The latest buzzword on the street is “shutdown,” and apart from being buzzworthy, it’s actually very real. National parks are closed and hundreds of thousands… Read More »How the Government Shutdown Affects Various Types of Mortgages
Well, it took 79 years, but the FHA’s squeaky-clean track record is over. FHA Commissioner Carol Galante wrote a letter to Congress formally requesting a… Read More »FHA Bailout Official: Agency Makes Request for $1.7 Billion from Treasury
This morning, Zillow, the company behind the love it or hate it Zestimate, released a new study that analyzed the impact credit scores have on… Read More »Zillow: Credit Score Single Most Important Factor for Mortgage Rates
Getting a mortgage is never a sure thing, even if you’re the richest individual in the world. And even if you have a perfect 850… Read More »Why Mortgages Are Declined: 50 Reasons You Might Be Denied a Home Loan
Yesterday, many declared “victory” when the Fed decided not to taper its monthly purchases of mortgage-backed securities and longer-term Treasuries. Put simply, most assumed the… Read More »Is the ‘No Taper’ Good or Bad for Mortgage Rates and the Housing Market?
It has been about five years since the so-called subprime mortgage crisis rattled Wall Street (and America), and led to scores of layoffs and bank… Read More »Old Subprime Players Back In Charge of New Mortgage Companies
I’m starting to get really worried about the housing market. Suze Orman, who doles out no-nonsense financial advice to millions of loyal followers, has changed… Read More »Suze Orman Says It’s Now OK to Put Just 10% Down on a Home
The National Association of Realtors released its 2013 National Housing Pulse Survey recently, and they’ve been sharing bits and pieces for free on their blog.… Read More »Check Out the Five Biggest Sacrifices People Made In Order to Buy a Home
It feels like we’re getting dangerously close to repeating history in the worst way possible. High-risk loan programs that seemed extinct were perhaps only endangered,… Read More »125% Second Mortgages Are Back Again…
In a bid to increase its listing business, Redfin has launched a new tool called the “Price Whisperer,” which aims to find out the value… Read More »Redfin’s Price Whisperer Determines What Local Buyers Are Willing to Pay Before You List Your Home
