Texas VA Loans – The Best Kept Secret

If you are a Veteran and looking into purchasing a home in Texas, then a VA loan is perfect for you.

Because VA Home Loans are guaranteed by the Veterans Administration, they are easier to qualify for, require no down payment (yes 100% financing is still here), and most importantly don’t require perfect credit.

VA [...]

Texas Mortgage Rates Going Up

The Fed Purchase Program is ending in March and the MBS (mortgage backed securities) market will be an open canvas to new investors.

At the moment, the Fed is 92% complete with their program, and when they back out of it, this is going to attract investors that are going to require more yield. Well [...]

Morning Market Update – Lock Your Loans

Currently up 25 bps on the day.

Recommend locking all and any transactions with these gains. The Treasury Auction is coming out later today, but I would not suggest risking your purchase/refinance on those results.

Morning Market Update

Good morning all…

MBS is currently up 16bp on the morning and hovering around the 1st level of support.

As for today, there are no economic reports set to come out, so looks like what will be a quiet Monday. (Kind of like what Tim Tebow’s experiencing today…)

2 important days this week are Thursday [...]

***Update to a Previous Post***

In a previous post of mine, I outlined a problem that FHA has been currently dealing with, and today, on the front page of Yahoo, I found an article from the New York Times that gives a nice little update.

I wanted to repost it so please take a moment to read this, as its [...]

Come on 7′s! Daddy Needs a New Roof!

Here’s an excerpt from one of my favorite movies, A Bronx Tale. Please follow closely:

Sonny: Get this over with, Mush.

Mush: Come on, dice. Baby needs a new pair of shoes. Come on, seven!

Mush: Come on! Come on, dice!

Sonny: I don’t even have to look.

(Spectator) And seven!

Mush: Craps! I’m out!

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Picking the Right Lender

So, you’ve decided to buy a house?

GREAT DECISION, especially now since rates are super low and you can walk into plenty properties with some decent equity.

Ok, step 1 complete.

Next step, picking the right lender.

I’ve written several articles on this previously, but I will summarize countless hours of explanation into ONE [...]

Should You Use Your $8,000 Tax Credit as Your Down Payment?

So there has been a lot of rumors regarding the $8000 first time home buyer tax credit and that it can be used as a down payment for a new home with an FHA loan.

At first, I thought it was just another “mortgage scam”. Trust you me, the real mortgage industry always leaves room [...]

SubPrime Greed or Governmental Ignorance?

I have voluntarily stopped watching news. Seriously.

What can CNN, FOX News, or even your local news tell us that we haven’t seen, or better yet, experienced first hand in this wild real estate market the past year or so?

Absolutely nothing!

If I wanted negativity, I would ask my Uncle Frank how his prostate [...]

FHA 203k Q & A

1. Is there a secondary mortgage market for Section 203(k) mortgage loans? Yes. The Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) permits the Section 203(k) mortgage to be placed in both GNMA I and II pools with Section 203(b) mortgages. GNMA accepts the 203(k) mortgage once it has been endorsed by HUD. The Federal National Mortgage Association [...]