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		<title>Owner Financing vs  Mortgage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q: As a Seller, my realtor is pressuring me to offer owner financing.  Why should I do this if there are mortgages available? Stan H., Seattle, WA
A:  In recognition of a soft market, some realtors are recommending owner financing as an option for a quicker sale.  While it makes sense for some [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mexlend.com/blog/2010/03/owner-financing-vs-mortgage/</link>
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		<title>Good Faith Estimate</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q: What is a Good Faith Estimate and what should be included?  Patty M, Los Angeles, CA
A:   All reputable mortgage brokers should be willing to give their clients a Good Faith Estimate or GFE outlining the costs associated with financing a real estate transaction.  In the US, Truth In Lending Laws [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mexlend.com/blog/2010/03/good-faith-estimate/</link>
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		<title>How secure is my property if I purchase in Mexico?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q. “How secure is my property if I purchase in Mexico?”  Chris M. – San Francisco, CA.
A. Very secure.  In the “restricted zones” along the coast or near the border, foreign buyers are required to place the property in a Trust (Fiedecomiso) with a Mexican bank.  The buyer is the beneficiary of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mexlend.com/blog/2010/03/how-secure-is-my-property-if-i-purchase-in-mexico/</link>
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		<title>Difference between a Mortgage Broker and a Mortgage Banker</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q: “What is the difference between a Mortgage Broker and a Mortgage Banker?”  James G., Springdale, AR.
A: The Primary Mortgage Market is made up of a variety of players involved in the lending of money to the actual consumer.  These players include the Borrower, Mortgage Broker, Mortgage Banker and the Banks who do [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mexlend.com/blog/2010/03/difference-between-a-mortgage-broker-and-a-mortgage-banker/</link>
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		<title>Loan for Mexico that you can afford</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q: “How can I determine what loan for Mexico that I can afford?” Christine H., Denver, CO.
A: Determining how much of a loan you can handle is relatively easy. You can go online to our website and fill out the pre-qualification form; we’ll work the numbers and provide you with an estimate of costs and what your [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mexlend.com/blog/2010/03/loan-for-mexico-that-you-can-afford/</link>
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		<title>Best Places to Buy in Mexico</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From ShelterOffshore.com comes an article looking at the top four places to buy property in Mexico (and MEXLend Mortgages can handle loans in all of them!).
Of course, our favorite is Puerto Vallarta.
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		<link>http://www.mexlend.com/blog/2009/04/best-places-to-buy-in-mexico/</link>
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		<title>World Bank Loan to Help Mexico&#8217;s Poor Children</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The World Bank just approved $1.5 billion for new educational and health programs according to Bloomberg.
Education is the only way to progress.
Great news!
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		<link>http://www.mexlend.com/blog/2009/04/world-bank-loan-to-help-mexicos-poor-children/</link>
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		<title>Foreign Investors Continue Funding Factories in Mexico</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a lengthy article in BusinessWeek about just how much money foreign investors are pumping into building factories in Mexico. It&#8217;s nice to see that companies are looking beyond the recent media-hyped violence reports and realizing what a good value it is to build and manufactuer in Mexico. It also shows considerable faith that Mexico [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mexlend.com/blog/2009/04/foreign-investors/</link>
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		<title>Good News for Credit Card Holders in Mexico</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Having come from the United States where everyone I know is steeped in credit card debt, it was hard not to see the same thing happening in Mexico when everywhere from banks to supermarkets are pushing credit cards to people who have never had to responsibly manage credit before. Rates on credit card purchases in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mexlend.com/blog/2009/03/good-news-for-credit-card-holders-in-mexico/</link>
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		<title>Why Mexico Isn&#8217;t Facing a Mortgage Crisis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From the incomparable MexFiles Blog, written by author and historian Richard Grabman, I found this positive tidbit of news on why Mexico isn&#8217;t facing the same mortgage crisis as the United States.
What I liked about this article was the emphasis on how a home is basic human right and that Mexicans look at their homes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mexlend.com/blog/2009/03/why-mexico-isnt-facing-a-mortgage-crisis/</link>
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