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“Whoever does not wish to render history incomprehensible by departmentalizing it – political, economic, social – would perhaps take the view that it is in essence a battle of dominant wills, fighting in every way they can for the material which is common to everything they construct: the human labor force.” – Bertrand De Jouvenel I used to be part of the problem, now I'm hoping to be part of the solution. For 20 years I've helped families in Utah acquire loans. I refinanced hundreds if not a thousand mortgages, I've also helped hundreds of home buyers throughout Utah and other locations. Though I didn't realize at the time I was part of a economic system that is strangling and subjecting millions to economic slavery. I'm not suggesting that mortgage lending is "evil" or unnecessary, however, even after the Mortgage Meltdown in 2007, we still give money to millions who are not ready, nor have the "thinking" or "habits" they need to pay down their mortgage. I always knew that the posted rates we gave our borrowers were based on our customers paying their entire loan off over 15 or 30 years. What the borrowers never realized is what the "REAL" interest rate they were being charged by their banks. This blog will hopefully help those ethical mortgage and real estate agents who understand the great responsibility they have in helping their customers acquire what we call the "American Dream". I hope this blog also gives the prospective homeowner prepare themselves financially for making such an important purchase decision. I also want to caution those homeowners considering their mortgage as a giant piggy bank to draw against for expenses that will never provide any type of long lasting return. Thanks for reading my blog.

ARCHIVED BLOG POSTS

2008 

This may put a hop and skip into some of your steps.  A loan program that I've totally ignored in my 12 plus years of originating is now one I have adopted with open arms.  It's called FHA, and frankly it's awesome.  How many of you who are still loyal to Fannie or Freddie can claim they can stil...
03/26/2008
You've gotta love Al Gore and his crowd.  Their still screaming to the world that we're using up our earth's resources, and we're doomed to be cooked in our own juices.  But a number of these same avowed carbon footprint advocates are themselves glorified abusers of everything they claim is wrong...
03/22/2008
I may get some interesting comments in regards to this post, but there needs to be some reasonable commentary in this sea of hysteria.  Let's face the fact's everyone, the mortgage and real estate markets in certain states were simply out of control.  Rampant market inflation, and very little reg...
03/17/2008
I played allot of basketball in my life, one thing that I never got away from was practice.  During practice my coaches would often simulate real game situations.  As a mortgage planner, or those whom think they understand mortgage planning, it's often helpful to practice our trade, learn from ot...
03/11/2008
 Macquire Mortgages USA Inc has informed our company that they will discontinue accepting mortgage applications.  This is the kiss of death to most company's.  Not that this is much of a surprise, but this company is one of the pioneers of the mortgage merge craze.  Macquire was the first US comp...
03/11/2008
The markets have been all over the place in the past few weeks.  Doom and gloom predictions have been rampant, the critical Wall Street siren's have been calling for a drop in rates for the past few weeks.  The real problem has been the tightening credit strings of most banks.  The margin calls, ...
03/11/2008
Recession talk....I guess it's not "if" anymore, but how bad is this one going to be?  Recessions are scary words, but in reality many actually thrive.  The current credit crunch is hurting everyone in the mortgage and real estate industries, but like any market in the past, it will rebound event...
03/10/2008
Interesting article on bloomberg....see articleIf this is the case, get ready for the yield to skyrocket tomorrow.  This could be a temporarily a good thing for mortgage rates.  The one thing that could derail any decreases in mortgage rates would be further deterioration in the credit markets.  ...
03/09/2008
Hopefully this table helps anyone who is looking for a FHA loan in Utah.  For those familiar with Utah will probably scratch their head and wonder how this was put together.  As you can see with the Median Price column, it's broken down by county and median price, and there are sections of Tooele...
03/08/2008
The Fair Housing Administration as part of the stimulus package that has been just passed, has raised limits in some markets to fantastic limits.  In reality, how many of these home owners can qualify with FHA guidelines, and what type of credit do these borrowers need to attain these loans.  Bot...
03/07/2008
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