Pay down loan or save for home? 
Save for the home first because student loan won’t hurt your credit, says Dr. Don.

Heroes make way for tourists 
KENTON Cools name did not make it into the papers which is something of a surprise. Mr Cool (32), one of Britains finest mountaineers, climbed Everest earlier this month for the third time in three years, more times than any other Briton.

New Century Financial Corporation Reports Strong First Quarter 2006 Results 
New Century Financial Corporation , a real estate investment trust and parent company of one of the nation’s premier mortgage finance companies, today reported results for the three months ended March 31, 2006.

Program helps public servants buy homes in their areas 
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The housing boom has been kind to many people. Adam Getty wasn’t one of them.

Got the variable-rate-mortgage blues 
Dear Dr. Don, We purchased a home in May 2005 for $273,000, putting 5 percent down and have a credit score of 804. Student loans are our only other debt. We got stuck in an interest only variable rate loan that is now at 7.6 percent and the interest rate rises every single month.