WASHINGTON -- Could rental houses owned and managed by deep-pocketed hedge funds and big investors be the post-bust steppingstones to homeownership for huge numbers of renters?
Could they also provide a form of safe harbor or sanctuary for ...
WASHINGTON -- Jeanette Ogle, a 92-year-old widow with a reverse mortgage on her house, got a huge birthday surprise last week: She did not lose her home at a scheduled foreclosure auction that had drawn scrutiny from federal and state agencies and...
WASHINGTON -- Though the housing market is rebounding in many local markets, there is one important segment that is not: First-time buyers are missing in action and represent a smaller proportion of overall sales activity than their historical ...
WASHINGTON -- In the contentious debate over whether to reduce or eliminate the home-mortgage interest tax deduction -- or leave it alone -- one fact has been virtually unchallenged: The popular write-off used by millions of American owners costs ...
WASHINGTON -- If you want to buy a house with minimal cash by using an FHA-insured mortgage, here's some sobering news: Thanks to an ongoing series of fee increases and underwriting tweaks -- the most recent of which were announced Jan. 31 -- FHA ...
WASHINGTON -- The federal Department of Housing and Urban Development has a birthday gift for 91-year-old widow Jeanette Ogle that should cause any senior to think twice before signing up for a government-insured reverse mortgage.
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