Nashville Mortgage News

Mortgage experts: Now is time to buy, refinance
Mortgage rates are at the lowest level in decades and those waiting to buy a home or refinance should wait no more.

Nashville People in Business
Jeff Jowdy, president of Lighthouse Counsel, a Franklin consulting firm to nonprofits, has been named 2010 Fundraiser Professional of the Year by The Association of Fundraising Professionals, Nashville chapter.

More Tennesseans behind on mortgages
New mortgage data published last week show more people are falling behind on their mortgages in Tennessee, just like the rest of the nation.

Brookdale Announces Completion of Two Refinancing Transactions
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Brookdale Senior Living Inc. (NYSE: BKD) announced today that the Company has completed two mortgage debt refinancing transactions in the aggregate principal amount of $219.0 million. The Company obtained a $181.0 million first mortgage loan from Prudential Mortgage Capital Company. The loan has a seven year term and bears interest at a fixed ...

Coshocton volunteers look back at time on Gulf Coast
Five years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, Coshocton natives and residents recall how the storm affected them.

Almanac sees kinder, gentler winter
LEWISTON, Maine — After record snowfall in the mid-Atlantic and unusually cold weather down South, the Farmers' Almanac is predicting a 'kinder and gentler' winter for much of the country. However, residents of the upper Midwest and Great Lakes are expected to get the piles of snow that'll be lacking elsewhere. After checking the skies, tidal action and sunspots, the folks at the 194-year-old ...

Singing to help quints’ family with mortgage
ELIZABETHTON — The arrival of quintuplets will always put a strain on a young family’s finances, but having quintuplets in the middle of a recession is a much greater burden.

Robert Blagojevich on Having His Charges Dropped
In an interview with TIME, Robert Blagojevich, older brother and co-defendant of the ex-Illinois governor, tells how he found out the feds were dismissing the charges against him

A Battle For Life, A Battle For Home
For more than 13 years, one midstate woman has been in a fight. ALS has robbed Erin Worsham of her mobility and now Mother Nature could rob her of a roof over her head.

Daycare enrollment dips as families tighten budgets
The average annual cost for preschool in Tennessee is near $4,500.