In California, the majority of homeowners who have pondered selling in the past year haven’t because they can’t find a replacement home. You’ve heard about… Read More »Why You Cant Sell Your Home Even If You’d Like To
In an effort to boost home loan lending to lower- and moderate-income borrowers, Fannie Mae has created a new program called “HomeReady.” Fannie didn’t release… Read More »Fannie Mae HomeReady Will Help Lower Income Borrowers Get Mortgages
It sounds like the credit box is beginning to open up a bit more, maybe too much if the latest product announcements are any indication.… Read More »Jumbo Loans Now Available with Just 5% Down
So the inevitable happened – the U.S. stock market corrected after questions about the questionable Chinese economy sparked a global selloff. Over the past few… Read More »Is the Stock Market Correction Good or Bad for Homeowners?
A new survey from online real estate brokerage Redfin regarding home buyer sentiment found that existing owners are a lot more likely to sell before… Read More »New Real Estate Trend: Sell Existing Home Before Buying Another
The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) already has some of most relaxed mortgage underwriting guidelines around, but many lenders don’t originate loans based on their standards.… Read More »Why It Might Get Easier to Obtain a FHA Loan with a Poor Credit Score
Mortgage Q&A: “How to pay the mortgage with a credit card.” First things first; banks and mortgage lenders don’t accept credit cards as a form… Read More »How to Pay the Mortgage with a Credit Card for Free and Make Money Doing It
Below is an extensive and exhaustive (and silly but somewhat serious) list of places where it might not make the best sense to buy a… Read More »100+ Not So Great Places to Buy a Home
