salt lake city: 5.75 Reasons To Buy A Home Now - 01/06/08 11:32 AM
Is This A Good Time To Buy A Home?
Let's Take a Look at the Facts
Interest Rates Are 5.75% (depending on credit score)
Inventory is Ripe
Unemployment is Low
There Are Deals To Be Made
Stop listening to the media.
Dave Fox of KUTV News was involved in a … (4 comments)
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salt lake city: Mortgage Fraud Utah In The Top Ten - 12/22/07 09:42 AM
The headlines are everywhere.
FBI Launches Mortgage Fraud Task Force in the Nation's Capital
Easy loans + red hot real estate = the perfect recipe for mortgage fraud
Mortgage Fraud 101: Investigator Finds 400 "Crash and Inflate" Scams
I am always amazed at the creativity of the techniques used to … (9 comments)
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salt lake city: More Reasons For Salt lake Home Buyers To Use FHA - 12/15/07 11:47 AM
Banging On My FHA Drum Again
There have been a couple of changes recently in the lending arena, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have added a new risk assessment fee and they are adding "delivery fees"
First let's look at the risk assessment fee for those buying with a … (0 comments)
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salt lake city: Mortgage Rates In Salt Lake City - 12/15/07 11:43 AM
Rates have gone up a little in the last week, or should I say last rates dipped a little below six. There are deals out there.
Conforming mortgage rates mentioned below are considered with loan amounts up to $417,000 for a single family residence and is owner occupied. It is with proving … (0 comments)
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salt lake city: Free Combination Smoke/Carbon Monoxide Detectors For Salt Lake City - 12/06/07 10:32 PM
Salt Lake City Police Department
Public Information Office Phone 801-799-4203
315 East 200 South Salt Lake City, Utah 84111
Media Advisory
Free Combination Smoke/Carbon Monoxide Detectors
Each year in America, unintentional carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning claims more than 500 lives and sends another 15,200 people to hospital emergency rooms for treatment. CO gas can … (1 comments)
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salt lake city: Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Corroon - 11/17/07 05:24 PM
Click Photo For Bio
I had the great pleasure of seeing Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Corroon talk at our company's quarterly meeting. Just like the counties web site says "You might be surprised at the number of services we provide. Take a look around SLCo.org to learn more about current events, … (0 comments)
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salt lake city: Mortgage Rates In Salt Lake City - 11/16/07 04:46 PM
The new "FHASecure Progam" may be coming out soon according to my Wells Fargo Bank Lender Reps reports that I have been receiving this week.
This will be a benefit to those who have adjustable ARM mortgages that are not currently an FHA loan and the interest rate has adjusted. If your … (0 comments)
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salt lake city: Average Home Sales For Salt Lake County - 11/15/07 11:20 PM
This graph tells some good things, the number of listings, number of sales and the average home sales for Salt Lake County by quarters.
Number of listings shown by the green line has maintained a pretty consistent with seasonal ups and downs, till 3rd quarter of ‘06, then the inventory started to … (0 comments)
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salt lake city: Salt Lake Real Estate Absorption Rate - 11/14/07 08:44 AM
Here is the absorption rate for Salt Lake County.
We have segments that are not moving.
To understand the Absorption rate, you simply divided the number of active listings by the number of homes that have sold in the previous month.
The key is, the ones that are priced right are selling and the rest … (0 comments)
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salt lake city: How To Evaluate An Income Property - 11/11/07 07:46 PM
Cap Rate
We hear many different ways to evaluate rental property. The one method that is the most effective is called the Capitalization Rate, affectionately called the Cap Rate.
I have heard many variations of the cap rate, things like 100 times the rent. That is called the rent multiplier, takes the rent … (4 comments)
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salt lake city: Mortgage Rates In Salt Lake City - 11/09/07 09:26 PM
The Federal government lowered Prime interest rates to 4.5%. This is an interest rate that is directly related with 2nd mortgages, car loans, credit cards etc.
There is talk of another decrease next month that will lower prime to 4.25%. A lot of people do get confused and think that is the … (0 comments)
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salt lake city: Money Laundering or Assistance - 11/04/07 08:44 AM
Below is an update on the Down Payment Assistance Front. Recently HUD stated that they were going to do away with the DPA. A DPA is where a seller contributes 3% of the purchase price plus an administration fee to the DPA and the DPA will gift the buyer the down … (5 comments)
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salt lake city: 3 Most Imprtant Things For Selling A Home - 11/04/07 08:37 AM
The three most important factors when selling a home in a NON-seller's market are price, condition and a modern day highly trained real estate agent.
Now that the market in Salt Lake has shifted from a red hot screaming seller's market to a broad market, seller's now have to deal with competition. … (6 comments)
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salt lake city: Rates In Salt Lake City - 10/27/07 04:51 PM
Rates have had some improvements over the last week. It is a great time to do buy or refinance your loans now.
Conforming mortgage rates mentioned below are considered with loan amounts up to $417,000 for a single family residence and is owner occupied. It is with proving your income and a … (0 comments)
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salt lake city: Salt Lake Tribune Newspaper Or Tabloid - 10/24/07 11:04 PM
Is this a silly picture I found or a resume of a Salt Lake Tribune Real Estate Reporter? With Utah's unemployment being below 3% for a year and under 4% for two years, the tribune is feeling it too.
The story's headline, which said, "Utah's housing boom now a bust," was misleading … (2 comments)
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salt lake city: 8 Reasons Why You Should Use An FHA Approved Lender - 10/22/07 05:18 PM
8 Reasons Why You Should Use An FHA Approved Lender
1. FHA Approved Lender Can Offer You Conventional Products, But A Non FHA Approved Lender Cannot Offer You FHA 2. FHA Approved Lender Has To Have A $250,000 Net Worth, 20% Has To Be Liquid 3. FHA Approved Lender Has To Have … (1 comments)
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salt lake city: When Buying A Home, Should I Get A Home Warranty? - 10/20/07 10:56 PM
Home Warranty 101
A Home Warranty is an insurance policy against mechanical defects of the home. If a mechanical item breaks down the home owner then calls the Home Warranty Company. The company then sends out a technician to look at the defects. The home owner will pay a $55 deductible and … (1 comments)
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salt lake city: Things You Need To Know When Buying A Home - 10/17/07 08:31 AM
The Basic Process Of Buying A Home Well the first one seems to obvious but it starts here. The decision to buy a home.
There are many reasons to buy a home, the two most common.
Investment (read Homeownership As A Savings Plan).Security Knowing you have a place that is yours and can … (2 comments)
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salt lake city: Property Appraisal - 10/17/07 08:23 AM
The Bank Qualifying The Property
As I mentioned in Things You Need To Know When Buying A Home the Bank qualifies the borrower AND the property. Let's talk about qualifying the property, for the most part it means an appraisal. When you are borrowing money the bank will require it. If paying … (1 comments)
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salt lake city: 3rd Quarter Statistics For Salt Lake and Surrounding Counties - 10/17/07 08:17 AM
Average price is up in all but a few zip codes. Volume is down and days on market are up. We have cooled somewhat but we are actually in a good market. You cannot use the info of the talking heads from national TV. Why because real estate is local in nature. … (0 comments)
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