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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