How Do I Use A Home Equity Line As Your Down Payment
HELOC: Most Homeowners Don’t Use Them For This A home equity line of credit (HELOC) works great for home improvement projects or to consolidate debt. But most homeowners never use…
The Top 3 Hottest Real Estate Markets for 2017 Are in Florida
Trulia recently published its list of the 10 hottest real estate markets to watch in 2017, and-no surprise-several coastal markets made the list. Trulia based its ranking of the 100…
It’s official – Fed raises interest rates for second time in 3 months
The Federal Reserve just announced the first interest rate hike of 2017, and the second rate hike in three months. The Federal Open Market Committee concluded its meeting with the…
Why Your Credit Scores May About To Rise
Many tax liens and civil judgments soon will be taken off people’s credit reports, the latest move to omit negative information from the powerful financial scorecards. The decision by the…
New Residential Construction Hits 11-Year High
In many areas of the country, there are not enough homes for sale to satisfy the number of buyers looking to purchase their dream homes. Experts have long proposed that…
Mortgage rates are on the rise; now is the time to lock your rate
Mortgage rates are poised to go up. You should lock your interest rate now. Rates on home loans edged slightly upward in Bankrate’s weekly survey. They likely are headed even…
Collier County ranked No. 6 on a national list of the “Best Places to Get a Mortgage.”
SmartAsset, a New York financial technology firm, did the study and rankings, based on four factors: overall borrowing costs; ease of securing a mortgage; cheap property taxes; low annual mortgage…
Florida’s housing market off to a good start
Florida’s housing market opened this year with a bang, as new data from Florida Realtors reported more closed sales, higher median prices, increased pending sales and more new listings last…
Newly-built home sales show positive start to the year…
There was a 3.7 per cent rise for sales of newly-built single-family homes in January compared to a year earlier. Data from the HUD and US Census Bureau shows a…
8 Tips For Refinancing As Mortgage Interest Rates Rise
So you want to refinance, but mortgage interest rates are rising. Don’t worry — you haven’t missed the boat on your refi opportunity. Mortgage rates are still historically low, and…