Understanding and Shopping for Title Insurance
If you buy or refinance a home, you're going to need title insurance. And if you're going…
Articles by Kara Johnson
Getting a mortgage without a credit score gets easier
After taking a year to evaluate Fannie Mae’s new program helping first-time homebuyers…
Pros and Cons of Automatic Mortgage Payments
Automatic payments, or autopay, can be a smart way to “set it and forget it” and pay your…
Participation Loans
Lenders and borrowers can team up with other lenders and borrowers to reduce their…
No-down-payment mortgage programs on the chopping block
A recent move by federal officials to stop national programs from lending down payments…
Using a Home Equity Loan to Pay for College
More parents are using what is probably the cheapest option when taking out a loan to pay…
How Refinancing Can Hurt Insurance Rates
A mortgage refinance may have some negative consequences that you never anticipated. Most…
