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The Surprising Way Your Job Can Impact Your Mortgage

If you work far away from the home you want to buy, you could end up paying more for your mortgage if you're not savvy. Here's how to avoid higher costs.

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The Surprising Way Your Job Can Impact Your Mortgage
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The Surprising Way Your Job Can Impact Your Mortgage

If you work far away from the home you want to buy, you could end up paying more for your mortgage if you're not savvy. Here's how to avoid higher costs.

Scott Sheldon

Should You Refinance Even If You Plan to Sell Your Home?
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Should You Refinance Even If You Plan to Sell Your Home?

Are you hesitant to refinance your mortgage because you’re thinking of selling your home at some point? Sometimes refinancing could still make sense.

Scott Sheldon

7 White Lies That Can Hurt Your Homebuying Chances
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7 White Lies That Can Hurt Your Homebuying Chances

The information on your mortgage application has a direct impact on whether you'll get approved, and for how much. So what happens if you fudge the details?

Kirk Haverkamp

How We Paid Off Our Mortgage in 7 Years
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How We Paid Off Our Mortgage in 7 Years

A married couple in Sacramento shares their experience of paying off a 30-year home loan in just 7 years.

Christine DiGangi

How a Typo Can Derail Your Mortgage
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How a Typo Can Derail Your Mortgage

If any of these simple mistakes appear on your mortgage loan application, make sure to get them corrected swiftly.

Scott Sheldon

How to Refinance a Jumbo Mortgage for Less
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How to Refinance a Jumbo Mortgage for Less

Jumbo mortgages traditionally cost homeowners more, but if you're looking to refinance a jumbo mortgage, you may have new options for better rates.

Scott Sheldon

How Buying a Home Can Help Your Credit
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How Buying a Home Can Help Your Credit

If you have never owned a home before or it's been a few years since you have, you're missing out on some potential credit advantages.

Scott Sheldon

Is Your Credit Keeping You From Buying a Home? You're Not Alone
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Is Your Credit Keeping You From Buying a Home? You're Not Alone

Buying a home is both exciting and scary. It’s a big purchase that many homebuyers are delaying because of one thing -- their credit scores.

Gerri Detweiler

The Little-Known Database That Can Sink Your Mortgage
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The Little-Known Database That Can Sink Your Mortgage

Government-backed home loans tend to be more forgiving if you have bad credit. But that flexibility can disappear if your bad debts are federal ones.

Chris Birk

I'm Not a U.S. Citizen. Can I Get a Mortgage?
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I'm Not a U.S. Citizen. Can I Get a Mortgage?

Immigrants have a significant impact on the U.S. housing market. But what sort of obstacles and challenges do they face that native-born homebuyers do not?

Kirk Haverkamp

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