Mortgages

Mortgage Bailout Math

I’m not sure if mortgages is the right category for this, but I have to put it somewhere, so I’ll put it here.
A lot of friends have asked me what I think about the various bailouts, stimulus plans, etc.
I agree with many people, that they simply won’t do what they are being touted to do, [...]


Why thirty years is the default for mortgages

This is the first post on mortgages, and I hope it highlights the kind of analytical approach I’d like to take on this blog.
A few months back, No Debt Plan took a look at fifteen year versus thirty year mortgages. There was a lot of discussion and debate on the topic, and No Debt [...]