The new Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP 2) just made it easier to refinance an upside down or underwater mortgage in Temecula, Murrieta or Menifee. The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) just announced October 24th there no longer is an LTV limit to refinance an upside down mortgage in Temecula, Murrieta, or Menifee. Prior to […]
Would you consider safety to be a major factor when deciding where to relocate or live when buying a home in California? For those of us familiar with, or already living in the Temecula and Murrieta Valley region of Riverside County, we sometimes forget how good this little part of the world really is. Business […]
Wednesday, the Federal Reserve released the minutes from its 2-day meeting September 20-21, 2011. The release shows a divided Fed in disagreement about the current U.S. monetary policy. The group reached compromise for new economic stimulus, however, and maintained its commitment to accommodative interest rates. Wall Street reacted tepidly to the minutes and mortgage rates in […]
USDA issued a lender notice stating the USDA Rural Housing Single Family Housing Guaranteed Loan Program (SFHGLP) is temporarily out of funds as of October 1, 2011. Even though USDA is still issuing ‘conditional commitments’ subject to the availability of the commitment authority, many lenders are dropping the program, even with buyers in escrow! Fortunately, […]
Is Bank of America no longer issuing USDA Rural home loan approvals in California? Did Bank of America discontinue all 100% financing mortgage programs in California? I’ve been asked these two questions several times recently from real estate agents and prospective home buyers wanting to purchase a home in the Riverside County USDA eligible areas […]
The VA home loan funding fee/costs for California Veterans (Active Duty, Reserves and National Guard too) is being reduced starting October 1st, 2011. Both first time and subsequent home buyers who qualify for a California VA home mortgage will benefit from the new Restoring GI Bill Fairness Act of 2011 that lowers the VA funding […]
Just because you can make a down payment, doesn’t mean you should. That is why every home buyer in California should analyze whether it makes more sense to buy a home with a low or no down payment loan program before they actually start their home search. Why? Two Primary Reasons: Saving for a down payment […]
