You are no longer a bachelor as you have married your childhood sweetheart and you have a nice little family but bringing up a family with wife and two little kids can be tough. You had a difficult ch...

Pres. Barack Obama has put an increasing amount of pressure on mortgage companies to restructure the loans of homeowners who are struggling to make their monthly payments. Many homeowners, though, hav...

It can happen for a host of reasons. Maybe you've lost your job. Maybe your employer has cut back your hours. Maybe you're going through a serious injury. You might even be struggling through ...

Retirement presents a whole new set of challenges. Many of the big ones are financial: Will you have enough money to pay off your bills? Will you have enough to meet any unexpected money challenges th...

There are a lot of reasons for the big housing crash that the country is still fighting through. Mortgage lenders loaned out money to customers who weren't financially able to handle a large month...

Mortgage lenders have taken a lot of the blame for the collapse of the housing market. They approved borrowers who couldn't pay back their mortgage loans. They pushed other homebuyers to take out ...

There's one secret to taking out a mortgage loan without losing your mind: Don't obsess over those mortgage interest rates. Unfortunately, this is the one piece of advice very few borrowers l...

For many people, owning a home is still the embodiment of the American dream. (I guess they don't know yet about clogged gutters, weeding and broken water heaters.) The desire to own something, to...

If your home lost half of its value — not too unbelievable of an occurrence in today's housing market — would you be willing to simply walk away from your mortgage? Would you have any ...

You should buy a home because it's the best lifestyle choice for you and your family. You shouldn't buy a house becasue it's a good investment. There's a simple reason for this: Homes...