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Home Buying

Young couples should rent

A opinion piece in Investment News claimed that ‘For young couples, renting may be a better option”.  I hate headlines like that  – they are designed to get your attention, but most people don’t have the time to read the article.  They end up with this piece of random advice floating around their head that [...]

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Rent A Home Or Buy A Home : The Case For Both Sides

Is it better to rent a home, or to buy one? The answer may not be as clear-cut as you think. In this balanced, 3-minute joint interview from NBC’s The Today Show, you’ll hear the case for both sides.

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Should prospective home buyers wait any longer?

Thanks to Rick Melville, a Sr. Mortgage Planner at Fairway Independent Mortgage in Charlotte for this guest blog post: Winston Churchill once said that “a pessimist sees the difficulties associated with every opportunity and that an optimist sees the opportunities associated with every difficulty.” Just for fun I decided to do a little math problem [...]

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Mortgage Rates and Inflation

Mortgage rates move in response to hundreds of factors. Among the biggest influences on mortgage rates? Inflation.

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What the Fed meant to say was…

Today, in its first meeting in 5 weeks, the Federal Open Market Committee voted 9-to-1 to leave the Fed Funds Rate unchanged. The Fed Fund Rate remains within its target range of 0.000-0.250 percent.

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