The Fed Slashed Interest Rates. Here’s Why Mortgage Rates Likely Won’t Follow Suit
Mortgage rates, like the stock market, have been on a wild ride in recent weeks. They dropped to record [...]
Credit Inquiries and Home Loans
Since a minimum credit score is required for most loan programs, the first thing a lender will do is [...]
Despite Years of Skyrocketing Prices, It’s a Good Time To Buy a Home
Much has changed since the lows of the Great Recession and its immediate aftermath: The economy is booming, unemployment [...]
Mortgage Trends Set to Continue in 2020
As we enter the middle of February 2020, we are seeing very similar trends taking place in the housing [...]
Income Requirements for Conventional Mortgage Explained
A conventional mortgage is a mortgage that's not backed by a government secured entity. Lenders for conventional loans are [...]
The Truth about Trigger Leads
The first step in obtaining a mortgage is always going through the application process. You've found the broker you [...]
Housing News: What Rising Home Prices Mean for Sellers and Buyers
Home prices rose in 2019 at a rate of 3.3%, a drop of 1.7% from 2018's 5% increase. Even [...]
Refinance Your Mortgage for Rate and Payment Reductions
One of the biggest reasons homeowners refinance their mortgage is to obtain a lower interest rate and lower monthly [...]
The Benefits of Different Down Payment Amounts
Homebuyers don't necessarily have to put a 20% down payment for their home mortgage. For first-time homebuyers, young families, [...]
It may be time to buy your first house, apartment rents hit all-time highs!
More tenants ‘feeling the pain’ after 9 years of rent hikes Apartment rents hit all-time highs by the end [...]