Lonnie Glessner's (lonnieglessner) Blog

I have always enjoyed and take great satisfaction in helping people buy their dream home or buy their first home. Especially with first time home buyers it often can be a long and deliberate process for the client and me. I have seen it take 2 years before. Thankfully, I am persistent and/or stub...

I have read several stories in the last month from organizations like RealtyTrac and others that they estimate that banks own another 3 million homes nationwide that are NOT on the market to be sold yet. This inventory is called shadow inventory and is widely considered to be bad news. Why? This ...

I had the privilege of listening to a conference call from Mortgage Market Guide today as they interviewed Paul Mondor a Federal Reserve Attorney about the Fed's new proposed rules on Reg Z. It was easy to tell that Mr. Mondor does not think highly of the mortgage industry and thinks that closing...