Paying your rent on time might finally boost your credit score

… Its long been an infuriating fact of adult life that while your credit score can make or break your application for a rental or mortgage your history of rent payment has nothing to do with your credit score  But …

By Virginia K. Smith |April 24, 2015 - 9:59AM
Is it actually possible for young people to own homes in NYC?

… buyers who cant come up with the typical 20 percent down payment For instance New York state offers a 3percentdown … option to qualified buyers and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac recently rolled out a similar option  You can also see if you qualify for an HDFC  or a MitchellLama apartmentsubsidized options that sell for far below the …

By Virginia K. Smith |March 17, 2015 - 12:15PM
What a potential interest rate hike means for buyers and sellers

… of  appraisal firm Miller Samuel for one takes the somewhat contrarian view hoping for a larger increase In the … thats preapproved … Buyers Talk to the professionals … What will change for buyers if an increase happens The short … … Live … Improve … buying … mortgage … sellers … selling … What a potential interest rate hike means for buyers and …

By Lucy Cohen Blatter |March 17, 2015 - 9:59AM
How one NYC buyer got a 3-percent-down mortgage for his first house

… If youre at all like me youve spent an inordinate amount of time … anyone in my life Instead I got Who Jordan Manley Im sorry what is this call regarding Umm I dropped off my mortgage … rate With SONYMA loans the interest rate is fixed and does not change as frequently as the market rate This is …

By Jordan Manley |February 9, 2015 - 8:59AM