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Statistics are tricky things. They can be massaged and repurposed to say just about anything to support...well...just about anything. As Mark Twain has it, "Facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable." We remember this as we come to grips with the statistics...

We were interested in a recent blog appearing in The Christian Science Monitor describing the relationship between emotion and spending. The author describes some hard and fast ways to keep your emotions from affecting your wallet. Some of us come from the world of...

We've been inspired recently by former British prime minister Tony Blair, who when he first took office described his priorities as "Education, education, education." He made good on his promise, raising per pupil funding 48%, adding 35,000 teachers, and raising...

Of interest here at MortgageKeeper is the question, is the housing crisis over, or not? The feeling in our hearts is that the worst is past us. But the Man on the Street says it just ain't so. The MacArthur Foundation's "Housing Matters" survey made headlines this...

One of MortgageKeeper's long-time clients is the Homeownership Preservation Foundation (HPF)--the folks behind the national Homeowner's HOPE hotline, 888-995-HOPE. Their counselors have fielded more than 6 million homeowner calls since 2007, and 70% of these callers...

We've recently come across a nifty idea that's become an entire movement. Called "Home Matters," it stresses the idea that home isn't just four walls and a roof. A home gives self-worth and health, protection to families, security to communities, and ultimately makes...