Tag Archive: mortgages

Feb 11

Cost of waiting for home prices to fall adds up

Still sitting on the fence waiting for home prices to hit ‘The Bottom’? It’s a given that cautious buyers want to make sure that they don’t overpay for their new home. Unfortunately, it’s not all about the price… Buyers shouldn’t be so concerned about home prices as they should be about the cost. The cost of a house is made …

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Jan 13

Strategy for Cutting Mortgage Payments

“Recasting,” or “re-amortization” involves paying off a lump sum of the principal mortgage amount, and then having the monthly payments reset according to the original interest rate and loan terms.

Nov 18

Another reason real estate short sales take sooo long to close

So you made an offer on a short sale home which the seller accepted. Now you are waiting for the bank to accept your offer and approve the short sale. Unfortunately, even after all these years, the short sale process is still a mystery to many. And the most confusing part is usually the role the …

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Oct 04

Money flowing to bond funds keep mortgage rates low

From the New York Times article In Striking Shift, Small Investors Flee Stock Market Investors pulled $19.1 billion from domestic equity funds in May, the largest outflow since the height of the financial crisis in October 2008. Over all, investors pulled $151.4 billion out of stock market mutual funds in 2008. But at that time …

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