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Mortgage Home Financing for Canadians buying in the United States is back!!
2011-11-17 19:45:00 Image by Antony Pranata via Flickr Since one of the last blog post on my site from June 2007 “Buying a second home in the United States as a Canadian” things in the mortgage industry have changed drastically. Along with all the changes and tightening of the lending guidelines Loan Programs for Foreign Nationals buying ... More About: Financing , General , Home
HARP: Distressed Arizona Homeowners to get more Help!
2011-10-24 23:13:00 Distressed Arizona Homeowners to get more Help! Click here to get a HARP refinance rate quote. Image via Wikipedia Today we got good news from the Federal Housing Finance Agency that changes to the Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP) are coming. When HARP was announced in 2009 it was very limited to situations where the ... More About: Mortgage , Harp
2011 Mortgage Interest Rates Hit Historic Lows ? what now?
2011-06-04 01:19:00 Mortgage Interest Rates Hit Historic Lows for 2011: I am going to spare you with all the details why mortgage interest rates hit historic lows for this year. By now most of us are already numb to the fact that mortgage rates have been historically very low for a while and we are getting bombarded ... More About: Mortgage
I have moved to MyCityLender
2011-05-31 17:26:00 Why I moved to MyCityLender: Wow it has been almost a year and you probably wondered what happened since my last blog post? Yes, I am still around… The most exiting thing was (and still is) my move to MyCityLender last August. That was just after licensing for loan officers went into effect July 1st ... More About: Mortgage
Originating Mortgage Loans in Arizona after July 1st 2010
2010-06-17 01:01:00 July 1st is approaching fast and that is the deadline for Arizona Mortgage Loan Originators who do not work for big Interstate Chartered Banks to obtain their Loan Originator License which is mandated by the Secure and Fair Enforcement for Lending. Act of 2008. In other words, if your Loan Officer does not work for a ... More About: Loans
Funding for the USDA Guaranteed Rural Housing Mortage Program is back!
2010-05-27 20:49:00 photo credit: Nicholas_TI just received confirmation from one of our investors that it looks like that funding for the USDA Guaranteed Rural Housing Program is back! “In view of the information we have received today from USDA Rural Development regarding the Agency?s ability to issue loan approvals (Conditional Commitments: RD Form 1980-18) that are subject ... More About: Phoenix , Funding , Mortgage , Back
USDA is out of Money ? another 100% financing option disappears
2010-05-18 20:41:00 photo credit: Allie_CaulfieldUSDA is out of Funds – No conditional commitments! Times are turbulent in the mortgage business and the latest news about whether or not the USDA has funds left, and also if the USDA will be able to continue to fund (subject to conditional commitments) is just another example that things are constantly ... More About: Money , Phoenix , Financing , Mortgage
Arizona Mortgage News: USDA Home Loan Funds will Continue
2010-05-11 19:28:00 photo credit: visualpanicPhoenix Mortgage News : USDA Home Loan Funds will Continue First the Good News! I just got word that the USDA Home Loan Program will continue. The not-so-good news however is that the currently available USDA funds are running very low and perhaps there is one or two more days left for the old ... More About: Arizona
Arizona USDA Home Loans Mortgage Update
2010-04-30 02:36:00 photo credit: openDemocracyArizona USDA Home Loans Mortgage Update! Yesterday, USDA funds were already below the one-billion-mark and apparently the money is going fast. I found out this morning that USDA is expecting to run out of funds next week (May 7th 2010). Even though a bill was passed in the House of Representatives to appropriate ... More About: Phoenix
Available USDA Home Loan Funds now under one Billion!
2010-04-28 22:52:00 photo credit: Tracy Available Available USDA Home Loan Funds now under one Billion! Back in March the Rural Development?s national office in Washington DC released a notice projecting that the money to issue guarantees for USDA Rural Home Loans will be depleted by the end of April. It seems like we go through the same ... More About: Phoenix , Mortgage
Historic Phoenix, 21st Willo Home Tour & Street Fair
2009-02-06 05:10:00 21st Willo Home Tour & Street Fair this Sunday, February 8th 2009: If you follow my blog, you might know by now that I love historic homes. Perhaps it has something to with the fact that I grew up in Europe and once lived in a timbered house in Southern Germany (here is a picture on ... More About: Phoenix , District
Happy New Year!
2008-12-31 20:41:00 Happy New Year ! I want to take a moment and wish all of you a prosperous, healthy, and safe New Year! As this year is coming to an end, enjoy the very last day of 2008, and ring in 2009 with a happiness. photo credit: bryanecho More About: Happy , Happy New Year
Harj Gill?s Mortgage Acceleration System Speedequity® for Free!
2008-12-23 06:55:00 Speedequity® FREE for a Limited Time! During the summer of last year, when the decline in the housing market started to become obvious, Mortgage Acceleration System s started to become more prominent and created a big buzz among consumers. I have written about Accelerated Mortgage Payoff Programs previously, but now in these tough economic times the interest in ... More About: Free , Gill
Photography: Sore Stomach Muscles at the Stray Cat Theatre
2008-12-11 21:21:00 Photography And Sore Stomach Muscles at the Stray Cat Theatre in Tempe, Arizona Lately I have been taking my photography hobby a little bit more seriously and found myself motivated to learn more about professional lighting. One of the best way to learn something is by actually doing it, at least that method works best for me ... More About: Photography
Phoenix F.Q. Story Historic District: 24th Annual Home Tour
2008-12-05 05:21:00 24th Annual F.Q. Story Home Tour December 6th and 7th, 2008 In the short existence of this blog I have written a couple of blog posts about Phoenix Historic District s and this weekend we continue on the Journey through the Phoenix Historic Districts. This weekend, the 24th Annual F.Q. Story Home Tour and Gift Sale will open on Lynwood Street. It will ...
Christkindlmarkt coming to Mesa, Arizona
2008-12-04 00:15:00 Christkindlmarkt coming to Mesa , Arizona : The holidays are approaching fast and usually this is the time of year when I reflect on childhood memories of the holiday season. One of my favorite things was going to the Christkindlmarkt and I can?t tell you how much I miss the smell of roasting chestnuts and warming up with ... More About: General
Price decline for Greater Phoenix Resale Homes, but Sales Volume up
2008-11-15 05:15:00 Greater Phoenix resale numbers show decline in prices: photo credit: kevindooley Realty Studies associated with the Morrison School of Management and Agribusiness at Arizona State University?s Polytechnic campus reports that Greater Phoenix residential resale numbers show a huge decline in prices. The decline in prices certainly does not come as a surprise as we painfully witnessed this ... More About: Resale Homes , General , Sales , Homes
Diverse Solutions dsSearchAgent IDX solution greatly enhanced
2008-11-07 06:38:00 Diverse Solution s releases great enhancements to their map-based IDX MLS search solution dsSearchAgent: Last June, after great due diligence I have implemented a map-based mls property search on the Greater Phoenix Metropolitan Area Real Estate Blog because it is simply one of the best. Today, approximately 5 months after the initial release the map based MLS-search ... More About: Diverse
Finally, the election is over and chocolate is the winner!
2008-11-06 06:58:00 Well not exactly and if it just were that easy. Today is post-election day and finally it is sinking in: Barack Obama is President elect of the United States of America. This campaign was tough, and it almost felt as if there was no end in sight but now this chapter of American history has ... More About: Chocolate , Election , Finally , Winner
Theme-Song to the Bail-Out of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
2008-09-10 22:59:00 Take a load off Fannie…And you put the load right on me… More About: Freddie , General , Song , Freddie Mac , Theme
Best Phoenix MLS Search Now Available - Powered by Diverse Solutions
2008-06-07 11:06:00 For a long time technology embracing REALTORS® belonging to ARMLS were limited in choices to display real estate listings on their websites and blogs. We could either frame the free and rather basic MLS search provided directly by the Arizona Multiple Listing Service, or utilize the only advanced solution provided by Success Web System ... More About: Phoenix , General , Search , Diverse , Solutions
Seesmic - Add Your Video Comments On Greater Phoenix Metropolitan Area Real
2008-05-30 05:44:00 Leave your Video Comments on Greater Phoenix Metropolitan Area Real Estate After discovering Twitter.com (perhaps as a result of being bored in a broker licensing class) it was just a natural progression to graduate to Seesmic. At first, I deemed Twitter.com just to be a “fun gadget” and disregarded it. My opinion of that changed rather ...
Mirror, mirror on the wall, where is the nicer REO of them all? Bank Owned
2008-04-28 10:18:00 Bank Owned Homes from El Mirage to Queen Creek: Recently, I have been home shopping a lot with first time buyers. Just before my trip to Austria I got a foreclosure under contract in Queen Creek where I represent my clients as their buyers agent. My buyers were pretty much under the gun finding a new ... More About: General , Wall , Mirror , Bank
Happy Golden Anniversary Mama & Papa!
2008-04-12 15:53:00 Being married for 50 years is an accomplishment! I asked my dad what the secret sauce to a good and long marriage is. His answer was quite simple: “Just do what she says, and everything will be fine”. Now the honeymoon is over and I hope there will be many happy years ahead of you guys! Share ... More About: Anniversary , General , Happy , Papa , Mama
Greater Phoenix Metropolitan Area Real Estate Blog: Sporadic Blogger will b
2008-04-09 09:34:00 Sporadic Blog ger will be back: Lately it has been a bit quiet again here on the Greater Phoenix Metropolitan Area Real Estate Blog - not intentionally. In the last couple of weeks I have been busy getting my real estate broker license and had to devote most of my time to other high priority activities ... More About: Real Estate
The Journey Through the Phoenix Historic Districts continues: Windsor Squar
2008-03-28 01:19:00 Windsor Square Historic District Home Tour: One of our most enjoyable traditions in Phoenix is the historic district home tour. We have an astonishing number of historic homes and homeowners who cherish their properties and gladly share them with the public. This time Windsor Square is opening its neighborhood, homes, and gardens to visitors for ... More About: Journey , The Journey , Windsor
House-hunting in El Mirage: Bank Owned Home is Going ?Green?
2008-03-17 19:13:00 Bank Owned Home is Going Green : Today is Saint Patrick’s and naturally “Green” is the theme for today! This video was taken yesterday while house-hunting with my clients in El Mirage. There is definitely a lot of inventory out there in the Greater Phoenix Metro area, however finding a bank owned property in decent move-in conditions ... More About: House , General
A Question of Value or a Question of Error? Getting the Answer from the Mar
2008-02-20 06:27:00 Getting the Answer from the Maricopa County Assessor’s Office: After being on hold for about twenty-five minutes with the Maricopa County Assessor?s office, I finally got the answer to my question about my own Limited Property Value: and guess what? I was wrong! I should have dug a little bit deeper in my research, but I partly ... More About: Question , General , Error
2009 Maricopa County Property Valuation: A Question of Value or a Question
2008-02-18 07:01:00 A Question of Value or a Question of Error? By now, most residents of Maricopa County have received their 2009 Property Valuation form from the Maricopa County Assessor, including me. Of course, Property Taxes are also affected in this declining market as County Assessor, Keith E. Russell, wrote in the note he included in the letter I ...
[help] Raise Funds for Tornado Relief: Every little bit helps!
More articles from this author:2008-02-08 07:59:00 By now, the news about the devastating Tornado es must have reached you all! In response to Lani’s email and the initiative of agentgenius.com, Jay Thompson and the Bloodhound Blog I am also asking to chip in and help: [Help] This week, thousands of people lost their homes and over 54 lost their lives. The destruction is ... More About: Relief , Funds 1, 2, 3, 4 |
