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18 September 2009
10-year note fell to as low as 3.36%
INTEREST RATE UPDATE Current Trend Direction: Moving Sideways Risks Favor: Locking on the Dips Mortgage rates are lower this week as the yield on the benchmark 10-year note fell to as low as 3.36%, despite the continued rise in stocks. This week brought Read More...
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31 July 2009
Lender Questions-My Interview with Dean Wong at First Capital Mortgage
It is with great pleasure to post my Interview with one of my favorite Lenders Dean Wong at First Capital Mortgage. (His contact is at the end of my post). Tom: Hello Dean. How are you doing? Dean: Great Tom Tom: 1).I have heard that there are some changes Read More...
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27 June 2009
Rates edge up June 24,2009
The benchmark 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage edged up 4 basis points, to 5.8 percent , according to a national survey of large lenders. A basis point is one-hundredth of 1 percentage point. The mortgages in this week's survey had an average total of Read More...
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08 January 2009
Rates Fall to Record Low of 5.01%
The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 5.01 percent with an average 0.6 point for the week ending Jan. 8, 2009, down from last week when it averaged 5.10 percent, according to Freddie Mac’s latest results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey Read More...
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15 October 2008
Multi-Family Financing Available and Reasonable
Permanent Financing Availability, Cost Remains Reasonable. The MULTI-FAMILY SECTOR is relatively isolated from Wall Street. But REITs (Real Estate Investment Trusts) are being impacted. Their dividend yield rate is falling, which is making it difficult Read More...
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15 October 2008
Fed Cuts Rate by .50==Multi-Family Financing Still Unknown
Fed Cuts Rate by 50 Basis Points, Impact on Multi-Family Financing Still Unknown The Federal Reserve today ordered an emergency interest rate cut of half a percentage point , knocking the key rate down to 1.5 percent. The Fed fund rate is the interest Read More...
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11 April 2008
Buyers and Renters - The Cost of Waiting
First up: The loss of tax deductions . In most cases, people who lack a mortgage pay more federal and state income taxes than those who qualify for a mortgage deduction. A Mortgage Calculator illustrates this point: Assume that a buyer is currently paying Read More...
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11 April 2008
2008:The Best Year to Buy a Home in 35 Years!
In April of 1973 , mortgage rates were about the same as they are today. Since that time, we have only had mortgage rates this low during 2001 and 2002, the height of the seller's markets where there was little inventory. In the last two major buyer's Read More...
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