Housing blog about real estate, investing, and financing with a focus on the Salt Lake City housing market and surrounding areas. Written by a licensed Real Estate and Mortgage Broker and an experienced Utah real estate investor.

Saturday, December 27, 2008

Your home is going into foreclosure, what can you do?


1. Put the property up for sale prior to the sale date with the Advantage Team.
2. Bring the delinquent balance current.
3. Find someone to deed the property to that will pick up the payments (this is very risky!).
4. Do a home loan modification.

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Thursday, December 18, 2008

Historic Low Interest Rates - Save Thousands Of Dollars

On Tuesday December 16, 2008 The Federal Reserve announced that it was cutting key interest rates from 0 to .25%. This is very bold move to spark life back into our economy. But will this reduction have any positive momentum to the mortgage market?

The benchmark interest rate announced by the Federal Reserve is the lowest in its 95 year history. This move sent mortgage interest rates tumbling. But everyone will not qualify for a 4.5% 30 year interest rate.

FHA financing has enabled borrowers to refinance on a rate and term basis up to 97% of the value of their primary residence and up to 95% for cash out. But beware there are income and credit qualifications required to benefit from the new low rates. FHA does not have a minimum credit score requirement. However, many wholesalers have restricted borrowers to have a minimum score of 580 to qualify for an FHA loan. If your score is greater than a 640 you can see rates at 5% or lower. For borrowers with greater equity in their homes of 75% or less and credit scores of 680 or better have an opportunity of securing conforming rates at the 4.5% level.

This is now the time to review your current situation. These rates are now at historic lows that may only be seen once in a lifetime. But remember you are entitled to receive full disclosure about any loan that you apply for and should only be discussing fixed rate financing options with these low rates.

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Friday, December 12, 2008

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Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Free List of Bank Properties and REO's

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Thursday, December 4, 2008

Mortgage Rates Plummet to 4.27%!

Have you been watching mortgage rates? They have been dropping like a tank (down to 5.47% from 5.99% the lowest level since June 2005) since the Fed announced last week that they are buying mortgage paper now through the end of the year. Now they are falling again, this time from Treasury Secretary Henry Paulsons new plan to push home-loan rates down to 4.5% to help stimulate the housing market. Thank you dear Hank! This is unbelievable...

Today conforming mortgage rates are at 4.27% the lowest since 2003. “The bond market is racing ahead of the government’s full court press to bring down mortgage rates,” Kenneth Hackel, the head of fixed-income strategy at RBS Greenwich Capital Markets, said today in a note to clients.

The latest plan is preliminary and could change. The Wall Street Journal reported only loans for home purchases, not refinancing, would be targeted. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke’s Dec. 1 comment that the central bank may purchase Treasuries to drive down long-term interest rates and stimulate the economy have also helped lower rates by pushing benchmark government-note yields to record lows.

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Wednesday, December 3, 2008

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