Brian Cavanaugh Featured on Curbed’s Ask a Mortgage Banker
Take a look at this post from Curbed University. I’ll be answering your questions next week! Curious about borrowing to buy that dream home in the Hub? Wondering what it all entails beyond the credit check? Well, clear the confusion and get some answers with our upcoming Asking a Mortgage Banker… feature, part of our [...]
Vital Signs Chart: Mortgage Rates Still Near All-Time Lows
Reposted from the Wall Street Journal | By Brenda Cronin Mortgage rates continue to plumb historically low levels, on the threshold of the industry’s key spring home-sales season. The rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage ticked down to an average of 3.54% in the week ended on March 21 from 3.63% the previous week. That [...]
New Homeowners Guide: How to Buy a House and Get a Mortgage
By Dan Green | Reposted from themortgagereports.com The U.S. housing market is in recovery, and home sales are expected to rise through 2013 and into next year. If you’re among the many people planning to buy a home this year, be sure to understand the actual process of it all — especially with respect to your [...]
Ten Tips About Mortgages and Refinancing in 2013
Reposted from Bankrate.com / by Polyana da Costa /Published January 03, 2013 If you’ve been sitting on the sidelines, waiting for the best time to refinance or get a mortgage to buy a home, think of 2013 as your last chance to act.With good credit, persistence and some shopping skills, you can still snag phenomenal deals [...]
To Givers of Down Payments
Reposted from the New York Times By LISA PREVOST HOME buyers trying to scrape together enough money to cover the typical 20 percent down payment frequently look to relatives for help. In a National Association of Realtors survey of people who bought homes from July 2011 to June 2012, about a quarter of first-time buyers [...]
What Will Happen with Massachusetts Mortgage Rates this Week? 12/17th
Inquire within for current Mortgage Rates or Guidelines bc@SmarterBorrowing.com 617.771.5021 Overall, I am expecting to see little movement in the markets and mortgage rates the first couple days. As the week progresses and we get to the economic releases, we should see more activity in the markets and changes to mortgage pricing. The least important [...]
Will 2013 Be the Time for Home Buyers to Jump?
By RACHEL LOUISE ENSIGN for The Wall Street Journal This New Year’s, you may want to make a resolution to go house hunting. Home prices are finally starting to recover, but they’re still low enough to get a great deal. Add to that interest rates that are at historic lows, and 2013 may be the [...]
What Will Happen with Massachusetts Mortgage Rates this Week? 10/29th
Inquire within for current Mortgage Rates or Guidelines bc@SmarterBorrowing.com 617.771.5021 Overall, the single most important day is likely to be Thursday or Friday. In addition to the economic reports, I believe stocks will experience volatility that will also impact bond trading. The key to the week will be Friday’s employment numbers, but any significant swings [...]
What You Need to Know to Get a Mortgage
By ALINA TUGEND Reposted from the New York Times GETTING a mortgage used to be as easy as choosing the right color paint for a new home. Don’t have stellar credit? No problem. No verified income? Step right over here. High debt-to-income ratio? Sign on the dotted line anyway. “Two years ago, we had a [...]
What will happen with Massachusetts Mortgage Rates this week? 12/6
This Post will talk about the upcoming weeks Economic Data and how it will affect current Mortgage Rates
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