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by Dan Rafter on August 15, 2009
We all know what the traditional American dream is supposed to be: Owning a home. But that dream hasn't worked out so well for a lot of people these days. It's caused a lot of folks to wonder...
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by Dan Rafter on July 15, 2009
It seems as if we've all been waiting since 2007 for the housing market to hit its bottom. I know I'm tired of watching my home's value continually go down. I'm also tired of all those...
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by Dan Rafter on July 13, 2009
If you're a first-time homebuyer, there's probably one factor that's preventing you from buying a home: the downpayment.
It's always been a struggle for buyers to scrape together enou...
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by Dan Rafter on July 7, 2009
If you want to read a chilling story, try this one published yesterday by the Los Angeles Times. It details the devastating effects that loan-modification scammers can have on their victims.
The Time...
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by Dan Rafter on June 22, 2009
As the number of housing foreclosures across the nation continue to rise, something else is on the upswing, too: loan-modification scams.
The scammers target homeowners who have fallen behind in thei...
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by Dan Rafter on June 18, 2009
Do you have faith that the government can protect you and other borrowers from bad mortgage loans pushed by shady mortgage lenders? If you answered "yes" to this question, you'll be happ...
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by Dan Rafter on June 17, 2009
We like to find people to blame for our problems, don't we? And today, a lot of us are busy looking for people to blame for the mortgage meltdown the country is currently suffering through.
You k...
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by Dan Rafter on June 15, 2009
One of the problems with the mortgage mess that is still slowing the nation's economic recovery is that so few of us regular homeowners understand how everything went so bad so fast. I mean, I cov...
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by Dan Rafter on June 4, 2009
Unemployment across the nation is at record highs. Foreclosures are, too. Of course, the two are related.
But unemployment isn't the only factor in the rise of mortgage delinquencies and housing ...
