Countrywide Financial to buy Home Mortgage 
The nation’s largest mortgage lender is buying one of Manhattan’s leading mortgage brokers.

Down payment levels are recipe for trouble 
Does anybody remember the old days when home buyers actually made sizable down payments — often 20 percent or more — when they bought their first house? New national survey research reveals just how dated and quaint that concept has become in today’s market, thanks to rocketing home prices that have far eclipsed buyers’ incomes and savings. From mid-2005 to mid-2006, according to a statistical …

Financing car purchase with home equity not very smart move 
Would you take out a 30-year car loan? OK, you’re probably thinking that sounds outrageous, so let me take it down a bit. How about a 10-year auto loan?

Top 10 Inexpensive Cars 
We have the top 10 new cars for under $20,000 dollars.