Afternoon Market Update 12/14/09

Currently down 16 bp (and surprisingly so), there is no movement in stocks, bonds, or oil today.

Doesn’t look like there will be a risk to float until tomorrow, but realizing all the volatility that has been going on lately, if it was me, I would lock in your loan.

Tomorrow the economic calendar has [...]

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 [...]