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Showing posts with label mortgage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mortgage. Show all posts
Monday, January 18, 2021

Buying your dream home? Buy title insurance, too.

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Buying Your Dream Home? Protect Your Property with Title Insurance Purchasing a home is an exciting time for anyone, but that joy can soon f...
Monday, November 16, 2020

Virtual real estate closings - not really

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Real Estate Transactions Go Virtual The traditional real estate closings with a room full of people and stacks of documents are becoming a m...
Monday, August 10, 2020

The Tax Breaks for Homes That Help You Now

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Homeowners need to know these income tax facts Home office and second homes deductions A column in the Wall Street Journal answers some time...
Friday, February 23, 2018

Understanding Title Insurance – and Why You Need It

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Whether you are a first time #homebuyer or refinancing your #mortgage, title insurance is essential.  Here's an article from Zillow tha...
Monday, March 14, 2016

Purchase a home with a small down payment? It can be done.

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For your next commercial real estate transaction, house purchase, mortgage refinance, reverse mortgage, or home equity loan, contact us. Ves...
Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Your mortgage - a retirement time bomb?

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A wire article from the Washington Post points out that your home mortgage may give you trouble if you do not pay it off before retirement. ...
Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Short Sales - Good news for sellers, income tax break extended

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For your next commercial real estate transaction, house purchase, mortgage refinance, reverse mortgage, or home equity loan, contact us. We...
Monday, December 15, 2014

Fake mortgage loan applications on the rise

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Fake mortgage loan applications on the rise. For your next commercial real estate transaction, house purchase, mortgage refinance, reverse...
Wednesday, November 19, 2014

I am refinancing my mortgage. Do I need a new title insurance policy?

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For your next commercial real estate transaction, house purchase, mortgage refinance, reverse mortgage, or home equity loan, contact us. We...
Monday, November 17, 2014

Adjustable rate mortgage, is it right for you?

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For your next commercial real estate transaction, house purchase, mortgage refinance, reverse mortgage, or home equity loan, contact us. Eve...
Monday, May 19, 2014

Home equity loans are on the way back

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OK, so it's true.  The rumors are more than rumors.  Lenders are beginning to make home equity loans.  Why, as this article from the New...
Monday, January 6, 2014

Paying for Foreclosure Delays

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As the New York Times reports, everything comes with a price.  That includes new mortgage loans.  The price is higher fees because of the hi...
Monday, November 18, 2013

Should You Pass On The Fixed Rate Mortgage?

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The answer to the question raised above is, it depends.  While fixed rate loans give you comfort in knowing your loan payment will never cha...
Monday, November 11, 2013

Borrowers to face another hurdle in a few months.

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As a result of the fall-out from the mortgage implosion, Congress saw fit to step into the fray through the Dodd-Frank Act.  One of its prog...
Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Good credit helps when you apply for a mortgage

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With a Zen-like statement, the NY Times begins a report on mortgage lending: Lending terms are easing up for borrowers who have superior c...
Monday, September 23, 2013

Taking over or assuming an existing mortgage

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Back when I began to practice law in the 1970s it was quite common for buyers to assume an existing mortgage rather than apply for a new one...
Thursday, July 18, 2013

A larger down payment does help you get that house

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For your next commercial real estate transaction, house purchase, mortgage refinance, reverse mortgage, or home equity loan, contact us. We ...
Monday, May 6, 2013

Mortgage loans for the retired

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Another issue comes to the forefront when it comes to getting a mortgage loan, that is the particular problems faced by borrowers who are re...
Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Financing a vacation home, banks will make it harder to get that mortgage

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The NY Times reports on Financing a Vacation Home .  The quick conclusion - Buying a vacation home these days requires plenty of cash on h...
Monday, January 14, 2013

Need a mortgage? You need a home appraisal

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While the New York Times article mentioned here is written with New York City it mind, this column about the home appraisal process is appli...