Credit, First-time Homebuyer, Home Tips, Investment Property, Purchase Process
The 10-year is back to 2.39%, mortgages essentially unchanged for the last three weeks. Today’s rate “drop” — down by 0.035% — began first thing this morning, entirely in place by the release of the Fed’s meeting minutes. The minutes themselves caused a...
Credit, First-time Homebuyer, Home Tips
In the news is the announcement of Modus, a Seattle-based real estate technology start-up that applies the latest in software to title and escrow operations announces the launch of its unique Digital Earnest Money Deposit feature. This is especially important to...
Home Tips, Purchase Process
If you are selling your home and getting it appraised either for your own knowledge or for the next buyer’s lender, there are things about a house that are easy to place a value on: bedroom and bath count, property size, distance to public transportation, and square...