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Obama Demands More HARP Changes After the original changes made to the Home Affordable Refinance Program, or HARP 2.0, back in October, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) bragged about how it would allow different lenders to refinance borrowers who had loans controlled by another shop, thu...
02/08/2012
Should You Refinance Now or Later? With mortgage rates hovering at record lows the past couple weeks, now is a fantastic time to refinance your home and save yourself money! However, because interest rates have been dropping so frequently, homeowners are holding out on refinancing, with hopes tha...
02/06/2012
Unemployment and Interest Rates Both Fall This morning it was announced that the US added 243,000 more jobs in January, the most jobs added since March and April of 2011. Unemployment followed suit and dropped to 8.5%; marking January as the fifth consecutive month unemployment has fallen. With t...
02/03/2012
Four Steps To A Stress-Free Refinance With all this news about FHA helping lenders like Guaranteed Rate qualify more borrowers for refinances and the government instituting new refinancing programs, you may be considering looking into refinancing your home to take advantage of today’s record low ...
02/02/2012
FHA Adjusts Neighborhood Watch For Obama’s Refinance Plan The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) announced that it will no longer rank mortgage lenders based on performance of “streamlined” loans in its Neighborhood Watch system, in an effort to open up the program for more families. Currently,...
02/01/2012
Do You Know How To Avoid The Four Most Common Mistakes Made When Buying A Home? Buying a home is one of the biggest purchases of your life and you want to be cautious that you don’t make any mistakes that you’ll regret later on. Here are the top four most common mistakes made when buying a home, ...
01/31/2012
This Week’s Economic Outlook for MN In an attempt to speed up a solution for the European debt crisis, European economic officials met today in Brussels, the first of 2012. While many believe this meeting is a step in the right direction, others are hesitant of the outcome. While nothing has happ...
01/30/2012
Housing Crisis Forecasted to End 2012 On Tuesday, Capital Economics announced that they expect the housing crisis to end in 2012. What makes them feel so confident? Loosening credit by banks. Currently, the average credit score for a new approved loan is 700, a figure that was much lower prior to...
01/27/2012
8 Tips Towards Purchasing An Investment Home in MN It’s known that buying a home can be a secure option to invest in. And lately, many are taking advantage of today’s low rates and home prices to buy investment homes. If you’re thinking about getting another property, keep in mind the following 8...
01/27/2012
Obama Proposes New Plan to Save Homeowners More Money Last night, during Obama’s State of the Union address, Obama proposed a plan to collect fees from large banks, in order to help fund more refinancings for underwater mortgagers. While the details were few, this could still have a potential imp...
01/25/2012
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