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mortgage planning: Don't Wait Until It's Too Late to Lock Your Record Rate! - 01/26/09 09:04 PM
Let's face it, everyone wants to get the best deal out there.  We want to get that house at the bargain basement price, we want to buy the car after making the car dealer say "mercy", and we all want the VERY lowest possible rates on our mortgage.  For the past 5 years, with the exception of a few brief moments, mortgage rates have generally been in the high 5's to high 6's.  When rates went down into the 4's a couple of weeks ago, many people jumped on the opportunity to get an unprecendented rate on their home loan.  However, there … (0 comments)

mortgage planning: America's Savings Rate (Or Lack Thereof) - 07/02/07 12:17 AM

As you can see, Americans are spending more than they are making!  This has never happened before, but is now a trend that has been in place since 2005. 
What is frightening about our lack of savings is we will be facing a huge problem at retirement if things don't change.  3/4 of Americans age 55-64 have less than $56,000 saved for retirement.  They can't live off of that considering the average social security benefits are less than $1,000 per month.
97% of Americans with children do not have a college savings plan.
65% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
As mortgage professionals and … (6 comments)

 

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