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2012
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As you can see from the picture above we got or first real snow fall in Connecticut. We had a couple of minor dusting in the past week, but today we got about 6-7 inches in Middletown. It was the light fluffy stuff so it was easy to get up, especially with a snow blower. I am sure this is just...
01/21/2012
Two months ago Connecticut Housing Finance Authority (CHFA) Interest Rates Dropping Once Again to the lowest that they had ever been. I wrote a blog on November 17, 2011 stating that "Just when you think that interest rates cannot go any lower, the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority (CHFA) p...
01/20/2012
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Those of us who are in the Real Estate Industry know that waiting to purchase a property can end up being very expensive, even if home prices go further down. As the title states "Waiting Doesn't Pay", and the chart below, that we have put together at McCue Mortgage, clearly shows that. This is...
01/19/2012
Member Breakfast Meeting Monday, January 30, 2012 7:45 to 9:00 a.m. Crowne Plaza, Cromwell Rece DavisESPN College Basketball & Football Studio Host&SportsCenter Anchor/Reporter Middlesex County Chamber of Commerce members are in for a real treat at this months Member Breakfast Meeting. ...
01/18/2012
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On the week of December 17, 2011 VA made changes to its Desktop Underwriting (DU) Model. The VA Changes To Desktop Underwriting (DU) were in the area of Credit Risk Assessment. This seemed innocent enough when I first heard about it, until I felt the affects of these changes this past week. If ...
01/16/2012
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If you are a football fan like I am, then this is the time of the year that you look forward to, especially if your team is one of the leading teams in the NFL, this is the case for me. My team is the New England Patriots who have been one of the top teams in the league for a long time now, but ...
01/15/2012
Earlier this week I wrote a blog titled "Are Tighter Credit Standard Really Slowing Down Market Recover?" in the blog I disagreed with Federal Reserve Board Governor Elizabeth Duke who was attributing our slow market recovery to tight credit policies. I believed then and still do now, that if th...
01/14/2012
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I would like to introduce the Newest Loan Originator For McCue Mortgage. His name is Matthew Souto, and you might just somehow recognize the last name :) Matthew went through the training program at McCue Mortgage for 45 days which prepared him to go through the National and State Licensing Test...
01/13/2012
ActiveRain Members need to read this blog and the comments on it. What the member that J. Phillips is pointing out has done is unacceptable. And what would be even more unacceptable is if ActiveRain does not shut down their blog. Make your feelings known one way or another, but don't sit by on...
01/13/2012
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Credit Reporting Companies may begin incorporating additional debts in their Credit Score Models. An example of this is Experian, one of the three major Credit Bureaus start to incorporate rental payment history in their Credit Score Model. If Experian has started to do this, the other two majo...
01/12/2012
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