Is Now a Good Time to Refinance My Home?
Mortgage Q&A: “Is now a good time to refinance my home?” If you’re one of the few people asking this question right now, the short… Read More »Is Now a Good Time to Refinance My Home?
Simple guides and practical mortgage tips to help you better understand and prepare for the home loan process. Learn how to get a mortgage, refinance an existing loan, and discover the many different loans programs available today.
Mortgage Q&A: “Is now a good time to refinance my home?” If you’re one of the few people asking this question right now, the short… Read More »Is Now a Good Time to Refinance My Home?
Here’s an interesting question: “What mortgage has the best interest rate?” Before we dive in, “best” questions are always a bit difficult to answer universally.… Read More »What Mortgage Has the Best Interest Rate and Why?
While there has been some debate about the so-called mortgage rate lock-in effect, it appears to be a pretty legit force in the housing market… Read More »Low Mortgage Rates Are the #1 Reason Homeowners Aren’t Moving
In order to make homeownership more accessible, loanDepot has launched a new program called “accessZERO.” As the name suggests, it allows prospective home buyers to… Read More »loanDepot accessZERO: You Can Buy a Home with Zero Down Again
Lately, mortgage rate buydowns have been all the rage as a means to reduce home buying costs. This could come in the form a temporary… Read More »Are Adjustable-Rate Mortgages Going to Replace Mortgage Rate Buydowns?
This week, I read an article in the WSJ about paying the mortgage with a credit card. Either things are really bad in the economy,… Read More »An Alternative to Paying the Mortgage with a Credit Card
If you thought 8% mortgage rates were bad, what about 9% mortgage rates? What was once unthinkable is now not so hard to believe, with… Read More »Is It Time to Start Talking About 9% Mortgage Rates?
One of the things prospective home buyers and existing homeowners seem to care most about is mortgage rates. And for good reason – the interest… Read More »An 8% Mortgage Rate?! Use These Mortgage Charts to Easily Compare Monthly Payments Fast
If you have ever purchased a home and applied for a mortgage, you’ve likely come across the term “escrow.” Contrary to Portlandia’s definition, the “the… Read More »What Is Escrow?
It’s time to talk about assumable mortgages. Everyone knows mortgage rates are no longer super cheap. The popular 30-year fixed was in the low 3%… Read More »Assumable Mortgages: A Little Known Tool You Can Use Now That Interest Rates Have Surged Higher