Oct 23 2008

The Top 10 Reasons To Not Buy A Home In Michigan Until 2010

1. First off, I really do not think anybody should be buying a home for any reason until 2010. There is nothing stopping home values dropping around the country. What needs to happen first is we need to have a leveling out period.
2. Home prices are expected to drop in the greater Detroit, MI area [...]

Oct 22 2008

The Top 10 Reasons Why You Cant Refinance Your Mortgage After The Home Was Listed For Sale On The Market

1. People trying to refinance their home after having it listed for sale are about to run into a big road block. Refinancing a home after being listed is one of the biggest underwriting guidelines that has to be passed. This is not about you, its about the mortgage company.
2. Most mortgage companies like Quicken Loans for [...]

Oct 16 2008

The Top 10 Reasons Why You Should Give Up Trying To Refinance Your Mortgage If The Appraisal Comes In Low

1. Let’s say that you are trying to refinance your mortgage. It does not matter if it is because you are trying to refinance from a adjustable rate mortgage to a 30 year fixed rate mortgage or if you are just looking to take cash out of the equity of your home. Every single mortgage company [...]

Oct 7 2008

The Top 10 Reasons The U.S Government Should Become A Mortgage Lender

1. With this never ending housing/mortgage fiasco going on we need to take a look at some ways to correct the situation. With the U.S Government deciding to pass this stupid $700 Billion Bailout Plan which was supposed to correct the instability in the stock market (we all knew it was not going to work as [...]

Sep 30 2008

The Top 10 Reasons Why Congress Should Not Pass The $700 Billion Bailout Plan

1. If Congress passes the $700 billion bailout plan this would be one of the biggest mistakes ever in the history of the United States. It blows my mind to think about how we even got into this situation but its probably why I write about the mortgage industry so much. If this stupid bill [...]

Sep 29 2008

The Top 10 Reasons You Should Buy A Home With A Home Equity Line Of Credit (HELOC)

1. Buying a home with a home equity line of credit might be tricky nowadays but if you can do it I would suggest to look into it. It is probably not the first home loan that you are going to look at buying a piece of property with, but it is very advantageous in [...]

Sep 17 2008

The Top 10 Reasons Why Your Mortgage Has Made You House Poor

1. Many people over the past 5 years who bought homes thought they were getting rich by buying bigger homes. Many were told that homes always went up in value and that they needed to get into the market as soon as possible before prices went up more. With history on your side, buying a [...]

Sep 9 2008

The Top 10 Reasons Self Employed People Can Not Get Approved On A Mortgage

1. Being self employed is a lot of people’s dream. Being able to call your own hours, be your own boss, take vacations when you want, earn as much money as you want to earn, write offs on your taxes, etc. For most people though this is hardly the case. Most people that are self [...]

Sep 8 2008

The Top 10 Reasons Why I Want Fannie Mae And Freddie Mac To Go Bankrupt

1. Well, it actually is kind of official today that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are bankrupt. CNN has the low down on why it happened. The unfortunate part is that they really are not bankrupt. I think its interesting how two organizations that were started by the U.S Government are now being bailed out by [...]

Aug 22 2008

The Top 10 Reasons Realtors Do Not Like FHA Loans

1. The FHA loan has became popular once again over the past 6 months mainly due to it being one of the only 100% financing loans able to use to buy a home. With all of the major mortgage companies going bankrupt around the country they all lost their ability to use their own loans. [...]