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Instead, they use a mortgage, which is a loan to buy a home. After making a down payment of anywhere from 3% to 25%, they get a mortgage to cover the remaining costs of purchasing the home. Paying a larger percentage of the home’s price upfront reduces the amount you’re borrowing and makes you seem less risky to lenders.

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How I’m Managing our Family Budget during the Pandemic

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The PA governor has shut down all non-essential businesses indefinitely and we’ve now been ordered to stay at home unless traveling to essential jobs, needed supplies, or outdoor exercise as long as we practice social distancing. Are you working from home? Are you going crazy confined to your home? So enough about me!

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What is Green Energy?

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During the course of the last elections both in Canada and the USA, there was a substantial amount of talk surrounding energy: renewable energy, green energy, and fossil fuel emissions. Solar power is captured through solar panels transferring the sun’s radiation into electricity to power homes, schools, cars and so much more.

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The ABC’s of Debt Reduction

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For some this wakeup call came as a result of losing their home in foreclosure or their car in repossession. Regardless as to the specifics, many Americans have elected to decrease spending, increase savings and eradicate debt. The needs, goals and temperament of every household are unique. Pick a plan that works for you.

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