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Low Interest Rates Reduce the Cost of Mortgages
real estate Interest rate reductions triggered by the coronavirus crisis can create money-saving opportunities for mortgage shoppers.
By Mark Solheim Published
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Unconventional Mortgage Loans Are Making a Comeback
loans Lenders are making it easier to get loans, but a repeat of the housing crisis isn’t in the cards.
By Patricia Mertz Esswein Published
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How Women Can Achieve Financial Empowerment – and a Better Retirement
Financial Planning If you're a married woman, chances are that one day you will be a widow. Will you be ready to handle finances on your own? Here's how to get started now to help put yourself in a better position to do that.
By Dina Siracusa, Investment Adviser Representative Published
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6 Apartment REITs to Buy for Steady Yields
REITs In a world of minuscule interest rates, investors are searching far and wide for yield.
By Benjamin Cole Published
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5 Retirement Lessons Learned From the Great Recession
recession The Great Recession of 2007-09 turned retirement dreams into nightmares.
By Eleanor Laise Published
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10 Housing REITs to Buy for the “Rise of the Renters”
REITs The number of Americans who prefer renting to home ownership is rapidly rising.
By Lisa Springer Published
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How to Help Your Adult Kids Buy a Home
real estate Whether you hand over cash or make a loan, lenders will expect you to dot your i’s and cross your t's.
By Patricia Mertz Esswein Published
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Pick the Right Mortgage
real estate Finding the right mortgage requires a bit of research. Here's how to get started.
By the editors of Kiplinger's Personal Finance Published
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Use Your Nest Egg to Qualify for a Mortgage
retirement Little-known rules can help people on a fixed income refinance an existing mortgage or buy a new home.
By Rachel L. Sheedy Published
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