Pete Gerardo is a business writer whose work has appeared in The New York Times and numerous trade magazines. Connect with Pete on LinkedIn.
December 18, 2017
Unless you’re familiar with “virtual currencies” like Bitcoin, the word blockchain may mean nothing to you. But in just a few years, blockchain technology and two of its features – […]
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December 15, 2017
Not that long ago, many people used services like Airbnb as “spare cash machines.” By making it easy for people to rent their house, condo or spare bedroom to value-conscious […]
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September 27, 2017
Not that long ago, getting an online mortgage was a Digital Age novelty – akin to paying for groceries via smartphone. Today, online lenders such as Quicken Loans are established […]
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September 20, 2017
Because home buying is a complex, multi-step process that requires you to make dozens of decisions (large and small), and pay a variety of fees (also large and small), it’s […]
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September 13, 2017
Given the long list of expenses that comes with buying a home, it’s tempting to seek out savings wherever you can find them. Unfortunately, about 1.4 million homebuyers in 2014 […]
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September 6, 2017
For millions of Americans, home equity lines of credit (HELOCs) have been a convenient, low-cost ways to finance home improvements and consolidate debt and big-ticket purchases such as cars and […]
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August 7, 2017
Buying a home is an exciting journey, but it can come with a lot of pressure. A home purchase represents the biggest investment that most people will ever make, […]
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Home Buying · Mortgage Strategy
May 3, 2017
In a country so politically polarized that even consumer confidence is now split along partisan lines, it should come as no surprise that President Donald Trump’s impact on the housing […]
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Home Buying · Understanding Mortgages
April 19, 2017
Your credit score is one of the biggest factors that mortgage lenders consider when deciding how much money to loan and what rate to loan at. In a lot of […]
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March 22, 2017
Low interest rates and increased awareness of VA loan program benefits fueled a record volume of VA loans in the last two quarters of 2016, with refinancing spurring much of […]
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