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Equity Line Rates Fell 1.75%! Closing Costs Vs. Cash To Close; Japan Should Scare You

I. Why Equity Line Rates Are Plummeting Every time the Fed cuts the Fed Funds Rate, the Prime Rate falls. The Prime Rate is the rate that banks charge their […]Read More

When It Makes Sense to Take a 3% HIGHER Rate (More Often Than You Think)

When I first got into the mortgage business in 1994, a borrower came to me with $160,000 of credit and auto debt and a $160,000 mortgage. He had never missed a payment, but his credit card debt was growing by $500 every month. This is because he had $5,000 per month of consumer debt payments he could not afford to make.Read More