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Mortgages
With interest rates rising, shopping around is more important than ever.
First-time homebuyer guide
Mortgages
Being a novice often feels like a nuisance. However, there are actually perks to being a first-timer.
5 types of mortgage loans for homebuyers
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A primer on how these home loans work, including the lingo you need to know.
Follow these 10 steps to nail the loan and make buying that home a reality.
A comprehensive list to help you find the right financing tool for your dream home.
With interest rates rising, shopping around is more important than ever.
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There are many ways to finance a manufactured or mobile home. Here’s a guide to your options.
Bankrate editor Laurie Richards shares why she worked with a local mortgage lender to buy her first home.
It has many advantages, but getting one’s a painstaking process.
Are you too young to buy a home?
Does it ding it? Increase it? It can do both. Here’s what to expect.
Homeowners are staying on the sidelines of the housing market, biding their time.
These lenders keep the mortgages they underwrite, so they may lend when others won’t.
Higher home values helped lower this Bankrate writer’s mortgage costs.
