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If you wonder why downtown is so busy this weekend...Here's why!!This weekend and next, Spokane will be site of the 11th annual Pacific Northwest Qualifier at the Spokane Convention Center, Eastern Washington University and the Valley HUB.The tournament, hosted by Evergreen Region Volleyball, fir...
03/19/2008
For those who had a mid-day rate change for the worse yesterday, might have been pleasnatly surprised to come in today to find that rates actually improved over night.  One of the main reasons was OFHEO's unforeseen injection of possbily up to $200 billion in liqiudity!  Fannie and Freddie's capi...
03/19/2008
Being a GU grad I am definitely biased and have stopped watching ESPN and Fox Sports coverage on NCAA basketball tourney b/c everywhere I turn people are doubting the ZAGS.  Some well respected coaches, Rick Pitino are actually quoted as saying that Davidson is "the better team"!  I can't beleive...
03/19/2008
Do you have a crystal ball to forecast where rates are going?  Well neither do I.  However, I came across this free website a few months back.  The guy is an absolute genius when it comes to following the external factors that govern mortgage rates and predicting where rates will be and when they...
03/18/2008
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My wife and have a 19month old daughter that we absolutely adore.  We have thought long and hard about the best (and affordable) ways to do our part to ensure that our world is safe for future generations.  Here is the list we came up with.  Feel free to add to it, we are always trying to think o...
03/18/2008
A wild weekend spilled over into today.  Many of you showed up with great rate improvements and if you are deciding to float or lock today, I say float into tomorrow AM IF you haven't had a mid day (today 3/17) price change.  With a strong showing on MBS's and the decline in 10yr Note yield  it l...
03/17/2008
Many loan officers and mortgage professionals came in to the office today with this notification from their secondary market lenders.  Below is chart breakdown that loan officers may have been sent:Credit Score 60.01 - 70.00 >70.00 > 740 0.000 0.000 720 - 739 0.000 0.000 700- 719 0.500 0.500 680 ...
03/17/2008
I have always been a fan of full disclosure.  People not knowing 100% what loan they are getting into has been the biggest problem with this whole mortgage mess...well that and declining markets.  That said, I think this is long overdue.  Good news for borrowers! AP -- Alphonso Jackson, Secretary...
03/14/2008
AP - Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke outlined the central bank's proposal Friday to stem the subprime meltdown. In a speech at the National Community Reinvestment Coalition's annual meeting, Bernanke said that the Fed is working to curb unfair lending practices to protect borrowers of adjus...
03/14/2008
There has been a lot of talk about the FHA loan amount increase and on 3/5/08 HUD released the new FHA loan amounts.  Below is a grid that details out how Spokane and Kootenai County are shaping up. Conforming Jumbo amounts remained unchanged.  Good news for "iffy" credit and low down payment cli...
03/07/2008
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