Filed under: Buying, Financing, Refinancing Getty Images By Kirk Haverkamp Immigrants are having a significant impact on the U.S. housing market. According to the Research Institute for Housing America, immigrants accounted for nearly 40% of the net increase in U.S. homeowners from 2000 to 2010. Meanwhile, the same group estimates that U.S. homeownership rates among Latino immigrants will hit 50% by the...
It’s the great credit divide in American housing: If you buy a home and pay your mortgage on time regularly, your credit score typically benefits. If you rent an apartment and pay the landlord on time every month, you get no boost to your score — zip. Because most landlords aren’t set up or approved...
We want to finish our walk-out basement. I am pretty handy and have done finishing work before, although it is not my profession. I will subcontract the electrical and any needed HVAC out to a pro. Framing, sheetrock, flooring and the like I will do myself. I will work on the project as time and...
Filed under: News, Buying, Financing, Refinancing Zillow*The weekly mortgage rate chart illustrates the average 30-year fixed interest rate in six-hour intervals. By Lauren Braun Mortgage rates for 30-year fixed mortgages rose this week, with the current rate borrowers were quoted on Zillow Mortgages at 4.05 percent, up from 3.96 percent at this same time last week. The 30-year fixed mortgage rate...