October 27, 2007
I’m not an accountant, or statistician or bean counter. I’ve never been inclined to be any of them. I hold my own pretty well when talking and working with number crunchers, but I get no personal […]
October 24, 2007
This is part of an on-going Lending Comprehension Series. Part 1 can be found here. We all know that your credit score is one of the biggest factors that determines your available mortgage rate and […]
October 18, 2007
To follow up on the great response we’ve gotten from readers on ‘What to Expect When You Go to Get a Real Estate Loan,’ we’re taking you further inside the ‘mortgage machine’ to see what […]
October 12, 2007
One of the things that has dramatically changed from the past few years is the kind of loan programs that are available to you at each level of the credit score range. The whole foreclosure […]
October 10, 2007
Part 3 in a 4 part series. Part one is here. Part two is here. Mortgages today are much different than they were just a few years ago. The institutions lending money are no longer interested […]
October 7, 2007
Part 2 of a 4 part series. Part One is HERE You don’t have a lot of competition The sellers do. When it’s a sellers market again someday, the tables will be reversed.. There’s 4 kinds […]
October 6, 2007
Just the Facts:FHA Reform Takes Center Stage Not long ago, FHA lending was just another government-sponsored program unworthy of political attention or media limelight. Now, with no less than three new reform initiatives, FHA is […]
October 1, 2007
Wall Street began the fourth quarter with a huge rally Monday, sending the Dow Jones industrial average to a record close. Stocks were buoyed by a growing belief that the worst of the credit crisis […]
September 27, 2007
I wanted to revisit one of our listings, and tell the story of why it came back on the market. We were very excited in late June when this wonderful home at 1249 8th Place in […]
September 24, 2007
For the first time in many months, I actually had MORE buyer appointments last week than seller appointments. 2 of the best bargain properties I’ve been watching went to contract and so did 3 of […]