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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…
August 4, 2021
Mortgage Rates in a Downward Trend. Can it Last?
I want to talk about rates today. Rates have been so great for a while that it seems like we are used to the low numbers that we’ve been seeing for some time. Interest Rate Trends So Far in 2021 They have…
July 28, 2021
Make Sense Jumbo Loan Programs
I’ve been talking about jumbo loans for a few weeks because there are new updates to share. One of the programs you need to know about is our in-house jumbo portfolio loan. The title for today says it all: this program is…
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