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Buying a Home When You're Not a U.S. Citizen

Filed under: Buying, Financing, Refinancing Getty Images By Kirk Haverkamp Immigrants are having a significant impact on the U.S. housing market. According to the Research Institute for Housing America, immigrants accounted for nearly 40% of the net increase in U.S. homeowners from 2000 to 2010. Meanwhile, the same group estimates that U.S. homeownership rates among Latino immigrants will hit 50% by the year 2020. Overall, the number of immigrant homeowners

Buying a Home When You're Not a U.S. Citizen

Filed under: Buying, Financing, Refinancing Getty Images By Kirk Haverkamp Immigrants are having a significant impact on the U.S. housing market. According to the Research Institute for Housing America, immigrants accounted for nearly 40% of the net increase in U.S. homeowners from 2000 to 2010. Meanwhile, the same group estimates that U.S. homeownership rates among Latino immigrants will hit 50% by the year 2020. Overall, the number of immigrant homeowners

France outpaces Britain, Germany with fastest growth in two years

By Ingrid Melander and Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) – Cheap oil and a weak euro helped France’s economy expand at its fastest rate in two years in the first quarter as consumers spent more freely, but the growth pickup was not sharp enough to generate extra jobs. French exports slowed, however, and a depressed real estate market kept weighing on the euro zone’s second-largest economy, the data from statistics office

France outpaces Britain, Germany with fastest growth in two years

By Ingrid Melander and Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) – Cheap oil and a weak euro helped France’s economy expand at its fastest rate in two years in the first quarter as consumers spent more freely, but the growth pickup was not sharp enough to generate extra jobs. French exports slowed, however, and a depressed real estate market kept weighing on the euro zone’s second-largest economy, the data from statistics office

Wednesday, May 13: Today in Gold and Silver

NEW YORK (TheStreet) — After not doing much of anything from a price perspective in Far East and early London trading on their Tuesday, gold and silver both rallied sharply sharply starting just before 11 a.m. in London.  Within minutes, gold was up 13 dollars, but that was pretty much it for the day.  The price dipped a bit during COMEX trading, but then rallied until 11:45 a.m. EDT, before