Ways Homeowners are Looking to Stabilize Finances in Abnormal Times As the state of California has been sheltered in place for a significant amount of time many people are beginning to wonder what life will look like when restrictions are lifted and we are allowed to...
Many things besides physical health have been affected by this pandemic. One of those things is the mortgage market, but why? How would this cause such a crazy roller coaster in interest rates? There are two main factors that have thrown the mortgage market off its...
What should we expect in the mortgage rate industry for 2020? Well, here we are, a new decade and a new year but what should we expect from the mortgage industry, interest rates, and how the housing market will go this year? Experts have rounded up their predictions...
You’ve chosen to buy a house or maybe you’re refinancing and everything’s going along great. The inspection has passed, things look like they’re moving forward, and then you get the appraisal back. Oh no! The appraisal came in lower than...
It seems every week we hear something about money fraud or wiring fraud after real estate transactions and mortgage or financial transactions. In March of last year, the California Department of Real Estate issued a consumer alert and warning against timeshare fraud....
Too many buyers, sellers, and even agents out there assume too many things about the real estate appraisal. They assume it’s an “average” price, or maybe they can look up comparables and a “price per square foot”… but that’s...