Obama signed the First-Time Home Buyer Tax Credit today. Congress both extended and expanded the First-Time Home Buyer Tax Credit program Thursday. The up-to-$8000 tax credit’s expiration date has been pushed forward to spring, requiring homebuyers to be under contract by April 30, 2010, and to be...

Are you looking for a HUD Owned Foreclosure For $100 in AZ? Owned Foreclosure For $100? All HUD property purchasers are required to obtain a Pre-qualification letter from a lender prior to ratification of their sales contract. Please contact our Mortgage Planner Friend William Doom for up front and...

US Treasury just reported that more lender-owned foreclosures will be coming to the market soon. 25% of option ARM mortgage loans are either 90 days delinquent or in the process of foreclosure (1 our of every 4!) 12% of ALL mortgages are either delinquent or in foreclosure. FHA loans in delinquencies...

What is a tax credit? A tax credit is a direct reduction in tax liability owed by an individual to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). In the event no taxes are owed, the IRS will issue a check for the amount of the tax credit an individual is owed. Unlike the tax credit that existed in 2008, this...

General Points to Consider – Buyer and Seller The expiration date of the tax credit is November 30, 2009. Close December 1, as of now, and any qualifying buyer will not receive the tax credit. With the 30th falling on the Monday following Thanksgiving, where possible work towards a closing date of...

Mortgage Rates continued their nine (9) day accent posting 375bp for the week. Friday was the only negative day with the FNMA 30 YR 4.5% giving up only 9bp on a quiet day before the Holiday weekend.  The positive gains can be attributed to the negative pull back in the equities market. The DOW gave...

As a reminder, Fannie Mae is rolling out new lending guidelines Tuesday, September 1, 2009. Starting next week, being approved for a home loan could be much more difficult. The new rules mark the first major underwriting update since April of this year.  The changes are mostly geared at fraud prevention. Among...

It’s already May, and time for another Mortgage Rate Watch May 2009 – May 2009 Mortgage Forecast Loans closed in May will have first payment dates of July 2009. If April was a harbinger of things to come for May, Homeowners and Homebuyers will be the proud recipients of stable LOW Historic Mortgage...

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The days of rock-bottom housing prices may be reaching an end. According to the National Association of REALTORS, the number of Existing Home Sales fell by a modest 140,000 units last month. It’s the fifth straight month in which home sales straddled the 4.5 million mark. The national housing inventory...