Today's Mortgage Terms starting with H

Home Equity Line of Credit:

A type of revolving credit in which your home is used as collateral.

Home Equity Loan:

A revolving line of credit or loan based on the equity in the mortgagor's property. The property is the collateral for the loan, which is usable for any purpose.

Housing and Urban Development (HUD):

A U.S. government agency created to introduce federal housing and community development programs; manages the Federal Housing Administration.

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Boutique Firms Well-Positioned in Current Economy - Law.com
Leaders at law firms across the country have taken to trumpeting the variety of their practice areas amid the slumping economy. The idea is that when one area is down -- such as structured finance or real estate -- another will boom and help prop up ...

CONSUMER FOCUS:Marital and monetary bliss - Buffalo News
Cheap is the new chic.” That’s what a character from the “Ugly Betty” sitcom said recently during a party-planning scene. That’s right. Frugal is fashionable, no longer a dirty word. And that applies to weddings, too, which can spike into ...

Here comes... the (frugal) bride - Buffalo News
Cheap is the new chic.” That’s what a character from the “Ugly Betty” sitcom said recently during a party-planning scene. That’s right. Frugal is fashionable, no longer a dirty word. And that applies to weddings, too, which can spike into ...

Mortgage lending seized up in '07 - Cincinnati.com
Mortgage lending in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky slowed by 20 percent in 2007 - a drop that foreshadowed the full-blown banking crisis that's still intensifying this year. An Enquirer analysis of federal lending data underscores the depth ...

Oregonian projection: Merkley defeats Smith to take U.S. Senate seat - Oregonian
Democrat Jeff Merkley has leapt from Oregon's statehouse to the U.S. Senate, ousting two-term Republican Gordon Smith after an expensive, high-stakes contest that will help shift the balance of power in Washington. The Oregonian projects that Merkley ...

Energy-hogging Wash. prisons go green - Salon
Nov 1st, 2008 | LITTLEROCK, Wash. -- Of all the things convicted murderer Robert Knowles has been called during his 13 years behind bars, recycler hasn't been one of them. But there he was one morning, pitchfork in hand, composting food scraps from ...

Columbia Bancorp Reports Third Quarter 2008 Financial Results - CNBC
THE DALLES, Ore., Oct 31, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Columbia Bancorp (Nasdaq: CBBO), the bank holding company for Columbia River Bank, today announced its third quarter 2008 financial results. In response to the unprecedented economic ...

Pondering Peavy for Yunel, Gorkys, Charlie.... - Atlanta Journal Constitution
The entry titled "Pondering a Jake for Yunel, Gorkys, Charlie....," and any of the comments about it. A few thoughts while packing (again) for a trip to Arizona tomorrow to see Tommy Hanson and other Braves prospects in the Fall League, and thinking ...

Braves still shopping for a Big Dog - Atlanta Journal Constitution
The entry titled "Braves still shopping for a Big Dog," and any of the comments about it. The leaves are off the big ol’ oak tree I’m looking at in my front yard. Thanksgiving is just a week away. And the Braves haven’t filled any of their ...

Here's My Take #3: Here's What I think The Next Administration Should ... - Huffingtonpost.com
Once again, OffTheBus readers make me proud! Your responses ranged from a few words to novellas, from the basest of concerns to goals so lofty they need a string tied to them to keep them in sight. I enjoyed reading all of them--there were a lot--and ...