What is the best way to pay your mortgage?
So now you’ve got a mortgage. What is the best way to pay it? Should you make extra payments? What…
So now you’ve got a mortgage. What is the best way to pay it? Should you make extra payments? What…
So I’ve posted links to press releases from HUD chief Shaun Donovan claiming plans to “monetize” the $8000 Credit in the form…
I received a very welcome email from my main man Grant Folske CPA telling me that I will be getting a refund…
It has been a very busy time for us at Mortgage Trust. Rates are super low and holding steady, and the window for that $8,000.00 tax credit is fast closing. Affordability is rising across the board, and the annual end of summer real estate frenzy/climax is upon us. I wanted to take a moment to highlight …
Just recently for Portland Home Loan, I prepared an analysis for 4 purchase scenarios on the same property. It is a purchase of $300,000 here in Portland, OR, and the 4 options are: – 5% down conforming – 10% down conforming, and – 2 FHA options One FHA option is the current FHA cost structure, which has been …
Buying a house with family members as co-signer can often improve your outcome! I recently had the privilege of advising a family in purchasing a home in Portland. My main borrower was a first-time home buyer, but he was assisted by his wife’s parents! The scenario was as follows: the wife was a …
It has been a very busy time for us at Mortgage Trust. Rates are super low and holding steady, and the window for that $8,000.00 tax credit is fast closing. Affordability is rising across the board, and the annual end-of-summer real estate frenzy/climax is upon us.
Its happening again. Rates are tumbling and tumbling more. I read recently that avoiding closing costs in a declining rate…
A realtor colleague of mine was recently relating his shock to me about how often he is talking to renters…
Hey First time buyers…. Where will you be when the music stops? With the combination of new regulations that are…