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Daily Mortgage News Freddie Mac, which was taken over by the government in September, is assigning a new CEO. John Koskinen. John was a non executive chariman with Freddie Mac since Freddie Mac was taken over by the government. I hope John can do his job better then previous CEO David Moffett did. [Read More]

Living and building the eco-friendly way, will indeed be the wave of the future! In Palm Beach County, Florida a $29 million 'green' mansion known as the Acqua Liana, Tahitian and Fijian for "water flower", was completed last month! 15,071 sq feet of 'green' living, conveniently located on the ocea [Read More]

Daily Mortgage News More people are steeping out their to buy homes. Mortgage applications jumped up by 11.3%.  Rates were better then they have been and borrowers were locking their rates in. All together March so far has been a better month then Febuary in the mortgage market. People a [Read More]

You've got Zillow which pulls statistics out of the tax records and says your house is worth X regardless of whatever might be different between your house and the comparables. You've got Fishkind who uses tax records, throws them into an algorithm and spits out this is what will happen in [Read More]

The St.Pete Times, in this article it states "The move is one of a host of measures proposed by lawmakers to stimulate the state's economy by loosening the rules on construction permitting. Other proposals include eliminating impact fees designed to make developers pay for roads, sewers an [Read More]

Most of us have heard "when the going gets tough, the tough get going". Lately I've encountered some of the toughest. Whether you are a buyer or seller in Hernando County please realize all parties involved in making it to a successful closing today are under tremendous pressure to re [Read More]

Daily Mortgage News There is a new Bill out there called the Frank Bill. This Bill is to limit mortgage securitization. Basically they want lenders to hold on to more of their mortgages which would cause them to pay more attention to the quality of the loan. The resaon I say this because this [Read More]

Daily Mortgage News If your a buyer and your currently applying for financing or have to apply for financing NOW is the time to do it cause rates are being re-priced for the WORSE! So lets get those rates locked in before the lenders update their price sheets (rates). Also Daily Mortgage Rates C [Read More]

I was up there Sunday (2/8) showing homes and there were realtors at every house showing. One house the prospective owners said "we bought this Friday afternoon". The inventory is going quick - TIME TO BUY! Call your realtor today.

It is sad when a family who has had a family medical crisis and is late on medical or just having difficulty paying it, it affects their credit score. I understand when late payments on other items should affect your credit score, but not when it is connected to a medical issue. A family is not on [Read More]