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The Federal Housing Administration shook up Washington's mortgage and real estate leaders last week by announcing that it's shifting its entire production line to risk-based pricing -- starting this summer. FHA plans to abandon its 74-year policy of charging all borrowers the same insurance premi...
05/19/2008
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Here's a question which ought to cause some thought: Why is it -- if we're in the middle of a mortgage meltdown -- that interest rates are both low and falling? With fewer lenders, fewer loan products and tougher qualification standards you might reasonably expect nervous investors to want higher...
04/16/2008
The Law of Attraction is potentially one of the most powerful tools you'll ever have as a Real Estate Agent. Why? Because it helps you to train your mind into a successful and prosperous mindset. In other words, if you practice the Law of Attraction you're always looking at the opportunities for ...
04/15/2008
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It's definitely one of the hottest subjects in Washington right now: Fannie Mae's and Freddie Mac's agreement last week to totally overhaul their appraisal practices, under pressure from New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo. Cuomo had been investigating the two company's standards on appraisals...
03/10/2008
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How many of your feel like you have your feet on the break and gas at the same time?????You can't open the newspaper or listen to tv or radio without hearing about how bad everything is. Everywhere you look someone is telling us the sky is falling. The media would have you believe that the apoc...
03/04/2008
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Tips to avoid mortgage fraud Will Merritt www.tampabayloanofficer.com where 20 minutes could save you 20 years For Sellers:•· Get references for real e...
02/08/2008
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Hello all Florida Property Owners. Go to www.jlhomes.net and sign the petition for tax reform #2 go to the tax reform link on the left side of page and sign. Just follow the simple instructions. We need 600k signature by the end of Dec 07 to get this next step to lower all our tax bills on the N...
12/03/2007
Feeling like Banks and Mortgage Brokers are disconnected and do not care about your needs and family situation?Will I ever own my Dream House?Will I ever have someone listen to my needs to get a mortgage that fits my families situation?Will anyone ever take to heart my wants with understanding an...
11/15/2007
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You need more than the annual percentage rate(APR) to really get to know your mortgage. While the APR will help compare one mortgage with another it does not come clean on the other loan or characteristics you'd better know before you sign to the terms of a mortgage. Your home loan comes with the...
10/25/2007
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President George W. Bush has anounced that HUD's Federal Housing Administration (FHA) will help families avoid foreclosure by enhancing its refinancing program effective immediately. Under the new FHASecure plan, FHA will allow families with strong credit histories who had been making timely mo...
09/24/2007