FYI - (these tips in this first time homebuyers series are not just for newbies/first time homebuyers) Before I start.... A very important FYI - Stop listening to the news & media !!! There is still plenty of mortgage money available. You don't need perfect credit and 20% down. You can have l
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11/29/2008
I love the Thanksgiving & Christmas holidays. Not only the present times, but those times in the past, bringing back so many memories. And feeling how fortunate that I am surrounded by a loving family & some great friends, even those here on Active Rain. I can remember coming home for Thanks
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11/27/2008
Welcomes Beth Forbes !!!!! I wanted to welcome Beth Forbes to Infinity Home Mortgage Company as the Branch Manager of our Allentown, PA office... what a breath of fresh air in so many ways. Not only a true professional, but very knowledgeable in regards to the mortgage industry in so ma
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11/26/2008
Okay, not the lowest ever, but there is a point to this.... Mortgage interest rates for the most part in my 16 year career as a loan officer dropped quicker today than ever before. But they still aren't the lowest that I have seen in my 16 years. But why such a quick decrease in interest rate
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11/25/2008
FYI - (these tips in this first time homebuyers series are not just for newbies/first time homebuyers) Reality.... Buying your first home can be intense, but still can be FUN with the right people. There are many professionals out there that are willing and able to help you with this proce
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11/23/2008
I never paid much attention to my history classes while in high school and I hope not to bore you now. The CPI, which is the Consumer Price Index, fell from a record 5.2 per cent in September to 4.5 per cent in October of 2008. This was a far sharper drop than what economists were expecting. Th
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11/20/2008
Rural housing loans are not FHA loans. They do follow some of the same requirements of the FHA loans, but can be a little stricter than FHA also. Rural housing loans aka USDA loans, can be used for both purchases and refinancing. And don't be fooled by the name rural housing loans, that it just
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11/18/2008
COMMENTING -- can be such a colorful word in so many ways. What can commenting mean and how can it be so colorful? In my opinion, here are the different types of comments that I know of.... polite comments - nice job, thanks for sharing, excellent idea, etc, etc thought provoking comments a
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11/17/2008
FHA loans have been more wisely used in recent months as the choice of mortgages. What I hate hearing is that they have taken the spot of the subprime loans. This is not true by any part of the imagination. This statement is from those that are inexperienced in both the mortgage and the real est
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11/15/2008
Social Media Marketing is going to be a term that you start to hear about more often now than ever before. You have already heard of Web 2.0, which describes the trends being used within the World Wide Web of technology and web design that adds creativity, secures shared information, collabora
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11/13/2008
