Financing

What is a VA Loan?

A mortgage offered by the US Department of Veteran Affairs. In honor of Memorial Day, I thought it was a great time to talk about VA loans! A VA loan is...
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Locked In, Stuck Still: How Rising Interest Rates Are Freezing Homeowners in Place

If you’re like most people who locked in a rock-bottom mortgage rate during the pandemic years, you’re probably feeling like you won the lottery—until you think about moving. Interest rates...
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Federal Reserve meeting

The Federal Reserve met this week and as expected they left interest rates unchanged. However the comments after the meeting and the changes to their balance sheet runoff were important....
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2025 and mortgage rates…

This year started off with a bang when it came to mortgage rates. After the Fed meeting in December, we knew it was going to take some negative news in...
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Mortgage loan limits for 2025

In 2024, home price growth remained steady. Housing values increased 5.2% according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency. Because of this conforming loan limits for conventional loans also have increased....
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What’s Behind Today’s Mortgage Rate Volatility?

One of the questions I’m asking daily is what is happening with rates and when will they start dropping? This is a post from one of our blogs that helps...
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Weekly real estate market update 9/27/24… 80% of first-time homebuyers qualify for down payment assistance

Showing activity remains steady… as weekly new, pending and coming soon listings continue ahead of last year. Most notable change this week was the increase in those properties that had...
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Are you trying to save to buy a home?

Have you decided it’s time to try to buy a home? Are you trying to save money for your down payment? Here are some tips to help you! One of...
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