What to Do Right Away When Your Mortgage Gets Sold
You might assume that the lender you used to obtain your home’s mortgage will be the lender you’ll pay off until the bitter end—until the day you get a letter…
Beware of These Scams Targeting New Homeowners
Buying a house can feel like finishing a marathon—or maybe a triathlon. You’ve spent months hunting for the right property, convincing someone that you’re responsible enough to be loaned an…
How to Emotionally Detach From Your Home When You Need to Sell It
Your emotional connection to a house begins the moment you walk onto the property for the first time and begin imagining your life there. You start mentally arranging the furniture,…
What to Do After Realizing You’re ‘House Poor’
Photo: Yavdat (Shutterstock) Buying a house is a complex and emotional process, and we don’t always make perfect decisions once we’ve determined a particular property is our dream house. But…
Why Every Homeowner Should Have a HELOC Ready to Go
Photo: Icatnews (Shutterstock) If you buy a house, there’s an excellent chance it will be the largest asset you own—maybe ever. I often stop and experience amazement that someone loaned…
7 Deadly Sins of Buying Your First House
Photo: ppa (Shutterstock) The number of things you have to worry about when you’re buying real estate can be as long as a CVS receipt, particularly when you’re diving into…
How to Buy a Foreclosed Home
Photo: Akarawut (Shutterstock) The housing market has been bonkers for long enough that some of us have lost all hope of ever owning a home. One possible alternative, though, is…
You Just Got More Protections From Unscrupulous Lenders Trying to Foreclose on Your Home
Photo: MIA Studio (Shutterstock) With millions of homeowners behind on their mortgage payments, and a looming foreclosure moratorium that expires July 31, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has added…
Know Your COVID Mortgage Forbearance Rights
Photo: pogonici (Shutterstock) A new CFPB report says that some mortgage lenders have failed to follow the law on mortgage forbearance during COVID. Lenders have misled borrowers about their rights,…