By Andrew Stratton-Real Estate Market REVIEW Real estate investing is a great way for middle-class Americans to make money and provide for the future. Lots of folks saw their IRAs and other investments fall during the sub-prime meltdown. For this reason, we’re seeing more and more average folks investing in it, which is less risky…
Category Archives: Helpful Mortgage Articles
A Bunch Of Tips To Help Americans In Finding Out What Is Best A 30 Year Or 15 Year Home Loan
You are getting ready to buy a home. Your first home. Among the many important decisions to make, you must decide whether to choose a 15 year or a 30 year mortgage. Information on this question is easy to find: if you search around a bit, you can find a number of articles that compare…
How To Use A Current Account Mortgage
If you are searching for a mortgage then you most certainly know about the common kinds of mortgage like fixed rate and variable rate. What you might be more different as a current account mortgage. If you are in the market for a mortgage or are venturing to change your existing one, then you should…
New Home Appraisal Nightmares For Homebuyers
I just read this very interesting article about how the new rules regarding home appraisals are having some unintended negative consequences. I know this to be true because I just went through a similar situation with one of my clients. The appraisal for the home she was buying came in much lower than expected and…
When It Comes To Getting A Mortgage, Patience Is A Virtue
If you are in the process of buying a home or refinancing your current mortgage, you may need to exercise a great deal of patience.
Why I’m Mad at the New York Times and their view of the Mortgage World…..
Mortgage companies are making it difficult for people to buy homes.
Balloon Mortgages Are Alive And Well
Lenders are still offering Balloon mortgages to quality borrowers.
Mortgage Lenders Are Crazy!!!
If you think that banks and mortgage lenders are rational business people, think again.
More Good News — KB Homes Sales Are Up
The Associated Press is reporting this morning that KB Homes sales are up a healthy 59% over the first quarter of this year. The bad news is that KB suffered a 255.9 million dollar loss. So the news is definitely good and bad. The CEO of KB is cautiously optimistic about the future of the…