How families are paying a 42% mortgage premium to send kids to better schools

FAMILIES are adding up to 42 per cent on their mortgage to get their children into a preferred school. Houses that are within the catchment area of the
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Norcom Mortgage has welcomed Branch Manager Jeff Heidtmann and his team back to the company as one of its Connecticut branch locations in
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/California Newswire/ — Cloudvirga, a leading provider of digital mortgage point-of-sale (POS) software whose enterprise technology is powered by
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Khater adds that, while home sales are moderating, that isn't a national trend. He says, “The good news is that the economy and labor market are very … and mortgage rates, after surging earlier this year, have stabilized in recent
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Mortgage rates rose again today–this time more noticeably than yesterday–bringing them to the highest levels in more than 2 weeks. For most
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TORONTO – A lawyer representing the Toronto Real Estate Board says it is considering whether to fight for adjustments to a Competition Tribunal
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AG Mortgage Investment Trust is a promising high-yield REIT income play. The mortgage REIT has better-than-average leverage metrics.
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Adding fuel to the fire was the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), which found that lending standards for reverse mortgages
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Reverse mortgages can help seniors improve quality of life after retirement, but there are also long-term risks that lenders are failing to explain to
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… flat over the last six months amidst news stories of an increase in the number of … Rising mortgage rates – 30 year fixed rate mortgages rose from 4 percent to … The National U.S. Home Price Index tracks the value of single-family
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Academy Mortgage is celebrating 30 years of service. Founded in 1988, Academy has navigated through all the housing and lending market
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It's being described as a “mortgage mirage”. It's an offer from the bank that looks too good to be true and, as it turns out, for many it is.
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Ever since the Qualified Mortgage rule went into effect a few years ago, borrowers who don't have a traditional source of income have had a hard time
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The second quarter of this year was a lucrative three-month period for the nation's private mortgage insurers (PMIs) and independent mortgage
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Wells Fargo & Co. is laying off another 42 employees in Frederick as the bank makes cuts across its home mortgage business. The latest round of
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Atlas, a New York-based privately held real estate investment firm that focuses on value-add investments in multifamily, student housing, retail and
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After the seasonal adjustment, the National Index recorded a 0.3 percent … and existing homes are roughly flat over the last six months amidst news stories of an … The National Average Contract Mortgage Rate for the Purchase of
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CUNA called for the bill to retain the text of the Mortgage Choice Act (H.R. 1153), a bipartisan bill that has passed the House in February and is
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… inconsistent application of credit rating symbols in connection to residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) issued between 2010 and 2013.
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… homes during the second quarter of this year, a one percent uptick from a year ago, according to new data from Genworth Mortgage Insurance.
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