Every renter has tried to do the math to figure out if it makes more sense to buy a home, rather than continue to lease.
Social Sciences
Apr 11, 2019
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General Electric shares rocketed higher Thursday despite disappointing quarterly earnings after the company announced a preliminary settlement with US officials over subprime mortgages.
Business
Jan 31, 2019
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Mortgage seekers from minority groups may pay more in fees than similarly qualified white borrowers, according to a team of researchers.
Social Sciences
Jan 23, 2019
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Incentives, in one form or other, are central to our lives.
Economics & Business
Jan 18, 2019
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Despite tough banking rules put in place after last decade's housing crash, the mortgage market again faces the risk of a meltdown that could endanger the U.S. economy, warn two Berkeley Haas professors in a paper co-authored ...
Economics & Business
Mar 29, 2018
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After Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans a dozen years ago, there was a sharp and immediate drop in personal debt among residents living in city's most flooded blocks, according to a new Case Western Reserve University ...
Environment
Aug 28, 2017
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Climbing house prices seem to scare people but houses are relatively more affordable today than they were in 1990, it's actually interest-rate risk that's the bigger problem for first home buyers.
Economics & Business
Mar 28, 2017
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Britain's property market is "highly volatile" because almost three quarters of homeowners are on riskier variable or short-term fixed rate mortgages, research by Nottingham Trent University shows.
Economics & Business
Sep 14, 2016
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The gulf between the 'haves' and 'have-nots' in British society is widening. On one side, more people are having to exist without bank accounts, resorting to food banks and being evicted from their homes. On the other, ...
Economics & Business
Sep 13, 2016
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Lenders used misleading tactics in advertising home loans during the U.S. subprime mortgage crisis, according to a new study by a UT Dallas professor.
Economics & Business
Jul 7, 2016
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