Breaking the Bank

Tips for Buying a Home in Today's Market

If you're considering buying a home, some experts think you should get a move on it.

Reverse Mortgage Gives Seniors Options

Often misunderstood, reverse mortgage provides income for borrowers during retirement.

Transportation and housing costs are rising, but wages aren’t keeping up

Homeowners’ Rights

So You Want to Be an Investor?

State debt falls to $1.7 billion

INDIANAPOLIS | Gov. Mitch Daniels held a ceremonial mortgage burning outside the Statehouse Wednesday to celebrate early payment of $147 million of long-term state debt.

Debt Dip Spells Housing Gain

PHIL WIELAND: Bank pays wrong taxes once, demands twice back

Make no mistake. Bank of America Corp. doesn't make mistakes like the mistake it made with Valparaiso Councilman John Bowker's property taxes.

States hoping settlement can bring mortgage relief

The selection of an administrator to manage a $25 billion national settlement reached with five large mortgage servicers earlier this year could bring many Indiana and Illinois borrowers relief on their mortgages.

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Happy and they know it

Home is where the vote is

Home values have taken a hit

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Housing costs may be on the decline, but Closing costs are on the rise. Here’s why and what you can do about it

The good news for homebuyers is that mortgage interest rates continue to hover near record lows. The bad news is that closing costs are on the rise.

Mortgage foreclosure surplus is a rare find

CROWN POINT | It's a long shot, but a small number of people who lost their homes in mortgage foreclosure may be owed some money.

Foreclosure case sparks judge rebuke

INDIANAPOLIS | The Indiana Court of Appeals on Friday reversed a Porter County judge's decision that it said ignored state law and improperly gave priority to a mechanic's lien over a bank mortgage in a foreclosure action.

Home Buying & Selling 101: Real Advice from Real Estate Experts- Part 1 of 2

When you act now and take advantage of the fact that homes more affordable than they've been in the past 35 years along with the fact that interest rates remain at historic lows, the result could be smaller monthly payments that can be held in check for up to 30 years with a fixed-rate mortgage.

Investing in real estate isn’t a get-rich-quick game anymore. Here’s what to know about owning’s financial implications

It's never been easy.

To Buy or Not To Buy?

Most Americans believe there is no debate -- an overwhelming 75% of people polled as part of a recent National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) said that owning a home is worth the risk of the fluctuations in the market, while 95% of those who identified themselves as current home owners …