Scott Lindner News Today

Isn’t ice cream a great food!? In fact, I worked in an ice cream plant in my early 20s. Did you know that Moose Tracks ice cream was named for a miniature golf course in Michigan's Upper Peninsula? Thank you to Carla M. who reminded me that July is National Ice Cream Month with an article on the top flavors. It is fortuitous that chocolate and ice cream met, as many of the most popular flavors have it. I know for a fact that mortgage attorney Brian Levy’s favorite ice cream...

30-year mortgages, which give you 360 months to pay off your mortgage balance, are by far the most popular because they come with lower monthly payments. But 15-year mortgages come with lower interest rates and lower long-term costs.

When the Fed hikes rates, borrowing gets more expensive -- but there's a silver lining.

High mortgage rates are making it more difficult to afford a home. Knowing how the homebuying process works can help.

Steps to calculate self-employed income for mortgage loans, the best mortgages for self-employed borrowers and other tips.

“Dear Santa: This year I would like a) a slim body, and b) a fat bank account. Don’t mix them up like you did last year.” Ah, if only we could turn back time. Better.com CEO Vishal Garg's apology letter to current employees has been leaked on Blind by a verified Better employee. (Blind is the anonymous professional social network where Garg accused some of the people he laid off of working "two hours a day.") Better.com certainl...

Even its most fervent admirers have never seen an Ocean Shore Railway Co. train, but the...

The median age of U.S. homes is rising partly because of the real estate bubble of 2005. Builders have underbuilt since then, and a majority of homes were built before 1989.

American homes aren’t just growing dramatically more expensive. They’re also getting older.