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Buying a Home With the Help of Mortgage Insurance

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Private mortgage insurance , orPMI, protects the lender and investor from loss, not the borrower. As you consider all the facets of being a homeowner and how it will affect your financial well-being, consider this: MI is not only a requirement for people with less than 20% to put down, it’s actually affordable.

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How to Handle the Stock Market Roller Coaster Ride?

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Even if you aren’t invested in the market, you wonder if this will ripple down to you in the form of more job losses, higher prices, inflation, benefit reductions and belt cinching. Hamilton as well as Family Wealth – Keeping It in the Family by James E. What Should You Do In a Market Downturn? Hughes, Jr.

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