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Sunday, January 29, 2012 1:14 PM
Friday Mortgage Brief - Friday, January 27, 2012
The Friday Brief Outlook for Interest Rates-Clipped from the Wall Street Journal __________________________________ News Alert from The Wall Street Journal Federal Reserve officials Wednesday said they expect short-term interest rates to stay close to
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Tuesday, November 22, 2011 11:18 PM
NAR Statistics - Good Information to Know
Below is information that was released by the National Association of Realtors with my comments that I feel reflect the Northern Virginia Market. A loan officer that I work with sent me an email with the NAR information and I thought it was worth sharing
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Saturday, November 19, 2011 8:19 AM
Friday Mortgage Brief - Friday, November 18, 2011
The Friday Brief Congress Increases the Ceiling on Size of Mortgages Wall Street Journal (11/18/11) P. A6 Zibel, Alan Capitol Hill legislators on Nov. 17 took aim at raising the maximum size of home loans that can be guaranteed by the FHA. Lawmakers passed
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Friday, September 16, 2011 8:44 PM
Friday Mortgage Brief - Friday, September 16, 2011
The Friday Brief FHA Tips/Expiring Condos/Termite Expiring FHA Condo-If you have an expiring FHA condo, the purchase must close and fund before the FHA Condo Expiration Date. Once the condo approval expires it must go back through the approval process.
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Sunday, July 24, 2011 8:19 AM
Friday Mortgage Brief - Friday, July 22nd, 2011
The Friday Brief Current Interest Rates 417K and below with 0 points 30yr fixed 4.500 FHA/VA 4.250 15yr Fixed 3.750 5yr ARM 2.875 FHA 3.250 417-729k with 0 points 30yr fixed 4.500 FHA/VA 4.500 15yr Fixed 3.750 5yr ARM 3.125 FHA 3.250 SunTrust Portfolio
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Friday, July 15, 2011 5:36 PM
FHA Property Flip Guidelines for Properties Owned Less Than 90 Days
Here are the guidelines as it pertains to a FHA mortgage: 1. All transactions must be arms length. There can’t be any identity of interest between the buyer and seller or other parties to the sales transaction. In order to ensure this the documentation
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Friday, July 15, 2011 5:18 PM
Friday Mortgage Brief - Friday, July 15, 2011
The Friday Brief Current Interest Rates 417K and below with 0 points 30yr fixed 4.500 FHA/VA 4.250 15yr Fixed 3.750 5yr ARM 2.875 FHA 3.250 417-729k with 0 points 30yr fixed 4.625 FHA/VA 4.375 15yr Fixed 3.750 5yr ARM 2.990 FHA 3.250 Keeping our clients
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Saturday, July 02, 2011 7:43 AM
Friday Mortgage Brief - Friday, July 1st 2011
The Friday Brief Current Interest Rates 417K and below with 0 points 30yr fixed 4.625 FHA/VA 4.375 15yr Fixed 3.750 5yr ARM 3.125 FHA 3.375 417-729k with 0 points 30yr fixed 4.750 FHA/VA 4.625 15yr Fixed 3.875 5yr ARM 3.375 FHA 3.375 Housing Data on a
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Saturday, June 25, 2011 7:24 AM
Friday Mortgage Brief - Friday, June 24th 2011
Current Interest Rates 417K and below with 0 points 30yr fixed 4.375 FHA/VA 4.250 15yr Fixed 3.750 5yr ARM 2.990 FHA 3.250 417-729k with 0 points 30yr fixed 4.500 FHA/VA 4.375 15yr Fixed 3.750 5yr ARM 3.125 FHA 3.250 Banks Lowering Loan Standards Wall
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Friday, May 20, 2011 1:22 PM
Friday Mortgage Brief - Friday, May 20th, 2011
The Friday Brief Current Interest Rates 417K and below with 0 points 30yr fixed 4.625 FHA/VA 4.250 15yr Fixed 3.750 5yr ARM 3.125 FHA 3.375 417-729k with 0 points 30yr fixed 4.750 FHA/VA 4.375 15yr Fixed 3.875 5yr ARM 3.375 FHA 3.375 Home Sales May Grow
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Friday, May 06, 2011 9:22 PM
The Friday Mortgage Brief - May 6, 2011
Current Interest Rates 417K and below with 0 points 30yr fixed 4.500 FHA/VA 4.250 15yr Fixed 3.750 5yr ARM 2.990 FHA 3.250 417-729k with 0 points 30yr fixed 4.625 FHA/VA 4.375 15yr Fixed 3.875 5yr ARM 3.250 FHA 3.250 The SAFE Act Regulation The Secure
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Friday, May 06, 2011 7:21 AM
What You Need to Know: Essential Information about Mortgages
RISMEDIA, May 5, 2011—As the housing market continues to struggle, home buyers appear ill-prepared to take out a mortgage, answering basic questions about mortgage information wrong nearly half (46 percent) of the time, according to a Zillow®
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Friday, April 15, 2011 12:52 PM
Mortgage Update - Friday, April 15th, 1011
The Friday Brief Current Interest Rates 417K and below with 0 points 30yr fixed 4.750 FHA/VA 4.625 15yr Fixed 4.125 5yr ARM 3.375 FHA 3.750 417-729k with 0 points 30yr fixed 4.875 FHA/VA 4.750 15yr Fixed 4.250 5yr ARM 3.500 FHA 3.750 SunTrust Portfolio
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Wednesday, April 13, 2011 10:03 AM
HomePath Buyer Incentive
HomePath® Buyer Incentive Fannie Mae is currently offering buyers up to 3.5% in closing cost assistance through June 30, 2011. The HomePath property buyer must meet the following qualifications to be eligible: •Buyers and/or selling agents (the
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Friday, March 18, 2011 9:20 AM
Friday Mortgage Brief - March 18th, 2011
The Friday Brief Current Interest Rates 417K and below with 0 points 30yr fixed 4.750 FHA/VA 4.500 5yr ARM 3.125 FHA 3.750 417-729k with 0 points 30yr fixed 4.750 FHA/VA 4.625 5yr ARM 3.375 FHA 3.750 VA Buyers-What you need to know if your VA Buyer is
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