We all know the old adage: Location, location, location. It’s a real estate mantra that actually makes sense and one everyone should live by if… Read More »Why You Should Buy a Home Next to Trader Joe’s or Whole Foods
These days, pretty much all banks and mortgage lenders use FICO scores to determine your creditworthiness before approving you for a mortgage. It’s one of… Read More »Now You Can Get a Mortgage Without a FICO Score
2016 Mortgage Rate Predictions Well, another year is behind us and it’s time to look into the crystal ball to see what 2016 has in… Read More »2016 Mortgage Rates Forecast: They Could Climb to 5%
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 Loan Approval in Just 8 Minutes?
