It’s time for another round of real estate and mortgage predictions for the coming year. Here are my 2015 and 2014 predictions in case you… Read More »10 Predictions for Real Estate and Mortgage in 2016
Could 2016 be the year that the piggyback mortgage returns? Well, one California credit union is taking things back to 2006 with their new “Premier… Read More »California Credit Union Launches 80/20 Piggyback Mortgage
Everyone knows about the Zestimate, Zillow’s data-driven answer to the traditional home price appraisal. But they’ve now gone a step further with the launch of… Read More »Zillow Now Lets You Be Your Own Appraiser
Home prices are getting expensive out there, especially in the Bay Area (Northern California) where inventory is low and demand is red hot. But fear… Read More »The POPPYLOAN Is Here to Help San Franciscans Buy Really Expensive Homes with Nothing Down
Watch about Zillow…your Zestimate now has company. Today, Redfin announced the availability of the so-called “Redfin Estimate,” which is the online real estate brokerage’s answer… Read More »Introducing the Redfin Estimate
There are plenty of ways to pay off the mortgage early, which I’ve already highlighted here, but I wanted to add another I recently stumbled… Read More »Redeem Citi Points for a Mortgage Payment Reward to Reduce Your Mortgage Balance
Do you know how long it takes for the space shuttle to reach orbit? Apparently it takes just eight minutes, the same amount of time… Read More »Rocket Mortgage Review: Full Approval in Just 8 Minutes
Looking to buy a condo but need an FHA loan to get the job done? In the past this may have presented some challenges, but… Read More »It Just Got Easier to Get an FHA Loan on a Condo
This headline may have caught your attention seeing that it sounds like terrible advice. But wait, let them explain. Well, let me explain Trulia’s rationale… Read More »Trulia: Not a Bad Idea to Buy an Unaffordable Home
If you were to get a mortgage today, where would you go? Would you turn to your local bank or would you look elsewhere? I’d… Read More »Why Most People Don’t Get Mortgages from Their Bank
