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RECENT BLOG POSTS
2010 FHA Loan Limits for Rhode Island - Unchanged from 2009 Yesterday, I wrote about the updated FHA lending limits for Connecticut. To learn more about the methodology used in calculating limits, I would suggest circling back to that article. Today, I want to pass along the same information for ...
12/31/2009
2010 FHA Loan Limits for Connecticut - Just How Much Can You Borrow with less than a 5% Down Payment? There are fewer than 36 hours left until 2010, so it's time to start thinking about some of the changes we'll see in mortgages in the New Year. One aspect of lending that changes eery year is the...
12/30/2009
6.5 steps to $6500: Getting the Move-up buyer's tax credit in 2010 for Providence and beyond! Throughout 2009 there was a lot of talk about further means to stimulate activity in the real estate market. Many things were happening already: the Federal Reserve preserved the mortgage market by inser...
12/29/2009
102 days. That's all the time that is left to take advantage of the unprecendented opportunity the first-time homebuyer tax credit represents. With that in mind, it's more important than ever to understand the expectations one should have going into the home buying process, especially when using ...
08/21/2009
Washington's buzzword last month was "green shoots" to suggest tiny indications of improvements to the economy and financial markets. After 2 years of lender closures and program cuts, this fall we may just start seeing some green shoots in mortgages, as well. Mortgage financing on condominium pr...
08/10/2009
Good evening! I wanted to post a quick note tonight to let you all know what I’ve been working on for most of this working week so far. The Mortgage Disclosure Improvement Act, or MDIA, was enacted as a rider to one of the many stimulus-related bills that have cleared congress this year, and will...
07/28/2009
I have to admit I've been a little too busy lately to blog about everything, or do everything that I wanted to do, from a marketing perspective. I finally had a chance to catch up on a recent post about our services from a user on Angie's List. I'm pleased to say he was very happy with the servic...
07/07/2009
This Saturday, after spending most of my day in New Hampshire at a school board meeting (I serve on the board of a private school there - more on that at another time, perhaps), I zipped back to Providence to volunteer again, this time at a Providence institution, WaterFire. I'm the co-chair of t...
06/16/2009
Is there a light at the end of the tunnel? Investors may be suggesting so with the recent surge in the Dow Jones Industrial Average from its March low below 7000 to a recent peak over 8700. Still, some doubt should exist considering the recent economic data hasn't so much indicated the United Sta...
06/15/2009
I got this message from a reader here on Activerain, and thought I'd share the answer.   Subject: FHA Gift Money (Sent via Activerain) Dan, My wife and I are in the process of buying a house. During the FHA preapproval process we noticed that we possibly were going to need a little help monitaril...
05/21/2009
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