When someone is thinking up buying a house, they rarely, if ever, wake up one day with the dream of getting a mortgage. The dream is to own a home. So people start looking for a home first, and that is where the problems usually begin Here are the top 5 reasons to get your mortgage [...]
I read an article in the paper this week from a home finance ‘expert’. She closed with the comment, “be sure your refinancing costs can be covered in about six months”. Great, meaningless, advice. Where does the ‘six months’ rule of thumb come from? (Hint: thin air.) If you are going to move in six [...]
