Should Homeowners Make Extra Mortgage Payments?

It is often recommended that homeowners make additional mortgage payments to pay the loan off early. Online calculators can assist homeowners to doing so. Some mortgage providers allow for payments every two weeks which will result in one additional payment a year. Since all mortgages do not have early payoff penalties, it stands to reason […]

Seven Reasons Why You Should Buy a Home

Conventional wisdom has dictated that buying a home is always a better bet in the long term than renting it. House prices in the United States have risen rapidly during the past 50 years, making the land owners richer. The financial meltdown of 2007-08 had had a lingering devastating impact on house prices- the prices […]