I have had a lot of people ask me about how to buy a home after a short sale using FHA financing but it’s becoming more and more common that people are considering buying a home after a short sale using financing insured by the Veteran’s Administration. These guidelines use to be murky but the [...]
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Say Goodbye to the Lowest Mortgage Rates in History
March 16, 2012
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The market is at a turning point for the worse due to growing worries about inflation. While it is not a problem right now (although the consumer price index did just rise the most in 10 months), there are several strong economic factors emerging that typically lead to higher prices to the consumer and thus [...]
Read moreUnderstanding Agency (Who Represents Whom in a Real Estate Transaction) it’s Important, Overlooked and Misunderstood
March 4, 2012
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Would you hire your spouse’s Attorney in a divorce battle, or if someone brought a law suit against you would you hire the opposing side’s attorney, hell no! Then why do Home Buyers and Sellers hire Real Estate Firms without understanding the concept of “Agency?” (Who Represents Whom In Real Estate Transactions) Buying and Selling [...]
Read moreFriends Don’t Let Friends Use Zillow, Trulia and Yahoo Real Estate to Find Homes for Sale
January 29, 2012
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If you live in MN and you want to use one of these sites to find your next home, you should know that approximately 20% of the homes for sale are not being shown to you. Because these sites are riddled with data inaccuracies, Edina Realty decided to pull their listings from these third party [...]
Read moreFirst Time Home Buyers, Now that You’ve Opened “The Box”
January 18, 2012
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As a First Time Home Buyer it is like opening up a new IPad you just received from Santa. You are excited to open the box, fire it up, but once it is out of the box you don’t even know what you don’t know about your new IPad. The same generally apply’s to First [...]
Read moreThe Mortgage Process Put Simply
January 8, 2012
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Understanding the mortgage process is a constant frustration for consumers. One can search the web and find all kinds of long articles breaking the mortgage loan process into anywhere between 6 and 9 individual steps. Upon reading these, a consumer gets even more confused since each individual step is confusing in and of itself. Unfortunately, [...]
Read moreWho Is Going To Write These Loans?
January 5, 2011
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The mortgage industry has seen much blood shed in the last 2 years, particularly in the last year. After reading a very interesting magazine article, I began to think about the future…the eminent future and a big question arose, “Who the heck is going to write these loans”? What is the MN Mortgage Mom rambling [...]
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- Using a VA Insured Mortgage to Purchase a Home After a Short Sale
- Say Goodbye to the Lowest Mortgage Rates in History
- How to Choose and Calculate Your PMI (Private Mortgage Insurance)
- Understanding Agency (Who Represents Whom in a Real Estate Transaction) it’s Important, Overlooked and Misunderstood
- Purchase a HUD owned Home with the $100.00 Down Payment Incentive Program
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- Buying a Home after a Short Sale – Don’t Believe the Naysayers
- Friends Don’t Let Friends Use Zillow, Trulia and Yahoo Real Estate to Find Homes for Sale
- FHA Mortgages: Enough Already!
- Minnesota Home Prices Headed for a Double Dip? – Don’t Believe the Hype
- Minneapolis & Saint Paul Housing Show Signs of Improvement
- Does Your Loan Officer Wear Lime Green Polka Dotted Underwear?
- Monthly Private Mortgage Insurance – It Doesn’t Make Any Sense. . .
- Wanna Be a Good Mortgage Applicant? . . Then it’s Time to Get Naked!
- Fannie Mae Guideline Changes – Gifts, 97% Financing and Mortgage Insurance
- First Time Home Buyers, Now that You’ve Opened “The Box”
- Using a VA Insured Mortgage to Purchase a Home After a Short Sale
- Say Goodbye to the Lowest Mortgage Rates in History
- How to Choose and Calculate Your PMI (Private Mortgage Insurance)
- Understanding Agency (Who Represents Whom in a Real Estate Transaction) it’s Important, Overlooked and Misunderstood
- Purchase a HUD owned Home with the $100.00 Down Payment Incentive Program
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- Using a VA Insured Mortgage to Purchase a Home After a Short Sale
- Say Goodbye to the Lowest Mortgage Rates in History
- How to Choose and Calculate Your PMI (Private Mortgage Insurance)
- Friends Don’t Let Friends Use Zillow, Trulia and Yahoo Real Estate to Find Homes for Sale
- FHA Seller Paid Closing Costs Reduction Announced
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Sherri Sherpy
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Steven Brand
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Deb - The Mortgage Lady
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Joe Harvey MortgageJoe's Blog
- Understanding Agency (Who Represents Whom in a Real Estate Transaction) it’s Important, Overlooked and Misunderstood
- Purchase a HUD owned Home with the $100.00 Down Payment Incentive Program
- First Time Home Buyers, Now that You’ve Opened “The Box”
- Anyone you know struggling with mortgage payments due to unemployment?
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