BY FROMA HARROP Another housing boom? N-o-o-o! Housing starts are now inching up. Mortgages are easier to obtain. Even the “piggyback loan” has returned. That lets you take two mortgages at the same time and get around having to buy mortgage insurance when borrowing more than 80% of a home’s value. “Housing Is Back!” hollers the cover of Money magazine. And time to lock up friends and relatives with short memories. While we’re at it, […]

Housing Hot, Again?
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