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Reverse Mortgage Loan: Should You Apply for One?

The following is a guest contribution from Glennice Fryson, a member of DebtManagementTalk.com, a debt management forum that share’s its revenue with their members.
Recently, there has been an awful lot of talk about Reverse Mortgage Loans. There is also an awful lot of confusion surrounding this new mortgage-lending concept. Problem is, the […]

Bank of America Introduces No Fee Mortgage

Yesterday, Bank of America introduced its no-fee mortgage program. According to their website, the new program No Fee Mortgage PLUS, which is available to home-buyers nationwide, includes the following features:

No Application Fee
No Closing Fees
No Private Mortgage Insurance Required
Close-On-Time Guarantee
Best Value Guarantee

According to a CNNMoney report yesterday, BoA also “won’t charge for private mortgage insurance - […]

Guest Article: Rare Buying Opportunity for Real Estate Investors

Last week, I posted a piece on investing in real estate through REIT. The following guest article is on the same topic and is written by Tom Kerr from MortgageLoan.com.

Savvy stock market professionals know that the best time to buy is when everyone else is selling. The same holds true for real estate investing. A […]

Investment Choice: REIT

In my previous discussions on building portfolios with ETFs (the last segment can be found here), we have seen REIT (real estate investment trusts) as an ingredient in several of the model portfolios. In fact, if you check some recommended asset allocations (for example, this post on asset allocation at About.com), you will likely to […]

Have a Million?

How about replaceing your existing house with one of these (from CNNMoney.com)?
 

Boulder, Colorado: $1.199M, 6 bedrooms, 4 baths, and 6387 sq ft.

How Safe is Your City? Here’s the Best, Worst, and in Between

When buying real estate, everybody knows "location, location, location." However, the difference between locations shouldn't just be neighborhoods in the city, the city itself should also be on your mind. You certainly don't want to live in one of those "most dangerous" cities, even though you may find a perfect location in the city.
Morgan […]

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