benchmarkctcom: 50% Off Homes In Connecticut - CT Real Estate - 08/27/08 08:00 PM
Law enforcement officers, pre-Kindergarten through 12th grade teachers and firefighters/emergency medical technicians can contribute to community revitalization while becoming homeowners through HUD's Good Neighbor Next Door Sales Program. HUD offers a substantial incentive in the form of a discount of 50% from the list price of the home. In return you (1 comments)
benchmarkctcom: Welcome Home Our Leap Year Baby! - 03/02/08 03:30 PM
Jillian Leigh Namiot Our Beautiful Leap Year Baby Born: 2/29/08 @ 1:55am Wow how fast 9 months has past! This is a Photo of her ready to come home this morning. Jillians' first trip in the new car seat. I have to say it all went great, she fell asleep about 5 minutes into the ride home Our (12 comments)
benchmarkctcom: Welcome Leap Year Baby - Jillian Leigh Namiot 2/29/2008 - 03/01/08 08:37 PM
My wife and I have our new addition and she is a leap year baby! Friday 1:55am arrived our first child: Jillian Leigh Namiot 7lbs 3oz, 20" My wife was due any day and after her exam wed her doctor said it could be any day, my wife was against the leap year (4 comments)
benchmarkctcom: Life Changes Update ---- Follow up from Sept 12th post - 01/17/08 10:08 PM
Back on Sept 12th I posted this blog: They say life changes when you have a child, I now know what everyone is talking about Well time flies as we near the final 6 weeks until our new one is due to arrive, the estimated time of arrival is Feb 29th, (1 comments)
benchmarkctcom: Countrywide Home Loans - Sailing or Sinking? - 01/08/08 10:10 PM
Today's news on Countrywide Home Loans brought back flash backs of the American Home Mortgage Crash... Shares of Countrywide Financial (NYSE: CFC) plunged today on reports that the company was nearing bankruptcy. The stock has recovered somewhat since the company put out a statement saying that "There is no substance to the (13 comments)
benchmarkctcom: Connecticut Mortgage Rates Are Falling - Connecticut Mortgages - 01/04/08 03:15 PM
What a great time to be a home shopper......... Rates dropped again this week closing around *5.5% for a 30 year fixed with no points! If you are thinking of buying a home there can not a better time than now to buy a home or refinance. Rates have dropped to near record lows. (1 comments)
benchmarkctcom: Connecticut Home Buyers and CT Home Sellers Tips: For Sale By Owners - 01/03/08 08:37 AM
Tips For Connecticut Home Buyers and CT Home Sellers Toll Free On Recorded Message Call 1-800-313-2859 and use the Ext. Numbers Listed Below For Sale By Owners Ask about our FREE Marketing Kit to help you get more buyers and help sell your home quicker! Leo Namiot Benchmark Mortgage Connecticut Mortgage Lender http://www.leolends.com/ (0 comments)
benchmarkctcom: Merry Chrsitmas To All and To All A Good Night! - 12/24/07 03:02 PM
To all active rain members and visitors, from my family to your family: May you have the spirit of Christmas - Peace, anticipate the gladness of Christmas - Hope, and feel the heart of Christmas - Love Happy Holiday's , Enjoy and Be Safe..... Leo Namiot Benchmark Mortgage Connecticut Mortgage Lender Benchmark Mortgage, Thomaston, Connecticut http://www.leolends.com/ Connecticut Mortgage (3 comments)
benchmarkctcom: Legistative Update - 12/24/07 01:26 PM
Legislative Update Update # 1 - Mortgage Relief Passed by Congress & Signed Into Law by the President! On Thursday, December 20th, President Bush signed into law a bill passed by Congress: HR 3648 -Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007. The three major points are: · Elimination of the "phantom tax" on foreclosures, (0 comments)
benchmarkctcom: Adjustable Mortgage Rates Update - Connecticut Mortgages - 12/05/07 08:22 AM
The Fed Is Ready to Come to the Rescue On Friday, The Wall Street Journal reported that federal authorities and major U.S. banks are close to an agreement where adjustable-rate loans will be frozen, which will potentially help some homeowners avoid foreclosure. Although the details are still being worked out, the heart (1 comments)
benchmarkctcom: HR 3915 Legislative Update - 11/09/07 07:28 AM
HR 3915 Legislative Update The House Financial Services Committee approved H.R. 3915 by a vote of 45-19. This clears the way for the bill to be voted on by the full House of Representatives as early as the week of November 12. If it is passed by the House, the bill (4 comments)
benchmarkctcom: Bi-Weekly Mortgage Payments Can Save You Thousands$$$ - Connecticut Mortgage Specialists - Benchmark Mortgage - 11/04/07 08:09 AM
Bi-Weekly Mortgage Can Save You Thousands If you search for "bi-weekly mortgage" with an Internet search engine, you will be overwhelmed by the number of companies offering "Bi-weekly Mortgage Reduction Services" or "Bi-weekly Savings Programs." Beware, you are entering dangerous waters. Beware of Bi-Weekly Mortgage Reduction Services and Savings Programs These "Reduction Services" and (3 comments)
benchmarkctcom: Connecticut Home Mortgage Specialists - Home Loan Guide - 11/03/07 08:06 PM
Available Now On The BenchmarkCT.com Web Site - "The Home Loan Guide" The goal of the Home Loan Guide is to educate you on every detail you need in order to obtain most any type of home loan. This would also include a first mortgage, second mortgage, refinance loan, home equity loan, (0 comments)
benchmarkctcom: Time to turn the clock back! Don't forget this weekend - 11/02/07 08:59 PM
At 2 a.m. on November 4, 2007, Don't forget to turn your clocks back one hour, marking the end of Daylight Saving Time (DST). The federal law that established "daylight time" in the United States does not require any area to observe daylight saving time. But if a state chooses to (6 comments)
benchmarkctcom: Promotional Items, What are your favorite give away's or gifts you have gotten? - 11/02/07 08:49 PM
One of the things I like to do it give Promotional Items away with our company contact information on it. I have been scouring around looking at different web sites that sell promotional items and trying to figure out which I should buy (that are reasonable in cost) with so many (3 comments)
benchmarkctcom: Happy and Safe Halloween Everyone! - Benchmark Mortgage Connecticut - 10/30/07 11:19 PM
I Want To Wish Everyone A Happy and Safe Halloween! Be careful driving at night with all the spooks and super hero's out for trcik or treat. Kids tend to get excited and run in the road. Enjoy Halloween everyone. How come the skeleton would not cross the road???? Give up???? Because he has (3 comments)
benchmarkctcom: Mortgage Scam Alert - Beware - 10/29/07 08:23 PM
Mortgage Loan Scam Alert! At Benchmark Mortgage are dedicated to not only servicing our clients and getting them the best mortgage to fit their needs but to protect them also. With all the recent changes in the mortgage industry and the closing of over a hundred lenders we thought you should be (7 comments)
benchmarkctcom: Safe Trick Or Treating - Safey Tips - 10/29/07 08:53 AM
Safe trick-or-treating - Tips Make sure young children are accompanied by an adult or responsible teenager when they go door-to-door. If you can't accompany your children, instruct them to trick-or-treat in their own neighborhood and in well-lighted streets. If children are going to be out after dark, make sure (1 comments)
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