Resource | Type | Description |
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Affordability | Calculator | How much can you afford? |
Rent-Buy | Calculator | Rent vs. Buy analysis |
Qualification | Calculator | See how large a loan you might obtain |
About Prequal | Article | How lenders do prequalification |
No Money Down | Article | No Money Down Flame War |
Time Sharing | Scams | Evaluates vacation time sharing as an investment |
Scams to watch for | Scams | Credit doctors, straw buyers, and other scams |
Home Buyer's Guide | Review | Software to help new home buyers |
Glink | Review | 100 First-time Buyer Questions |
Books | Review | Other books for first-time buyers |
Formula | Article | Formula for financial analysis |
Arithmetic | Article | The Stock Market and Arithmetic |
Stocks | Article | Compares buying a house with buying stock |
Afford | Article | Figuring your budget as a homebuyer |
Closing Costs | Article | How to figure closing costs |
APR | Article | What the Annual Percentage Rate tells you |
Contacts | List | Affordable housing agency contacts |
Dictionary | Glossary | Legal Terminology, from Craig R. Buck |
Vocabulary | Glossary | HUD Homebuyers vocabulary, from Windermere |
Mortgage terms | Glossary | Mortgage terminology, from MMIS |
ARM rate checking | Article | Understand and verify ARM adjustment, from HSH |
APR Calculator | Calculator | Calculates the APR, from Mark Brubaker |
MGIC rate card | Table | Mortgage Insurance Rates (Acrobat file) |
Mortgage insurance | Article | How to buy a home with less money down |
VA loans | Service | Low money down loans from the Veterans Admin |
HUD FAQ | FAQ | buying a HUD home, FHA premium refunds, etc. |
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