Greg Rekitt with 2 pound yellow perch caught from Presque Isle Bay. Jim McCarthy with a perch taken on a jig while trolling a waterway in Wayne County. Joseph Getz of Nazareth displays a yellow perch caught while ice fishing at Mauch Chunk Lake, Carbon County. Walker Loveland Sr., Wallsville, caught this nice perch from a local pond in Lackawanna County.
DEFINITION of 'Housing Expense Ratio'. A ratio comparing housing expenses to before-tax income that is used by lenders to qualify borrowers for a mortgage. The housing expense measure includes mortgage principal, interest payments, property taxes, hazard insurance, mortgage insurance and association fees. The limit is generally 28%. It is sometimes referred to as the front ratio.
The debt to equity ratio is a calculation used to assess the capital structure of a business. In simple terms, it's a way to examine how a company uses different sources of funding to pay for its operations. The ratio measures the proportion of assets that are funded by debt to those funded by equity. The debt to equity ratio is also called the risk ratio or leverage ratio.