally behind the partys brightest star, New York Senator Hillary Clinton. If they again parade a spineless, lackluster nomineea la Al Gore, Bill Bradley, John Kerry, Michael Dukakis, "Hollerin" Howard ... more...

Strategic Acquisition Strategies for Small Businesses
Growth through acquisition should not be considered an option reserved solely for large or Public Companies. Small and mid-size businesses that opt to grow by acquiring other companies, rather than growing one new customer at a time, can gain benefits in addition to increased sales and profits ... more...

Spanish Mortgages = Property Prices May be Downbut its Not All Bad News!
Remember Black Monday in October 1989? The stock market crash was shortly after the Great Storm when the southern part of England was ripped to shreds by the infamous hurricane that was never meant to be! Well, at least according to Michael Fish!Well, the crash in the stock market on Black Monday ... more...

The Gaian Paradigm Part 2
Part 2 The Implication of the Gaian Paradigm to Social InstitutionsThe new Paradigm is a scientific hypothesis which explains many phenomena in cosmic evolution. But it is more than that. It suggest a new worldview or mindset by which humans can examine current phenomena with respect to their ... more...

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