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Market forces determine interest rates. Mortgage Backed Securities (MBS) are a great indication of what is happening with the mortgage interest rate market. A Mortgage Consultant that doesn’t keep track of the Bond (MBS) market is not doing the job for his clients, the home buyer. Read More

Those that follow my post know that I refinanced last year with Taylor Bean and Whitaker (TBW) on a VA ARM. It was shortly after that TBW was closed by HUD for problems with their lending policies. My loan was taken over by Bank of America and I had some difficulty finding out what to do with my payment. Now it is tax time and I, like many others, am wondering where my 1099 showing interest paid is from TBW. Read More

Statistics are interesting things. One of my favorite sayings is that, “Figures never lie, but liars figure.” I don’t know who said it, but it is really true. Now, I don’t know if these figures are the ones that never lie, or are done by liars, but I found them quite interesting when thinking about how people in the Eugene and Springfield area of Oregon buy homes. Read More

Mortgage rates, mortgage rate, mortgage rates! What is going to happen? According to the Federal Reserve Survey, mortgage rates are 1% lower today than they would have been because the Fed has been purchasing mortgage backed securities (MBS). That all stops the end of next month. Read More

On January 1, the new 2010 Good Faith Estimate came into being amid a lot of hoopla and consternation. Now that it is here, many people don’t know exactly what it does and doesn’t do for the consumer and how it will effect and what affect it will have on Realtors®. This is a major change in RESPA (Real Estate Settlement and Procedures Act). Because of the changes, I will be holding webinars for Realtors® in my service area (Oregon, Washington and California) with a limit of 25 per day allowed to register. Here is the sign up form for the webinars: Read More

Especially if you are a poodle. Read More