If the instinct to avoid risk were universal, fixed-rate home mortgages would not exist.
Demand for additional fixed lines in home markets is slowing (Telefonica added only 3m in Spain between 1997 and 2004).
Most Britons, for instance, still have variable-rate mortgages, although the proportion with fixed-rate home loans is rising (thanks, in part, to lower inflation).
The increased price of fixed-rate home loans since then has been driven by the increasing cost of borrowing the funds on the financial markets.
Residential fixed investment, home improvement spending, expanded 15.3%.
The watchdog said that once 4G services were operating those using laptops, tablets and phones while on the move should get browsing speeds comparable to those they enjoy at home on fixed lines.
So far, the cuts in fees apply mainly to one type of reverse mortgage: the plain-vanilla fixed-rate "home-equity conversion mortgage, " which is backed by the Federal Housing Administration and is paid out to the borrower as a lump sum.
In Australia, where he was overseeing a Better Place initiative, the company provides GM customers with a fixed-charging network and home chargers for the plug-in electric-hybrid Volt.
FORBES: How Two Billionaires Are Supercharging The Electric Car To Upend Big Oil
The court heard that Farrow, 48, of no fixed address, was sent home from his first day at school for misbehaviour, and that his mother was unable to control him.
At best, progressive politicians can hope to define themselves by fixed values, such as concern for the poorest at home and abroad, rather than by policies with fixed party labels.
Rubbish may be collected less often, sewage pipes fixed more slowly and staff sent home on certain days.
ECONOMIST: The straits of cities and counties are hurting the recovery
During April 69% of all new home loans were at fixed-rates, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML).
Most home equity loans have fixed interest rates and 15-year terms.
The housing market advanced as residential fixed investment, which includes spending on home improvements, grew by 15.3% in the fourth quarter.
So while the average American may find it more difficult to buy a home, despite the current rate environment, deep pocketed buyers like Blackstone Group and other institutional investors have gobbled up home by the dozens, fixed them up and rented them out.
FORBES: Case And Shiller Say Housing Is Better, Not Back To Booming
Traditional home-equity loans mostly charge fixed rates, and the borrower gets the money in one lump sum.
Run the numbers first and make sure that you wouldn't do better buying a home that's already been fixed up by someone else.
Three years later the then home secretary, Leon Brittan, provisionally fixed her sentence at 30 years, although bizarrely this decision was not communicated to her.
But with the Bank rate unlikely or unable to fall further, new home loan demand is shifting back to fixed-rate deals, rather than mortgages which track the Bank rate.
She bought the home with an adjustable rate loan that was fixed for just the first two years.
Workers would be able to register for legal status for a fixed period of time and then be required to go home.
He told Forbes.com that social networking could bridge the gap between fixed-line and mobile networks, from broadband at home to mobile data transmission.
While allocations to bonds may vary based upon market conditions and investor objectives and risk appetites, bonds (or other fixed income-oriented strategies) can typically find a home in most investment portfolios throughout most market cycles.
Conversely, a fixed rate mortgage could be appropriate if you planned to keep home for a significant period of time.
Lets say the repairman cannot fix the TV in your home, how long would it take to get fixed if they have to send it to a service center?
Sitting in her home in waning light, she is filmed in fixed-focus shots (the first one runs an hour and keeps running even when she gets up to go to the bathroom).
The UK already has a USO for fixed line telephones, which means BT must provide service to every home.
It allows a homeowner to refinance her mortgage with a low-interest, fixed-rate loan, even if she owes more than her home is worth.
FORBES: Refinance Your Mortgage (Even If You Have No Equity)
For carriers it makes a lot of sense to offload that traffic to home Wifi or femtocell terminals and then on to the fixed network.
应用推荐