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 Purchase Loans
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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 (Jobless Claims) and [...]
October 9, 2009
Mortgagee Letter 2009-39
TO: ALL APPROVED MORTGAGEES
ATTENTION: Single Family Servicing Managers
SUBJECT: Updated Claim Filing and Delinquency/Default Reporting Requirements
For FHA’s Making Home Affordable Modification Program (FHA-HAMP)
The purpose of this Mortgagee Letter is to provide updated claim filing and delinquency/default reporting requirements for the FHA Home Affordable Modification Program [...]
When will YOUR housing market recover?
By Marcie Geffner
Pundits love to make predictions as to when home prices will stabilize in U.S. housing markets. But even well-respected forecasters and analysts may disagree, and even if a forecast proves true nationally, your local market may behave in a wildly different way. This disconnect between broad-stroke forecasts and [...]
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 VERY [...]
If you are vacating a residence that will remain occupied by the co-borrower, he/she is required to obtain a NEW FHA mortgage loan.
Acceptable situations are:
1.) Instances of divorce, after which the vacating spouse will buy a new home, or
2.) One of the co-borrowers will vacate the existing property
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Just this morning, I was reading an article that I came across regarding a couple things that are going on with the Federal Housing Administration (FHA)….and it wasn’t pretty.
Basically what’s going on right now is that there are justifiable rumors that the FHA’s reserves (capital) are hovering around dangerous levels.
Congress requires that the magic number [...]
By Kenneth R. Harney
The IRS has an urgent message for would-be home purchasers: Make the most of the $8,000 first-time-buyer tax credit before it disappears Dec. 1 — if you qualify.
But if you don’t truly qualify, don’t try to play games with the credit. The IRS already has 24 criminal investigations of suspected fraud underway [...]
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!
Sonny: Get him out of here! Man [...]
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 sentence:
YOU WILL CHOOSE WHOEVER YOU [...]