When choosing a mortgage, do the math - 2004-03-14
Come-on pitches for home mortgages dominate the airwaves, mailboxes and Internet. They tout historically low loan rates, small fees and no hassles.

Lenders offer abundant choices -- such as variable rates, no points, balloon payments, reverse mortgages, 15-, 20- and 30-year terms -- designed to meet individual needs.

Picking between them can be a daunting task.
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Who's well mortgage endowed now? - 2004-03-14
The meat of the matter is promises. The accountants, actuaries and directors departing from the well-heeled suburbs of South-East England to spend another day doing something arcane but incredibly well paid in the City are in the trust business.

What two independently excoriating reports - one by Lord Penrose on the collapse of the Equitable Life and the other by MPs on the endowment mortgage scandal - showed last week is how cavalier suburban, professional, commuting England is about promises.
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