This is “THE” money question. If you can accurately predict this- you are the man, no doubt about it. News Flash! Nobody can predict this information, not even Yale Economists. What we can do is gauge the economy and the health of the real estate market by the economic data that we receive on a…
The media has been going haywire talking about the great 4% mortgage rate. While rates are extremely low, actually getting a 4% mortgage rate is something else entirely. The average interest rate people are locking in on 30 year fixed-rate money is between 4.25-4.375%. Why the disparity? Well the interest rates advertised by Fannie Mae…
Folks who have mortgages owned by Freddie Mac and/or Fannie Mae have been waiting for the 125% loan-to-value refinance for quite some time. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have been offering the program for months saying the program went to 125% loan to value. Only yesterday October 20, 2011 was the date of availability that…
If you are thinking about taking out a mortgage loan whether that be a purchase or refinance, you’re not always necessarily going get the preferred interest rate if your loan amount is on the lower end. It is certainly a contradictory way of thinking, but it is absolutely true. The reason is because Fannie Mae…
Getting conventional financing? How about a 15 year fixed-rate mortgage or a 30 year fixed-rate mortgage? Depending on your loan to value, new underwriting guidelines might affect your ability to get financing. This is update is accordance with purchases and refinances. Following are some of the conventional mortgage loan updates as of October 8, 2011.…