By Kelli B. Grant
Consumers currently shopping for a mortgage may find that last year’s extension of the payroll tax cut hurts, rather than helps, their finances.
The two-month, 2% cut could keep up to $367 in consumers’ paychecks, depending on their income; or $2,202 if Congress extends it through 2012 as expected. But soon-to-be-homeowners could be on the hook for much more as lenders begin to work in an extra 0.10% fee on Fannie Mae- and Freddie Mac-backed loans, meant to help fund the cut. CBS, which recently investigated the new charge, estimates it could add $15 a month to a $200,000 mortgage, for an extra $5,400 total over the life of a 30-year loan.
That’s not pocket change, but the fee isn’t particularly burdensome either, considering that mortgage rates are currently near record lows, says Keith Gumbinger, vice president at mortgage data firm HSH Associates. “It’s probably the least-painful time in mortgage history for this to happen,” he says. According to HSH, a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage currently averages 4.18%, down from 4.28% last week. 15-year loans are 3.46%, down from 3.55% last week. And it’s likely those borrowers will be able to write off some or all of the cost of the fee on their tax returns in future years, says Abe Schneier of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Consumers don’t have much leeway to avoid the fee. “If you’re going with FHA financing, you’re not going to have much of a choice,” Schneier says. Although it doesn’t take effect until April 1, consumers locking in a rate now for the next 60 days are likely to see it in estimates. Banks don’t often sell jumbo and adjustable-rate mortgages to Fannie and Freddie – so they may not be subject to the fee — but costs for those products tend to be higher over the life of the loan, Gumbinger says. The same holds true for Federal Housing Administration loans. “You may avoid that particular fee, but you don’t avoid the [overall higher] cost,” he says. Avoiding the charge may become more important down the line if mortgage rates rise or Congress decides to increase the fee, but for now, he says, the best savings advice is still to shop around for the best rate.
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In my application the menu looks like this
I want to change icons and put + icon for add item the saerch icon for search….
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I know that i must put the pictures in drawable folder and use this code
android:icon=”@drawable/icon” /> but Where can i find this icons and download them?
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the best Icon Finder Site which i use always to get icons… all the best.
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See this Link
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They can be found in the source. Have a look at this duplicate question.
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Warning: Because these resources can change between platform versions, you should not reference these icons using the Android platform resource IDs (i.e. menu icons under android.R.drawable).
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Actually you don’t need to download them you just use the android drawable :
android:icon=”@android:drawable/ic_menu_add” />
android:icon=”@android:drawable/ic_menu_gallery” />
android:icon=”@android:drawable/ic_menu_search” />
android:icon=”@android:drawable/ic_menu_preferences” />
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yes, you need !!! developer.android.com/guide/practices/ui_guidelines/… – Selvin Dec 31 ’11 at 14:45
@Selvin actually I don’t I suggest you read the warning again. This warning is to warn you that you are not controlling your app design by referencing directly android resources but in (many) cases you DON’T want to control your app design you want it to "respect" the theme that the user is currently running . For example a developer running an app compatible 1.6+ is gonna force same icons to all the android version on the other hand referencing android resources will use the current android version icons which I believe to be more ergonomic . – Rabgs Dec 31 ’11 at 15:22
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