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See also: - Information about government assistance and other resources for homeowners to make homes affordable. - Provides an up-to-date database of mortgage lending guidelines. - Provides answers to questions consumers may have regarding mortgages. - A borrower's guide that can help get the best possible loan and avoid bad, or predatory loans. - Complete set of tools and analysis to determine the optimal way to structure a home loan. - Government agency oversees home mortgage lending practices. - A step-by-step guide through the home loan process. - Information about loans from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development any buying homes with a low down payment. - Various topics are covered from settlement costs to buying land and new construction. Department of Housing and Urban Development. - Detailed answers for new home buyers seeking a first mortgage. Also features a library of PDF files for download. - Presents a consumer guide to choosing a mortgage. - Information on the home loan program of the Veterans Administration. - Provides near real-time home asking price and inventory tracking as well as affordability measures for housing markets across the United States. Features include city-by-city break-down charts and 25/50/75 percentile monitoring. - Information about refinancing and loan modification options available under the Home Affordable Refinance Program. - Post questions and receive answers from mortgage professionals. - Mortgage articles, tutorials, podcasts, and online tests, designed to prepare, educate and protect consumers shopping for home loans written by industry insider, Rob K. Blake. The site also has sections aimed towards real estate professionals and financial advisors. - First time borrowers can learn about the financing of a home. Comparative chart displays commonalities and differences between the types of mortgage loans. - Mortgage articles and resources by Wharton Professor and nationally syndicated mortgage columnist Jack M. Guttentag. - Offers a mortgage book plus advice on moving. - Explanations of the different types of mortgage loans available to homebuyers. - Information on fixed and adjustable rate mortgages, home equity loans, refinancing, and reverse mortgages. With a glossary and mortgage calculators. - Information on purchasing homes with little or no money down. - Calculators, mortgage market trends, detailed information on various loan programs, articles and publications, a large vocabulary of mortgage terms. - Author Ben Jones examines the home price boom and its effect on owners, lenders, regulators, realtors and the economy as a whole. Entries typically cover a specific region of the United States and are commentary on published news from that area. - US Federal Reserve Board provides information to help consumers understand the mortgage lending process.
