Your Options If You Have an Underwater Mortgage
So, You Have an Underwater Mortgage… A mortgage foreclosure can damage your credit for up to seven years. Even if you do not anticipate buying another home during those seven years, you may still need...
View ArticleUnderwater Mortgages: Is There a Way Out?
Underwater Mortgage (əndərˈ wôtər môrgij) Meaning: When a mortgage liability is greater than the fair market value of the property financed, resulting in negative equity for the homeowner. But, What...
View ArticleRent vs. Buy
Yesterday I heard a financial pundit state that because houses aren’t appreciating to the degree that they have in the past there is currently no compelling reason to buy vs. rent. Further, you should...
View ArticlePay Off Your Mortgage, Or Not?
Party Time! Last month we were invited to a mortgage burning party. What a significant rite of passage for any boomer! Good for them! Paying any interest is always a bad thing, right? Well, not...
View ArticleShould I Refinance My Mortgage?
Every Monday you will find a new feature post at Boomers Take Stock, titled “Monday PC”, questions from readers – on subjects that are likely of interest to you too — or summaries of reader’s views...
View ArticleReverse Mortgage: How It Works
Last week while checking the mailbox, I chatted with Charlene, out for a daily walk with her husband’s beagle, Snoopy. I asked about her husband, Don, who is being treated at a rehabilitative nursing...
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