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Addressing Housing Market Volatility 2022 has been quite a year in many ways. For home buyers and sellers alike, today’s housing market has become a non-stop roller coaster ride. While interests go up, home values and accrued equity plummet. The news is filled with job cuts and rising prices. Companies …
Opportunity Knocks: Work for an Employee Owned Company The Benefits of Working with an ESOP Whether you are looking for a company to start or continue your career, you may have a long list of criteria in mind. But, does it include working for an ESOP? You may ask, what’s …
Where’s the Silver Lining? Is There Hope for Home Buyers? It’s getting ugly out there. Listen to the news and all we hear about are rising prices, inflation, and recession. Driving part of this is one of the biggest and fastest interest rate hikes in 20+ years. So, where is …
What’s Next?: Changes to the Housing Market and Lending Environment The last few years during the pandemic have been extraordinary in terms of rising home values and historically low interest rates. Lending volume reached a record $4.4 trillion during 2021. It included a new record in purchase lending as well as a …
Knowledge is Power: Buying a Home as a Single Woman Women Are Buying Their Own Homes According to the Urban Institute, the homeownership rate among women who are the head of their household has increased from 50.9% to 61.2% between 1990 and 2019. The key to buying a home is …
Conforming Versus Non-Conforming Loans: What You Need to Know The home buying process – particularly, the lending part – can be full of terms that are far from familiar. This includes terms like conforming and non-conforming loans. Part of our process of helping more people get the home they deserve …
“I Have a Dream” – The Dream of Home Ownership It was in 1963 that American civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. In the speech, King called for civil and economic rights and …
A Look Ahead: 2022 Trends in Housing and Home Loan Financing Rising home prices, plummeting interest rates and low housing inventory were significant trends that impacted 2021’s housing and mortgage environment. Affordable housing initiatives and expanded homebuyer education also defined the housing market at a time when home purchases became …
New Homeowner Education Requirements Expand Learning Opportunities Recently, Fannie Mae announced that they are making changes to homeowner education requirements, which are part of its commitment to affordable mortgage products. This blog post will help you understand what’s different and leverage the new opportunities available to those of you that …
New Affordable Housing Initiatives Are Proposed to Equalize Access to Home Ownership The Biden administration is seeking to leverage the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) to enact new affordable housing initiatives. This can be an effective tactic that will make home ownership a reality for a more diverse group of …
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