Lock Your Mortgage Rate : New Loan Fees Expected Within Days
Starting soon, nearly all home buyers and refinancing households nationwide will pay higher mortgage loan fees. Congress has made it law.
What Will The Debt Ceiling Agreement Do To Mortgage Rates?
Today's debt ceiling agreement will be a major force in mortgage markets and home affordability. Are you prepared for it?
7 Weeks Remain To Find A Home, Claim Up To $8,000 In Tax Credits
In November, Congress extended and expanded the First-Time Home Buyer Tax Credit program to include a subset of "move-up" buyers -- homeowners that have owned and lived in their home for 5 of the last 8 years. The credit ranges up to $8,000 per buyer. There's now just 7 weeks left to take advantage. To be eligible, home buyers must be under contract for a new home no later than April 30, 2010, and must be closed no later than June 30, 2010.
Separating FHA Fact From Fiction : Mortgage Insurance Premiums
Because of how frequently bank rules are changing, it can be hard for laypersons to distinguish between mortgage fact and fiction of what's coming next. Recently, we saw this with respect to FHA home loans.
Home Buyer Tax Credit Extended – Our Government can work!
Image via Wikipedia The First Time Home Buyer's Tax Credit [...]
Stimulus Packages Good for Green And 1st Time Buyers!
Image by djbones via Flickr With Congress reaching agreement on [...]
Housing Sales Increase though Consumer Confidence Doesn’t!
Image by Smabs Sputzer via Flickr Consumer Confidence fell this [...]
Selling Your Home for More Money in Less Time!
Super Bowl Weekend traditionally marks the start of the Spring [...]
Unemployment May Raise Housing Affordability!
On the first Friday of every month, the Bureau of [...]