RECENT BLOG POSTS
Are we starting to break the downward trend or is this recent rally in the market and bump up in rates just a blip on the charts? After rates touching under 4% as a national average on a conventional mortgage, according to Freddie Mac, the stock market is in rally mode and rates have started the ...
10/10/2011
The world of mortgage financing has been changing over the past few years as a result of the credit crisis of late 2008. October 1st marks the next chapter to these changes. The pendulum of regulation has gone from the free for all of the middle 2000s, when it was debatable if you actually needed...
10/02/2011
Once again we have reached that time. The first Friday of the month is almost upon us and with that comes the county's unemployment report. This past Thursday we had some promising numbers with the continuing jobless claims taking a larger than expected drop. The question remains, how will we rec...
10/01/2011
I'm often told it's too hard out there in this economy, or I don't have the money to do any marketing. I'm a firm believer that the effort and the mindset will determine the results not the cash flow, so here are some great free ideas I put together for that person and I wanted to share them with...
09/28/2011
Hi Everyone, This is a bit of a follow-up from my last "Refresher on the FHA Condo Approval Process". I'm on the board of trustees for my condo association and this fantastic informational webinar was brought to my attention. I think this is great for property managers, loan officers, and residen...
09/27/2011
Happy Monday Active Rain. The Mortgage Buddy is here with a FHA condo approval refresher. Here is the results of some condo homework I did and hopefully was able to provide everyone with some valuable information and links in regards to how FHA Condo approval can be done as well as some of the be...
09/26/2011
Hi everyone. I hope the Activerain community is finishing up the month strong, don't forget to keep orginating every day no matter what. The Mortgage Buddy just wanted to blast out a few FHA Gift Funds underwriting guideline refreshers. I know these can be stumbling blocks sometimes, so hopefully...
09/21/2011
Currently, temporary high-cost area limits for the GSEs (Government Sponsored Enterprises) were initially established by the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 and have been extended annually since then. Unless Congress steps in sometime in the next 10 days to again extend these levels, they will mov...
09/20/2011
Happy Sunday fellow Rain Makers. I hope the world is treating you all well and you are approaching life with a positive attitude. Remember the only thing we can control is our "responsibility" response-ability. So choose positive instead of frustration or negativity. Let's take a look at "The Mor...
09/18/2011
As many of us are aware, we are experiencing record low mortgage rates right now. The debt crisis in Europe and a slowing economy in the United States has pushed mortgage rates to historic lows. The 10yr treasury rate has been hovering around 2% and even crossed below that a week ago. I never tho...
09/17/2011