Do You Have Your Costume Yet?
Link 1: http://www.popsugar.com/tech/Fun-Last-Minute-Halloween-Costumes-35978794#photo-35978794 Link 2: http://www.idigitaltimes.com/6-cheap-last-minute-halloween-costume-ideas-will-impress-everyone-485611 Link 3: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deva-dalporto/last-minute-halloween-costumes-for-moms_b_8351894.html Link 4: http://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/2015s-most-terrifying-last-minute-d-i-y-halloween-costumes OK. Last week we covered how to handle your house if you’ve gotten this close to the wire and aren’t yet ready for Halloween. But what good is it to have a spooky house if you yourself aren’t prepared to be decked out for the ghouls and…
Read MoreJob Data Adds to Likelihood of Fed Rate Hike This Year
The housing data is already shockingly strong (on top of the good news covered here the last few days, we just discovered that the housing supply shrunk from 5.1 months to 4.8 months). Now, on top of that, we have strong job data, with the four-week moving average on initial claims for state jobless benefits…
Read MoreBack to Bubble Mortgages?
Following on several days, and to a lesser extent months, of really good news, the big boys are making noise that may be immediately appealing to many borrowers, but may not be so hot for the market as a whole. Freddie Mac has hinted that more low-down-payment products could be on the way. Of course, low…
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Read More1/3rd of You Will Live Longer Than You Think
Of course, it’s sensible that when making big medical or health decisions, you should take into account how much longer you’re likely to live. If the answer is either decades, or a few years, then you might reasonably make different decisions (e.g., if you’re going to live decades longer, then making lifestyle decisions to make…
Read MoreHousing Starts Beat Forecast
Economists were predicting that September would be the sixth straight month to have more than 1 million housing starts — a sign of sustained recovery in the market. However, the numbers even surpassed expectations The economists polled by Reuters had been expecting 1.15 million units for September, and the actual number came in at 1.206 —…
Read More[OPINION] The Necessary Evil of Fanny And Freddie
Bethany McClean, a contributing editor at Vanity Fair, recently wrote an opinion piece for The Washington Post. Her contention is, that while “everyone” in Washington thinks the taxpayer-backed mortgage giants need to go the way of the dinosaurs, the fact is we need them now (and possibly more than ever). It’s a fairly long piece, and does…
Read MoreBoo! Is Your House Ready for Halloween, Yet?
It may be hard to believe, but we’re only two weeks away from the unofficial kick-off of the holiday season, treasured by kids in every neighborhood! Of course, some of you are on top of this. Your yards have become graveyards, your windows are filled with cobwebs, and there’s at least a skeleton or two…
Read MoreAre You 1 of The Million on Solar?
Everyone knows that solar power hasn’t become mainstream. Still, with all the talk of renewable energy and global warming, it’s a little shocking how _really_ not mainstream it’s been: as recently as 2006, there were only 30,000 homes with solar panels. But solar may finally be “crossing the chasm” from a technology perspective. In the…
Read MoreOne Reason It’s Great to Be An American: The 30-Year Fixed Mortgage
There are things we think about every day, and some of them are pretty weird. But then there’s a whole other class of things that, weird or not, we almost never think about. Like, how do people in other countries buy houses? It turns out, one way they don’t buy them is with a phenomenally…
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