Lock Your Mortgage Rate – New Loan Fees Expected Within Days

Starting soon, nearly all home buyers and refinancing households nationwide will pay higher mortgage loan fees. Congress has made it law. [...]

What Will The Debt Ceiling Agreement Do To Mortgage Rates?

Today’s debt ceiling agreement will be a major force in mortgage markets and home affordability. Are you prepared for it? [...]

What the FHA Needs To Get the Job Done

In the current credit squeeze, if you have less than a 20 percent down payment, there’s pretty much only one major source of mortgage financing available: the Federal Housing Administration, the Depression-era home loan insurance agency that still offers 3 percent down, 30-year, fixed-rate mortgages with consumer-friendly credit standards, even on jumbo loans in high-cost [...]