Are You Built for a Do-It-Yourself House Kit?
“I wanted to build something,” Jennifer Buck says. So she’s building a two-story, 2,000-square-foot home in Sharon, Connecticut — from a kit. “I’m going to be 48 years old. Before…
Hal M. Bundrick, CFP
Hal M. Bundrick is a personal finance writer for NerdWallet. He is a certified financial planner and former financial consultant and senior investment specialist for Wall Street firms. Hal advised families, business owners, nonprofits, and trusts, as well as managed group employee retirement plans in the South and Midwest. Since hanging up (burning) his suits and ties, Hal now works to make money matters understandable and jargon-free. He enjoys aimless travel and – since he lives in the South – air conditioning.
Posts by Hal M. Bundrick, CFP:
State Employees’ Credit Union Mortgage Review 2018
State Employees’ Credit Union, which primarily serves the residents of North Carolina, was founded in 1937 with less than $500 in deposits and just 17 members. Today, SECU, whose membership…
VA Home Loans: What You Need to Know
VA loans play an important role in helping those who serve and have served in the military buy a home. Here’s what you need to know about VA loans: how they…
VA Loan Limits for 2018
VA loan limits are the wrinkle in your dress blues. An annoying detail. VA home loans are pretty easy to understand — no down payment required, better-than-average interest rates and…
Home Equity Loan vs. Cash-Out Refinance: Ways to Tap Your Home’s Value
A home equity loan and a cash-out refinance are two ways to access the value that has accumulated in your home. Although the loans are similar, they’re not the same.…
Rocket Mortgage Review 2018
Rocket Mortgage is the online and mobile-friendly mortgage application process developed by Quicken Loans. With on-demand assistance from licensed mortgage advisors available with just a tap, Rocket helps you go through…
How to Buy a House That Hasn’t Been Built Yet
Trisha and Dennis Rawlings, a couple in their early 30s, are moving to suburban Chicago and leaving their over-60-year-old first home in the St. Louis area behind. “We were looking…
Closing Homeownership Gap Requires More Than Credit Scoring Changes
Last year, there was a sense of optimism that new credit scoring refinements could help address the challenges minority mortgage applicants face when buying a home and begin to narrow…
Quicken Loans Mortgage Review 2018
Quicken Loans has grown from mortgage industry disrupter to mainstream lender. Founded as a brick-and-mortar lender in 1985, then moving to an online platform in 2000, Quicken Loans gained traction…
New American Funding Mortgage Review 2018
New American Funding is among the very few national mortgage lenders that can claim to be family owned. Sure, there are small mom-and-pop lenders in communities across the nation that…
