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I was reading Bryant Tutas blog http://../../blogsview/165445/American-Home-Mortgage-what so there has been quite a bit of discussion on what happened to AHM and I haven't seen a description here of what actually happened.  So I thought I would try. This is pretty much how Barry Habib described i...
08/05/2007
I was reading another blog here on AR and one of the posters said they thought it was a sin to offer 100% financing.  I purposely left the persons blog off because I didn't want it to appear I was calling them out.  That is not my intention. I felt it was something that was worth addressing.IMO y...
08/01/2007
According to an article at http://www.efinancedirectory.com/  titled "Organization Accused of Plumping Foreclosure Numbers for News Media and Congress" says that Realty Trac who is probably the leading provider for foreclosure information could be guilty of inflating the number of foreclosures.  ...
08/01/2007
I was perusing the net and found a story online I wanted to share.  Let's put a little different angle in hopes of creating some responses from real estate agents.  Before I share the link I want to say first that the mortgage person depicted in this story is a criminal and deserves to go to jail...
07/29/2007
Equity in our homes is our prized possession we guard it with every fiber in our body and souls.  We think it is the key to financial freedom. When we have a lot of equity we feel good about ourselves.When we have a lot of equity we think we are sticking it to the bank because they aren't chargin...
07/25/2007
Over the past six plus years I have seen and heard a lot of different mortgage advertisements and it's no wonder that according to a Harris Interactive poll upwards of 67% of Americans feel mortgage ads are only slightly credible or not credible at all.I have heard the ad for the 1.25% 30 fixed r...
07/24/2007
A bit of a strange question don't you think? What's this got to do with real estate or mortgages?  Read on and I think you will quickly see where I am coming from.Seriously, would you ever put your hard earned money in a bank that wasn't protected by the government's form of insuring your money t...
07/23/2007
I have been following very closely the media's coverage of the Sub-Prime meltdown. I am not denying that there is a melt down or that the mortgage industry is going through MUCH NEEDED change, I'm not even denying that the mortgage industry as a whole shoulders a lot of the blame.  What I am tryi...
07/23/2007
Apparently there was a recent article on Yahoo Finance about Bi-Weekly Mortgages and how great they are.  In the comments section somebody called my website out and saying that as a mortgage guy I want you to be in a 30 year mortgage because I get the interest each month for 30 years.  Well folks...
07/23/2007
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