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What is the real cost of a mortgage?

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Five Reasons You Might Want to Consider Refinancing

Owning a home and building equity opens up many opportunities. As a homeowner, there will be times you wonder if refinancing your mortgage makes sense. Rightly so, as there are quite a few reasons getting a new mortgage can improve … Continue reading

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Five Reasons You Might Want to Consider Refinancing

Owning a home and building equity opens up many opportunities. As a homeowner, there will be times you wonder if refinancing your mortgage makes sense. Rightly so, as there are quite a few reasons getting a new mortgage can improve … Continue reading

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The Surprising Reasons People Refinance their Mortgages

With mortgage interests at all-time lows and home prices continuing to rise at a nice, steady rate, refinancing is a hot topic. So let’s look at why most people choose to refinance. A recent study of homeowners who have refinanced … Continue reading

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A Fable About Refinancing

Diane walked into the house, setting down her things in the kitchen after a long day at work.  “Did you hear that rates have dropped?  Should we be looking into refinancing?” Her husband Jack replied, “Yes, I did.  Some people … Continue reading

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The 3-Legged Stool

  Whenever I am conducting a consultation with a new home buyer, I like to introduce what I call, the “3-Legged Stool”.  This becomes a crucial thinking tool for making smart home buying and investment decisions as it relates to … Continue reading

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Did You Know that Appraisers are Monitored?

Did you know that appraisers are monitored by FNMA? Today, I’d like to highlight the plight of the appraisal world.  An appraisal is used to judge the property’s acceptability for the mortgage loan requested in view of its value and marketability. … Continue reading

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2016 Is Your Year!

Creating Your Best Money Year Ever in 2016. One of the primary reasons many people do not achieve financial success is they have never stopped to define what it is that a “successful” financial picture looks like for them.  In … Continue reading

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Liquidity versus Home Equity

When learning how to apply financial planning concepts to the world of real estate and mortgages, there can be a bit of a learning curve.  But once grasped, a homeowner can feel extremely empowered and confident in the decisions they … Continue reading

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Finishing 2015 Financially Strong

We are in the fourth quarter!  In less than two short months we will be welcoming in 2016 and setting those ever popular New Year’s Resolutions.  For many people, money is at the heart of these annual goals, since many … Continue reading

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