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A mortgage branch company is not an easy business to manage or operate. To some, it sounds like a quick way to get rich. Hire a lot of loan officers, make a couple hundred dollars off each loan, and retire in a couple years. If only it was so easy.

Leading mortgage retail branch provider Southwest Funding is recently said that Carolyn Clark has joined the Southwest team as Field Recruiter within the Business Development group.

The Home Affordable Modification Program has seen limited success, though. Now, we re hearing of a new program to be offered, called the Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternatives Program. Here is what you need to know about the Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternatives Program.

This mortgage calculator can be used to figure out monthly payments of a home mortgage loan, based on the home s sale price, the term of the loan desired, buyer s down payment percentage, and the loan s interest rate. This calculator factors in PMI (Private Mortgage Insurance) for loans where less than 20% is put as a down payment. Also taken into consideration are the town property taxes, and their effect on the total monthly mortgage payment.

Triad Guaranty Inc. (NASDAQ:TGIC) is applauding the Congressional passage of new legislation that will allow low-and moderate-income homebuyers and homeowners to continue to deduct mortgage insurance premiums from their federal income tax returns. The new legislation, which President Bush is expected to sign, extends this deduction to loans closed in 2007 through 2010. The previous law was to expire at the end of 2007.