Conventional mortgage loans are typically offered as fixed rates amortized over 30 or 15 years, for example, or as adjustable rate mortgages (A.R.M.s) which are most often amortized over 30 years. As the terms imply a fixed rate mortgage is fixed at a specific interest rate for the lifetime of [...]
Louis Bacon Tries to Turn Around Taos Ski Valley Sales at the resort are rising ahead of the hedge fund founder's planned purchase of the area Louis Bacon's purchase and planned renovation of Taos Ski Valley have resulted in a property sales boost. The Trevisanis paid $750,000 for a three-bedroom [...]
Residential mortgage interest rates have remained quite steady for the last year and a half but the last week of June in 2013 brought on the largest three day increase in rates in at least ten years. According to Mathew Graham, columnist for Mortgage News daily, “These three days toward [...]
How is the value of something established? How do we decide what something or someone is worth? How much is that small Monet? What’s the value of 3 acres in Arroyo Hondo, this diamond ring, a smile from across the room, or a Facebook friend? The banking industry requires a [...]
