So, my office flooded yesterday. Pipe burst in wall next to my office. Entire first floor of my building – ankle deep water. (My office is on the first floor) Surprisingly, I’m not that upset about it. …I’ve decided to look on the bright side. I get to work from home for a week while…
Did you know that Conventional loans will accept mixed use properties? …such as beauty shops, doctor’s office, small grocery, etc. as long as the following guidelines are met. – Property must be a 1 unit property that the borrower occupies as his or her principal residence. – The mix use of the property must represent…
I don’t talk alot about Jumbo loan programs, but I wanted to tell you about a great Jumbo program that we have. …it’s called Jumbo Advantage. Here are some of the important elements of this loan… 1) Loan amounts up to $2,000,000. 2) Credit score as low as 661. 3) Mortgage insurance not required. 4)…
I wanted to alert you to a 1% down Conventional loan we have. You’ll need a 700 credit score. Max debt to income ratio of 43%. Product is also available with no Mortgage Insurance. If you are interested in this product please give me a call or shoot me an email. That’s it for today!…
The maximum baseline conforming loan limit is increasing from 417k to $424,100 in 2017. The max conforming loan has been $417k since 2006. Home prices were 1.7% higher in the third quarter of 2016 than during the same period in 2007. This is according to Federal Housing Finance Agency’s Home Price Index. The increase to…
Friday saw worsening in the bond markets, which has negatively affected interest rates. The last time rates went this high was July of 2015. The speculation is that investors don’t want to hold long positions with bonds out of fear of inflation. …or, in other words they fear inflation may occur under new economic policies…
I’ve written alot of Reports over the years. I had someone ask me for the No Money Down Report the other day and I wanted to make the report available to you again here… How To Buy A House With No Money Down, Have A Super Low Rate, And Be In The Area You Want.…
I hope you had a good holiday weekend! The bond markets reacted to the presidential election last week by having a huge sell off. …The result is mortgage rates spiked, and rose a quarter of a point in two days. This sell off will stop. It could be today, or it could take a little…
Did you know when you purchase a home you can ask the seller to help pay your closing costs, prepaid taxes and insurance, and interest? You can! I’ve listed the maximum seller contribution amounts per loan program below… Program: Conventional (fannie/freddie), owner occupied… 1) 25% or more down payment = 9% allowed seller contribution. 2)…
I had a borrower recently use a reverse mortgage to purchase a house, and I wanted to tell you their story. …because I think it’s a good example of a neat way to use a reverse mortgage to upgrade your home. The borrowers were recently retired, and now living on a fixed income. They owned…