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This week, we present an interview one of our clients, Rick Harper. Rick is Senior Vice President of Program Services with Consumer Credit Counseling Service of SanFrancisco. He's worked for CCCS since 1994, and holds his J.D. and real estate brokerage license from...

We work hard here in the MK Blog Department to give you insights into the housing and mortgage industry. But today, we thought we'd give you some insight into our company. A good place to start is by taking a look at our latest razzle-dazzle--a new release of...

The MK gang loves politics. We've personally met both candidates, we read about it, talk about it, and the conventions were almost as eagerly anticipated as season three of Downton Abbey. But we asked ourselves after the conventions ended and we brushed the fictional...

Now here's an idea to beat the housing crisis blues: collective homeownership. Yep, that's right.  You and a friend, or you and your spouse and another couple, find a home and purchase it together. National Public Radio's Marketplace program featured a story...

There's some shameless horn-blowing going on here at MK. In the first 6 months of 2012, we referred more than 411,000 folks to local, vetted, best-in-class resources--from all 50 states and D.C. That's up 75% over the 235,000 referrals we made over the same period...

The news from the housing trenches is still mixed--this glass seems to be both empty and full at the same time. But this article from Bloomberg caught our eye: home equity (your home's worth minus any debt you owe on the home) saw its biggest jump in 60 years last...