What is the difference between a mortgage and a home equity loan?
I own a home that is paid off but would like to take out a loan to fund some home improvements as well as help my parents pay off their home equity loan. Given this scenario can I take out a mortgage since mortgage rates are lower or am I limited to a home equity loan. I’m not interested in HELOC’s.
Does anyone recall the database started so people could provide small business loans to developing countries?
I saw it on TV a year or so ago. If I’m not mistaken, the creator was in the running for the Nobel Prize. It was started so anyone who had some money to invest, could provide small loans to individuals in developing countries to start their own businesses. Then the loans were repaid with interest and the satisfaction of helping develope the economy of a small country. I think the preliminaries were had positive results, as people were repaying as they should. Does anyone have any information on it or a link?



