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Bridge Loans Help Borrowers With Short Term Funding Needs

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Please note that Ethical Homes is not currently taking on any new cli ents.  If you have questions, feel free to submit an inquiry using our cont act forms; however, please be aware that there may be an extended delay before w e are able to respond to you. If you have been referred to us by one of our prio r clients, we would be glad to connect you to trusted partners who can help you; however, as noted above, our response times for inquiries using this website wi ll be delayed, so the best approach would be to have the person who referred you to us contact us by phone or email.

Real estate transactions sometimes don’t go as planned; when temporary setbacks occur, bridge loans can help borrowers with short-term loans that give them time to resolve any issues that may have cropped up. Read the rest of this entry »

Mortgage Scenario Snapshot 12/5/09

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Here’s a quick overview of current mortgage rates/payments for some typical scenarios that we have run for consumers recently. Read the rest of this entry »

Condos With High Investor Ratios

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Please note that Ethical Homes is not currently taking on any new cli ents.  If you have questions, feel free to submit an inquiry using our cont act forms; however, please be aware that there may be an extended delay before w e are able to respond to you. If you have been referred to us by one of our prio r clients, we would be glad to connect you to trusted partners who can help you; however, as noted above, our response times for inquiries using this website wi ll be delayed, so the best approach would be to have the person who referred you to us contact us by phone or email.

Most lenders cannot get underwriting approval for mortgages on condos in developments with a high proportion of investors vs. owner-occupants; many options do exist for condos with investor ratios of up to 49%, however, and for borrowers who are putting at least 20% down, investor ratios can sometimes be even higher. Read the rest of this entry »

FHA announces plans to make FHA loans much less appealing

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In testimony before Congress today, HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan announced plans to reduce the risk that FHA is exposed to in its loan insurance operations; these plans, however, will make FHA loans much less appealing to many borrowers, and may slow down the nascent recovery in the housing market. Read the rest of this entry »

Mortgages for Non-Permanent Resident Aliens

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Please note that Ethical Homes is not currently taking on any new cli ents.  If you have questions, feel free to submit an inquiry using our cont act forms; however, please be aware that there may be an extended delay before w e are able to respond to you. If you have been referred to us by one of our prio r clients, we would be glad to connect you to trusted partners who can help you; however, as noted above, our response times for inquiries using this website wi ll be delayed, so the best approach would be to have the person who referred you to us contact us by phone or email.

Most mortgage programs in the US are limited to US citizens or permanent resident aliens (aka “Green Card” holders); options still exist for many non-permanent resident aliens, however. Read the rest of this entry »

Legal Restrictions On How Fast Mortgage Loans Can Close

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Two laws that went into effect in 2009 have severely affected how quickly mortgage loans can go to closing; loans can currently generally close no faster than 9 calendar days after processing on them starts. Read the rest of this entry »

Mortgage Scenario Snapshot 10/26/09

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Please note that Ethical Homes is not currently taking on any new cli ents.  If you have questions, feel free to submit an inquiry using our cont act forms; however, please be aware that there may be an extended delay before w e are able to respond to you. If you have been referred to us by one of our prio r clients, we would be glad to connect you to trusted partners who can help you; however, as noted above, our response times for inquiries using this website wi ll be delayed, so the best approach would be to have the person who referred you to us contact us by phone or email.

Here’s a quick overview of current mortgage rates/payments for some typical scenarios that we have run for consumers recently. Read the rest of this entry »

Mortgage Scenario Snapshot 10/22/09

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Here’s a quick overview of current mortgage rates/payments for some typical scenarios that we have run for consumers recently. Read the rest of this entry »

FHA 2010 Limits Are NOT Changing

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Although the loan limits on high-balance conforming mortgage loans may be decreasing significantly in coming months, FHA mortgages should not be affected by those changes. Read the rest of this entry »

Historical Conforming Loan Limits

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A history of conforming mortgage loan limits from 1980 to the present (i.e. the loan amounts above which borrowers would have to go to the private “jumbo” mortgage market and thus not be able to take advantage of government-subsidized “conforming” mortgage rates). Read the rest of this entry »

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