Home-equity loans getting tighter, too

Story date: 2007-10-19 05:56:00
Added on: 2007-10-21 08:34:44

San Francisco Gate - Even those loans have recently grown more expensive, though - and not just because their interest rates are typically tied to the prime rate, which has jumped in recent years. Now banks are charging interest-rate premiums of a percentage point or ...


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