Cramer Ready To Take Out Stewart

Jim Cramer to MOP floor with Jon Stewart Tonight!! Tune it to watch Cramer educate the Faux News Reporter. As Method Man says: “I came to bring the pain hardcore from the brain Let’s go inside my economic ...

What Is A FICO Score

The basis of most mortgage lending is credit scoring.  In general, the higher a person’s credit score, the lower his offered mortgage interest rate. Despite the many credit scoring models in use today, however, just 3 are relevant to American homeowners: The Equifax BEACON® score The Experian Fair...

Mortgage Rate Forecast Week of March 9, 2009

Mortgage Rates improved slightly today. See Real Time Mortgage Rates This week, there isn’t much economic news upon which to trade, save for Thursday Retail Sales data.  Therefore, markets will look for other clues about the future of the U.S. economy. Tuesday, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke has a...

Am I Eligible For Making Home Affordable Government Plan

When the White House first introduced the Making Home Affordable program in February, it was positioned as a mortgage program with two goals: To help financially-needy homeowners get mortgage relief To help homeowners who’ve lose equity qualify for today’s low rates Wednesday, in a...

First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credit Form

Image via Wikipedia As part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the IRS has officially released Form 5405 — better known as the First-Time Homebuyer Credit Form. True to tax code standards, the 10-field form is accompanied by 3 pages of instructions. Form 5405 is a helpful,...