Debbie Bloyd is a contributing author to Weekly Real Estate News and can be contacted at 469-768-0337 or [email protected] What do agents need to have this year? A great mortgage lender that they can call or one that can sit in the open houses with them on...
Loan Level Price Adjustments (LLPAs) are additional fees implemented by the Federal Housing Finance Administration (FHFA) on certain types of mortgage loans. These fees are designed to account for the increased risk associated with certain loan characteristics, such...
Source: FT Adviser — Fixed rate mortgages have begun to fall after reaching 6 per cent last year, but remain relatively high, but with the prospect of falling interest rates, some are questioning whether borrowers may revert to tracker mortgages. When compared...
Source: Reuters — Jan 18 (Reuters) – Federal Reserve policymakers on Wednesday signaled they will push on with more interest rate hikes, with several supporting a top policy rate of at least 5% even as inflation shows signs of having peaked and economic...
PONTIAC, January 18, 2023 – United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM), the #1 overall lender in America, announced it has enhanced its Safe Check program, initially launched in October 2022, to provide loan officers more certainty and confidence to pull valid pricing. Now,...
Source: Insurance Business Mag — Lenders typically require home buyers to provide a down payment equivalent to 20% of the property’s purchase price to qualify for a loan. This amount, however, which can easily hit upwards to the tens to the hundreds of...
