Paying off a mortgage early is test of balance (Home Mortgage)

Paying off a mortgage early is test of balance
Inside Bay Area - JOHN SORENSEN shown in front of his Newark home with his wife, Lu Ann, 10-yearold daughter Julia and 7-year-old son Conner is making extra monthly payments to pay off the family's mortgage five years ahead of schedule. (BEA AHBECK - Staff) SO YOU got

Paying off a mortgage early is test of balance
Inside Bay Area - SO YOU got the house, a big step in your life that took a lot of effort. Now it's time for another decision: Is it worth it to pay off your mortgage early? Whether to prepay a mortgage depends on a variety of factors, experts say. Is there a

Danielle DiMartino: Homeowners read from new script
Fox11AZ - You may not have heard of the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight's third-quarter home price index. But this obscure data has become the most important indicator of the future of the U.S., and by extension, global economy. It's due at 8 a

Bollard admits lifting interest rate risks a hard landing
New Zealand Herald - Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard tightened the interest rate screws again yesterday even as he acknowledged the risk that the economy could suffer a hard landing next year. As expected, he raised the official cash rate from 7 to 7.25 per cent, the