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September 22, 2021
It’s Fed Day! I Hope These Fed Presidents Know What They are Doing…
Anyone in the mortgage or real estate business needs to be paying attention to what is happening in the Fed meeting and the announcement. Today was day 2 of the meeting, where they always make an announcement at 11 am PST. I…
September 15, 2021
Franklin Rolls Out New Down Payment Assistance Program
Great news: we just rolled out a new down payment assistance program. This option is for first-time home buyers. With prices going up, the down payment is getting harder to achieve. There is a big cross-section in the world that assumes you…
September 8, 2021
How Much Equity is Available?
There was a headline today that jumped out at me – it speaks to what is really happening in the housing market right now. People are wondering if the current trends are sustainable and whether we have a big crash coming. The…
September 2, 2021
Forbearances Under the CARES Act are Coming to an End
September is marking the end of the forbearance run from the CARES Act as part of the COVID stimulus program. This forbearance program allowed homeowners to use forbearance if they couldn’t make their mortgage payments (the process of deferring the payments during…
August 19, 2021
It’s Moving Day
Today’s video is filmed in a different venue – it’s moving day! I’m in the business of helping people buy houses and move. But this one is a bigger deal: McKenna is moving to college today. It’s exciting! And to be perfectly…
August 11, 2021
An Interesting Look at Where Housing Prices are Today
In today’s video, I’m sharing data from a presentation that we do every month. This information shows an interesting perspective to show the run-up in prices that we are seeing recently. I think it makes a strong justification that maybe the market…
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