In 2009 :
Lo : 66 °
Hi : 83 °
Rainfall : 1.40 “ Rain fell during the 2 – 8 a.m. & 3 & 6 – 11 p.m. hours

In 2008 :
Lo : 65 °
Hi : 83 °
Rainfall : 0.31 ”

In 2007 :
Lo : 65 °
Hi : 82 °
Rainfall : 0.00 “

In 2006 :
Lo : 53 °
Hi : 81 °
Rainfall : 0.00 “

In 2005 :
Lo : 69 °
Hi : 91 °
Rainfall : 0.00 ”

In 2004 :
Lo : 67 ° ...

Is there is any correlation between the percent of people who are late on their mortgage payments and the amount of calories consumed?
When a homeowner has problems making their mortgage payment at the end of a month, how short are they? Do they not have any money for the payment? Or is the struggling homeowner coming up just a few hundred short. With a mortgage payment of $1000, for example, that might only be $100-300.
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Monthly private mortgage insurance really stinks! Or does it? If you are a highly qualified home buyer, you may be able to take advantage of private mortgage insurance. That ability will save you an additional 10 to15% less for the down payment, of the normally required 20%.
With the end of purchase money seconds, 80-10-10 and 80-20, the private mortgage insurance companies are now “calling the shots”. If a home buyer is putting less than 20% down on a conventional loan, they must have...

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I've found there is a lot of confusion when using online mortgage calculators to try and estimate payments when buying a home. Most calculators just give principal & interest, and there is good reason, but it's nice to have the big picture when trying to estimate payments - as these days it is more common to have an escrow account where property taxes/homeowners insurance is paid along with the principal & interest portion of the mortgage payment. Plus even if you don't pay those items...