Business and Personal Law

Chapter 9: Renting or Owning a Home

Flex Your Reading

The entire BusinessWeek article "Piggy Bank – Or House of Cards" by Peter Coy can be found by clicking on the link below:
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_34/b3948032_mz011.htm?chan=search

There are several strategies you can use to help fine tune your reading skills. A KWL chart is a good device for organizing the information you gather before, during, and after reading. Complete the chart and then research the topics you put in the middle column – what you want to know!

K
(What I already know)
W
(What I want to know)
L
(What I have learned)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Use the following links to find out more:

Fannie Mae provides financial products and services that make it possible for low-, moderate-, and middle-income families to buy homes of their own.
http://www.fanniemae.com

Freddie Mac provides money to lenders to make the loans new homebuyers need in order to finance their homes.
http://www.freddiemac.com

Standard & Poor's is one of the world's main providers of credit ratings, financial-market indices, and investment research.
http://www2.standardandpoors.com

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