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An In-Depth Look at the Student Loan Crisis with Larry Gilmore
Here at the MK blog, we wanted a better understanding of the growing student loan debt issues that are making the news. And we found the man with the answers. This week is the first of a two-part interview with Larry L. Gilmore, president of the Student Loan Alliance...
Housing and the Government Shutdown
As we enter week #2 of the government shutdown, we took a hard look at how it would affect the mortgage market. Here's what we found: * If the shutdown lasts only another week or so, the impact will be minimal. * Fannie and Freddie aren't affected. * FHA is continuing...
The Housing Recovery That Wasn’t
We've talked in this space before of the housing recovery being perhaps overstated. As the usage of our products--which help struggling homeowners find local resources to help them stabilize their finances--increases, we can't quite get on the recovery bandwagon. A...
Debt Free is the New Sexy
A few of us here at MortgageKeeper live and work from Minneapolis...home of long winters, glorious (but short) summers, and the Mall of America. Today at the Mall, one of us was people-watching. What we saw was a twenty-something sporting a charcoal colored tee shirt...
A Debt-Free College Education? Persistence is Key
We were moved by an article on the Opinion page of The Wall Street Journal late last month. Entitled, "It's Possible to Graduate Debt-Free. Here's How" it details one young woman's persistent effort to finish college without debt. She succeeded, but the work it...
Foreclosure is Down, Home Prices are Up. So Why is MK Breaking Records?
It's a question we here at MortgageKeeper have asked ourselves. The Housing Crisis seems to be easing. Foreclosure is down. For sale signs in our neighborhoods are replaced by "sold" signs a lot faster these days. So why is the demand for MortgageKeeper reaching...


