Be Prepared to Pay Your Property Taxes in Escrow
This is the time of year when the 1st installment of property taxes are due. Their due date is November 1st and their “late” date December 10th. If you’re like me, you want to hang on to your money as long as possible, so a lot of people wait until...Interest Rates Have Been Improving!
Interest rates have steadily improved in the past week and a half. I haven’t seen a good run like this in quite a while and definitely not in 2009. Usually, we have had wild fluctuations. I have a lot of clients that had a target rate and cost in mind and we...Closing Costs and the “Good Faith Estimate”
After you have applied for a loan, your broker or lender is required to mail a Good Faith Estimate (GFE) to you within 3 days of receiving your application. The GFE gives you the breakdown of closing costs and prepaid items that you must pay at Close of Escrow. This...A Gift as Your Down Payment
If your family has the ability to gift you money to use towards the down payment on your home purchase, we need to make sure that it complies with certain rules. Here are some highlights and tips you should be aware of: CONVENTIONAL LOANS: If your total down payment...Home Affordable Modification
For those of you whom are unable to refinance because your value has declined and who do not qualify under the Fannie Mae Refi Plus program, your only option is to ask your servicer for a loan modification. I’m working on gathering information from people who...Loan Calculator
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