Posts Tagged Advice

Welcome Back to Work

InfoPorn to start off the new year:
MBSQuoteline Weekly Review:  Treasury auctions had the greatest influence on mortgage rates this week.
Mortgage Market in Review:  Mortgage bond prices started the week in negative territory. Those losses were short-lived as trading was thin and choppy with continued large market swings.
MarketMinder Weekly Digest:  Winter credit thaw?
Fisher Investments Weekly Commentary:  [...]

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Mis Reporting Again by the Media – Get the Facts

“Mortgage financing” and the “fate of the housing market” reporting has created many doubts in the consumer’s mind on whether they can acquire a mortgage in today’s market. The media just can’t seem to get it right.  Mortgages are available, borrower’s don’t have to have 730 credit scores, and they do not always have to [...]

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Are You on the Path to Home Ownership?

The current market conditions for a renter looking to buy a home have never been better. So why aren’t renters waiting in line to buy now?  Well, some renters are not buying because they do not want the costs and work associated with home ownership.  But many more renters want to buy but just aren’t [...]

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Did you miss this week’s rates?

I usually get this out Friday evenings, but early Saturday will have to work this week.  Friday was crazy, crazy busy - AND we’ve developed a new online presentation for you and your clients. 
 
With mortgage rates this low and housing prices beginning to rise in many markets, I wanted to get this information out to you.  Please feel [...]

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My Buyer Needs to Settle in 2 Weeks

Sorry!  Probably isn’t going to happen – not right now.  We’re in June.  Remember all those sales in April to first time home buyers that need to settle by June 30th or they “lose” $8,000?  Those are the mortgage loans getting priority in the processing and underwriting queues around the country.
Unfortunately, as hard as I [...]

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