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Ilyce Glink is the author of ten books, including the bestselling 100 Questions Every First-Time Home Buyer Should Ask. Her nationally syndicated column, "Real Estate Matters," appears in more than 125 newspapers and Web sites, and her online "Ask Ilyce" columns are read by hundreds of thousands of people every month. She is a top-rated radio host on WSB Radio in Atlanta, the Home Equity blogger at CBS MoneyWatch.com, host of the Internet program "Expert Real Estate Tips," managing editor of the Equifax Personal Finance Blog, and publisher of ThinkGlink.com.
Written by Ilyce Glink on October 22, 2010
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Buying a New Home? Here Are 5 Things Your Builder Won’t Tell You There are plenty of new homes to buy these days. In fact, depending on the city where you live, there may be years’ worth of new homes for sale. Many developers have…
Reverse Mortgages: What’s New If you’re a senior age 62 or older, you’ve probably heard the term “reverse mortgage.” You may even have seen an ad featuring celebrated actor James Garner speaking on behalf of Financial Freedom, a reverse mortgage lender. Simply, reverse mortgages allow…
Zero Down Home Loan Options I recently received this question from one of our Equifax Personal Finance Blog visitors: Q: My husband and I have been having serious marital issues since 2005, and we can’t seem to repair our problems. One problem we can’t agree…
Written by Ilyce Glink on October 1, 2010
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Mortgage Interest Rate Update: Are We at the Bottom? In 2009, my 5/1 adjustable-rate mortgage went into its seventh year, and the interest rate dropped to 3.35 percent. I thought that was fairly amazing. When I bought my first home (a co-op on Lake Shore…
Written by Ilyce Glink on September 24, 2010
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Renting vs. Owning Property: How to Make the Call? According to a recent Rent.com survey, 69 percent of families have moved at least one time during their children’s life. Eighteen percent have moved at least three times. When it comes to households, two things have…
Should I Refinance Now? Last November, when mortgage interest rates hit 4.25 percent for a 15-year fixed, my husband, Sam, and I hit the refinance button. We were seven or eight years into our 5/1 adjustable rate mortgage (ARM), which had recently reset to about…
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