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Home Equity

How Much Cash Do I Need?

You often have to choose how to balance your savings between “liquid” cash, paying off bills, saving for retirement or college and paying down the mortgage. If the Great Recession has demonstrated anything, it’s that home equity is a poor choice. You can find out a lot more about this in previous blog posts.  I’ve [...]

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Home Equity is Just a Number

A recent Wall Street Journal story said, “More than 40% of borrowers who took out a mortgage in 2006 — when home prices peaked — are under water. Prices have dropped so much in some parts of the U.S. that some borrowers who took out loans more than five years ago owe more than their [...]

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Three Ways to get to the Equity in your House

Video Blog:  There are only three ways to get to the equity in your house.  Watch to find out how:

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Will you ever see the Equity in your house again?

I was thinking of titling this post, “Why I no longer hate PMI, and maybe you shouldn’t either”. I was doing some math the other day for a presentation I made and it struck me – much of a downpayment on a house will never be seen again by the owner! As an example, assume [...]

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