E. Timmel Heck's (etimmel) Blog

For everything that is dark in this world, the turn of the season to spring seems to bring a new hope.  There is a new hope that the market may recover and a new hope that the economic downturn, may have upturned.  I think this is true every year, but now it may be even more important.  A great d...

What a mortgage Broker should do...  Be There - Have a constant availability - Many brokers who work with referral and realtor relationships fail to remember that the customer is #1.  They also believe that they should be able to bully the custome through all parts of the transaction.Be Honest - ...

After working in the marketing industry and selling business to business for years, I have entered the Mortgage Industry at what many people would perceive as the worst time possible.  I sold Marketing to many of the mortgage professionals that I know work with.  I saw that there is a great and g...

Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass) has introduced new legislation that would help to relax the rules that the Federal Housing Administration writes loans under.  This is key to allowing more homeowners to keep their holmes and refinance into better mortgages as it will allow more AT RISK homeowners to re...