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Rising Mortgage Rates and Loosening of Credit Standards in 2017

Experts believe that lenders will start to lower underwriting standards as increasing interest rates keep drying up refinances. Mortgage rates and housing prices are expected to go up this spring, and many experts believe it will leave lenders with a tough decision on how they will adjust to the decay of refinances and overall lending volumes. Read More

How to Celebrate Paying Off Your Mortgage

How to Celebrate Paying Off Your Mortgage

After years or even decades of paying off your mortgage, you have finally made the last payment. How are you going to celebrate this joyous occasion? Most people who “own” a home also have a mortgage that looms over them at all times. It is a mountain of debt with a peak so high it Read More