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As we enter week #2 of the government shutdown, we took a hard look at how it would affect the mortgage market. Here's what we found: * If the shutdown lasts only another week or so, the impact will be minimal. * Fannie and Freddie aren't affected. * FHA is continuing...

We've talked in this space before of the housing recovery being perhaps overstated. As the usage of our products--which help struggling homeowners find local resources to help them stabilize their finances--increases, we can't quite get on the recovery bandwagon. A...

We were moved by an article on the Opinion page of The Wall Street Journal late last month. Entitled, "It's Possible to Graduate Debt-Free. Here's How" it details one young woman's persistent effort to finish college without debt. She succeeded, but the work it...

It's a question we here at MortgageKeeper have asked ourselves. The Housing Crisis seems to be easing. Foreclosure is down. For sale signs in our neighborhoods are replaced by "sold" signs a lot faster these days. So why is the demand for MortgageKeeper reaching...

I have many single friends--men and women. If I were to generalize among them, I'd say my single male friends tend to rent their homes, while my single female friends overwhelmingly own. The National Association of Realtors has discovered the same thing. Their...