Baby powder
Chicago Sun-Times - Baby powder Want to take the kids skiing without taking out a second mortgage? The Midwest boasts plenty of family-friendly ski getaways like the one at Grand Geneva Resort and Spa — for bunny slope prices.

Greater KC LISC financed $3.5M in 2007
Kansas City Business Journal - The Tax Increment Financing Commission of Kansas City — a $550,625 bridge loan for home repairs in the Blue Hills and Ivanhoe neighborhoods. Pan Educational Institute — a $542,000 second mortgage to buy a building at 1522 Holmes St., where the

How the World Works
Salon - lawyer Raymond Natter in an analysis of the legislation, was designed to prevent “reverse redlining” — “the practice of targeting residents of specific disadvantaged communities for credit on unfair terms, and in particular by second mortgage lenders

Better to pay mortgage on rental property or switch it to personal
Marketwatch - If that doesn’t work, you could lend them the difference as a second mortgage. Or, you could lend them the whole amount. Before deciding, though, you should consult your financial adviser so that you can make the best choice for your own situation

Subpar Ratings For the Ratings Agencies
New York Sun - Also in January 2005, S&P announced that the issuance of residential mortgage-backed securities in 2004 had climbed to $864.2 billion, a 47% year-over-year gain, fueled primarily by subprime and second mortgage liens of nearly $412 billion, up 91

Veterans have more flexibility in buying homes
Fremont News-Messenger - Buying a home now may be an option for more Ohio veterans. A temporary exemption allows veterans who may have owned a home in the past three years to qualify under the Ohio Housing Finance Agency s First-Time Homebuyer Program. Traditionally