Mortgage 'Half' Payments: How Much Do They Save? (The Christian Science Monitor) One frequent question I’m often asked is whether or not paying half of a mortgage payment twice a month versus paying a full mortgage payment once a month is actually worthwhile.

Credit Score Undercuts Home Mortgage Plan (Fox News) Would applying for a home mortgage loan jointly with my wife be better or worse?

Homeowners Should Act Fast on Mortgage Debts (Marketwire) LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwire - March 9, 2010) - Responding to new statistics showing a slight increase in mortgage arrears in the final quarter of 2009 (compared with the same time in 2008), financial solutions company Think Money ( http://www.thinkmoney.com/ ) advised homeowners that they should continue to keep a careful eye on their finances and seek ...

Homeowners Should Act Fast on Mortgage Debts (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance) LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwire - 03/09/10) - Responding to new statistics showing a slight increase in mortgage arrears in the final quarter of 2009 (compared with the same time in 2008), financial solutions company Think Money ( http://www.thinkmoney.com/ ) advised homeowners that they should continue to keep a careful eye on their finances and seek financial ...

Prison for Alexandria man for $400k mortgage scheme (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) A 30-year-old man from Alexandria, Minn., was sentenced Monday to three years in prison after admitting that he concealed more than $400,000 in payments to himself and others from mortgage loan proceeds, then using some of that money to buy a motorcycle.

Credit score undercuts home mortgage plan (Bankrate.com via Yahoo! Finance) A man needs to boost his credit score if he wants to help his wife get a great home mortgage loan.

Thousands Walk Away From Mortgage (WILX 10 Lansing) Michigan faces growing home mortgage default woes

Talk to parents about $600-a-month gift (Fort Wayne News-Sentinel) Q: My husband and I bring in just enough to cover our bills. My parents are renting out a property they own to my sister for $600 a month. They want to give us that $600 a month to pay down our loan. They would have us continue to pay our mortgage, which is about $925 a month, and apply this $600 to the regular payment of the loan.

Real estate agent, father charged in mortgage fraud case (The Bakersfield Californian) A Bakersfield real estate agent and her father have been charged in a mortgage fraud scheme, accused of getting kickbacks from $4.1 million in fraudulent mortgage loans that almost immediately went into default, according to legal filings. Guadalupe Ramirez, 31, and her father, Augustine Ramirez, 60, were not in custody Thursday but were each wanted on $1 million arrest warrants, according to ...

Preparing for payment shock (South Philly Review) Many mortgage borrowers with adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs) on which the rate has adjusted within recent years are currently enjoying extremely low interest rates. This reflects the unusually low levels of the rate indexes used by most ARMs.