Paying attention; keeping track; having a basic understanding of financial matters are important when dealing with your lender.

There is a simple step to help you pay off your mortgage that most consumers do not take.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are said to end up under government control today due to accounting which hid problems with their abilities to handle our financial storm. Maybe it is time to consider more accountability for firms reporting financial numbers.

Mortgage expert Rich Dansereau guest blogs with a basic run down of the documents you will need when going in for your mortgage loan application.

Basic explanations to terms used in loan applications and types of mortgages.