Mortgage Application During COVID-19: The Need for Information and Documentation is Amplified
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Mortgage Application During COVID-19:The Need for Information and Documentation is Amplified The weekend is often our family's opportunity to tackle errands. That was true again this weekend.My wife had to stop at a store to pick up just one item. The task was supposed to be a short one, so ...
My Partner Has Poor Credit ... Is It Still Possible to Get a Mortgage?
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My Partner Has Poor Credit ... Is It Still Possible to Get a Mortgage? The topic of credit is an important one when it comes time to prepare and apply for a mortgage. Questions surrounding every facet of credit arise during my initial conversations with prospective borrowers. The following is j...
Summertime is Finally Here! Do You Have an Emergency Disaster Kit for Your Pet?
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Summertime is Finally Here! Do You Have an Emergency Disaster Kit for Your Pet? Summertime ... It elicits memories and thoughts of great backyard barbeques and family and friends enjoying warm nights on decks and patios. You can almost feel the mist and cool water of lawn sprinklers and swimmi...
Protect Your Financial Health & Credit During COVID-19 ... Take These Steps Now
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Protect Your Financial Health & Credit During COVID-19 ... Take These Steps Now Your physical health and mental well-being must always be an important focus. The grave challenges posed by the current COVID-19 crisis, make that even more true ...But it's not only your physical and mental healt...
Appraisal Waivers: What are They? Who's Eligible?
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Appraisal Waivers: What are They? Who's Eligible? Many changes surrounding residential appraisals have occurred recently. Some have come as a response to the challenges presented by Covid-19. Others were put into place prior to our facing current viral challenges. In this article, I address o...
Mortgage Forbearance: The Who, What, When, Where & How
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Mortgage Forbearance: The Who, What, When, Where & How No one knowingly buys a home envisioning that financial hardships lie ahead ... Yet hardships and challenges come even when planning and preparations have been made. Those are the circumstances that many American homeowners now find thems...
This is the Perfect Year to Start Your Container Vegetable & Fruit Garden
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This is the Perfect Year to Start YourContainer Vegetable & Fruit Garden This Spring of 2020 seems like the perfect time to plan and start a vegetable or fruit garden ... Providing yourself a ready-source of fresh vegetables and fruits meets the challenges currently found upon entering grocery s...
Adopt a Winning Mindset If Preparing for Mortgage Financing
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Adopt a Winning Mindset If Preparing for Mortgage Financing Springtime means just one thing to countless millions of people like myself ... The Masters Golf Tournament ... The delay of this year's 2020 tournament left golf fans with a void to fill until fall. But thankfully, last year's Mast...
How to Declutter & Donate in the Age of COVID-19
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How to Declutter & Donate in the Age of COVID-19 Millions of Americans have been ordered to stay at home during the COVID-19 crisis. Many have taken advantage of some of their time while at home to clean, declutter, and organize their homes. The process of doing so obviously minimizes the ...
Chicagoland & Surrounding Northern Illinois County Offices: Update on Services
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Chicagoland & Surrounding Northern Illinois County Offices:Update on Services The COVID-19 outbreak has presented many challenges for all real estate professionals on many fronts ... One of those challenges has surrounded just WHO is still functioning and providing supportive services for tran...
Addressing the Chicago-Area Housing Shortage: Can New Construction Be an Answer?
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Addressing the Chicago-Area Housing Shortage: Can New Construction Be an Answer? There's a home inventory shortage currently being experienced in the Chicagoland area, just as there is all across the U.S. A recent report shared in Crain's Chicago Business proves that to be true, as it states ...
Sheltering-in-Home? All Stocked Up? What You Can Do Next
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Sheltering-in-Home? All Stocked Up?What You Can Do Next The current coronavirus scare has many cities, states, and our entire nation declaring a "shelter-in-place" or lockdown of many businesses and services. We're all having to learn how to navigate the stresses and challenges the virus has ...
Your Savings & Down Payment Secret Weapon: Your Tax Refund
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Your Savings & Down Payment Secret Weapon:Your Tax Refund Socking away money for any reason is no small fete these days ... But when the savings are for the purchase of a home, especially if your first home, the act of saving money can seem even more challenging ... and take on an even hig...
What You Need to Know About Financial Markets and the Mortgage Process
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What You Need to Know About Financial Markets and the Mortgage Process The speed and ferocity with which the financial markets have been moving as of late have been mind-boggling ... Even consumers that are typically only casual observers of the financial markets, not participants in them, ar...
Arriving Summer of 2020: The New FICO 10 Scoring Model. Here's What to Expect ...
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Arriving Summer of 2020: The New FICO 10 Scoring ModelHere's What to Expect ... Hotter temperatures aren't the only thing that will soon be rolling in. A hot new FICO Scoring model will also make its entrance at some point during the upcoming summer months ... A new credit scoring model isn'...
Refinancing ... is it right for me? How to find out ...
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Refinancing ... is it right for me? How to find out ... There are many factors that influence the rise and fall of mortgage interest rates ...Case in point, right now the fear of a global coronavirus outbreak has the markets in a tither and that anxiety has resulted in lower and fluctuating...
Low Housing Levels = Fast-Paced Housing Market
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Low Housing Levels = Fast-Paced Housing Market You don't have to look far to find headlines that report about the housing shortage that many U.S. housing markets are currently experiencing. They're everywhere. One reads, "Housing inventory falls to a two-year low". Another reveals, "For-Sal...
Lethal Mix: Procrastination and Mortgage Financing
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Lethal Mix:Procrastination and Mortgage Financing If you read about real estate and financing much at all, you've probably run across numerous articles that spoke to the challenges and frustrations that can be found in modern-day transactions and their financing ... And as a mortgage lender, I...
January Should Make You Think "Taxes" ... both Income & Real Estate ... in Will County & Elsewhere
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January Should Make You Think "Taxes" ... both Income & Real Estate ... in Will County & Elsewhere For those that are property owners in Will County, January 15th, 2020 was a day of great importance ... That day marked the release and publication of the Will County Board of Review decisions r...
More Condo Transactions Possible Courtesy of Recent HUD/FHA Changes
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More Condo Transactions Possible Courtesy of Recent HUD/FHA Changes Today's homebuyers are increasingly reflective of the reality of modern life and its challenges ...As shared in my recent post, "Mortgage Advice & Options for Un-Married Couples", non-traditional methods of home buying are beco...
The Mortgage Advice & Options Un-Married Couples Need to Know
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The Mortgage Advice & Options Un-Married Couples Need to Know It probably comes as no big surprise, when it comes to the housing market, the younger generations make up the largest percentage of home buyers. The following statistics from the National Association of REALTORS® Research Group Apr...
Herald News 2019 Readers' Choice Award Winner "Best Will County Mortgage Broker" - Gene Mundt
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Herald News 2019 Readers' Choice Award Winner "Best Will County Mortgage Broker" - Gene Mundt Each year The Herald-News hosts a "Readers' Choice Award" contest ...This year's voting took place between the dates of September 10th to September 30th. The winners in each of the award categor...
