Using Hard Money to Buy Bay Area Real Estate

Hard money loans offer a unique opportunity for Bay Area real estate investors, as they provide a non-traditional source of funding that may be more…

What Credit Score Do You Need for a Mortgage?

According todata from the most recentOriginationInsightReportbyEllie Mae, the average FICOscore on closed loans reached 753 in February. As lending standards havetightenedrecently, many are concerned over…

What Donald Trump’s Victory Means for Your Home’s Value

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKhyjmE-gP4Donald Trump and Your Home's ValueGiven the media coverage and all the polling predicting a narrow but solid victory for Hillary Clinton, many in California…

Revised Mortgage Disclosure Documents

Mortgage disclosure documents have gone through tremendous change recently with the new TRID forms.There have always been several disclosure forms when applying for a mortgage,…

Mortgages for More than just Spring Chickens

As all of the housing forces come together, rather strange results surface from time to time. The newest is relatively unprecedented, with Americans of retirement-age…

Next up: 8% Mortgage Rates?

Date Published: August 17, 2023Once again, surging mortgage rates are much in the news, and they're quite the topic of chatter around the water cooler…

What Are the Benefits of a 20% Down Payment?

If youre thinking of buying a home this year, you may be wondering how much money you need to come up with for your down…

Loan Modification Video

Watch this informative loan modification video and learn how you can get your bank to give you a loan modification. While many people who do…

San Jose, CA FHA Mortgage Limits 2016

The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) reviews their mortgage limits on an annual basis. If you're buying a home in 2016 and intend to use a…

The CalSTRS Program in Santa Cruz County

OK so the video we're cranking out isn't up to national network broadcast quality, but that's some of the appeal. ... Peter stopped by at…