The latest issue of Consumer Reports magazine recommends that consumers avoid mortgage brokers when seeking home loan financing. As a result, the popular publication, which… Read More »Consumer Reports Bashes Mortgage Brokers, Receives Backlash

The real estate market is starting to get really, really weird. Recently, an open house was actually shut down by the police after more than… Read More »An Open House Got Shut Down by the Cops

File this one under PR department. Or perhaps publicity stunt. Last week, First Savings Mortgage Corporation based out of McLean, Virginia launched a 6/1 adjustable-rate… Read More »Mortgage Lender Launches Six-Year ARM

After only about three years, Discover might be looking to get out of the mortgage business, per a new interview with Discover Financial CEO David… Read More »Discover May Exit the Mortgage Biz

Here’s an interesting, though not surprising data point from Zillow. It turns out properties located next to Starbucks locations are bigger winners in terms of home… Read More »Homes Next to Starbucks Are Worth More

It has now been roughly seven years since the devastating housing crisis rocked our great nation. Between 2007 and 2014, foreclosure activity ran well above… Read More »The Mortgage Crisis Created Nearly 7.3 Million Potential Boomerang Buyers

I’ve got a bone to pick…it seems you aren’t bothering to shop around for your mortgage? Instead, you’re just going with the first lender you… Read More »Why Aren’t You Shopping Around for Your Mortgage?