Though it may soon become easier to purchase a home with less money down, assuming 3% mortgages return as Mel Watt has promised, extracting existing… Read More »Fannie Mae Reduces Max LTV on Cash-Out Refinances to 80%
Ever since Mel Watt hinted at the return of 3% down mortgages, there’s been a lot of worry that we could be headed down another… Read More »Are Low Credit Scores More Dangerous Than Low Down Payments?
If you’re a webmaster, a blogger, or just happen to own a domain name or two, you might be confused as to why there are… Read More »There’s Now a .Mortgage Top Level Domain
I came across an interesting study that explores real estate and mortgage preferences based on personality type (thanks WSJ). Whether you realize it or not,… Read More »Your Personality Determines If You’ll Buy or Rent and What Mortgage You’ll Get
If you’ve ever taken out an FHA loan, you may be eligible for a refund on that costly upfront mortgage insurance premium. Sure, the FHA… Read More »HUD Has $412 Million in Uncollected FHA Mortgage Insurance Refunds
Some good news finally came out of Las Vegas today, and I’m not talking about someone winning a mega jackpot on an oversized one-armed bandit.… Read More »Fannie and Freddie Will Offer 3% Down Mortgages Again
Trulia releases a quarterly Rent Versus Buy report to determine if it makes more sense to buy a home or continue renting based on current… Read More »The Rent vs. Buy Argument Depends on Mortgage Type Too
So a guy, an Austrian fellow named Andreas Gindelhuber, with apparent dreams of making money in real estate here in the United States, resorted to… Read More »Man Offers to Sell Home In Exchange for an iPhone 6 or the 32 GB iPad
I like to highlight contests that involve free houses and mortgage payoffs, and this one is a little stranger than most. Trulia, which should be… Read More »Trulia Is Giving Away a House in Vegas via the Game of War
While this might sound a little hard to believe, it has been reported that former Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke was unable to refinance his… Read More »Ben Bernanke Claims He Was Unable to Refinance His Mortgage
