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      <title>Home Buyers Seminar. Why Rent When You Can Buy?</title>
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Rod Dennis&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.roddennisteam.com" target="_blank"&gt;Mortgage Loan Originator&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;NMLS# 150049,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Licensed: AZ LO0915938, CA-DOC150049&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;WJ Bradley Mortgage Capital, LLC&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Corporate NMLS&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;ID-81395&lt;br&gt;Arizona&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;BK-0903998&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;| &lt;span style="color: #001280;"&gt;Phone:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1311291791_1" style="border-bottom: 2px dotted #366388; cursor: pointer;"&gt;480-850-6501&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt; | &lt;span style="color: #001280;"&gt;Fax:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1311291791_2" style="border-bottom: 2px dotted #366388; cursor: pointer;"&gt;480-212-4976&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt; | &lt;span style="color: #001280;"&gt;Mobile:&amp;nbsp; &lt;span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1311291791_3" style="border-bottom: 2px dotted #366388; cursor: pointer;"&gt;480-695-0733&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="color: #001280; font-size: medium;"&gt; | &lt;span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1311291791_4" style="border-bottom: 2px dotted #366388; cursor: pointer;"&gt;roddennis@roddennis.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Rod Dennis (WJ Bradley Mortgage Capital, LLC)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 14:42:13 -0700</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/3725821/home-buyers-seminar-why-rent-when-you-can-buy-</link>
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      <title>The Realtor Class Links </title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Sign up for ActiveRain:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://activerain.com/action/referrals/roddennis"&gt;http://activerain.com/action/referrals/roddennis&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Facebook Fan Page:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Here is where you would start you Facebook Fan Page!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/create.php?fref=ts"&gt;https://www.facebook.com/pages/create.php?fref=ts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Install Snagit:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Here is the snagit promo code! Click this link! Select download platform and insert promo code for free access!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.techsmith.com/download/snagit/default.asp"&gt;http://www.techsmith.com/download/snagit/default.asp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Rod Dennis&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.roddennisteam.com" target="_blank"&gt;Mortgage Loan Originator&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;NMLS# 150049,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Licensed: AZ LO0915938, CA-DOC150049&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;WJ Bradley Mortgage Capital, LLC&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Corporate NMLS&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;ID-81395&lt;br&gt;Arizona&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;BK-0903998&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;| &lt;span style="color: #001280;"&gt;Phone:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1311291791_1" style="border-bottom: 2px dotted #366388; cursor: pointer;"&gt;480-850-6501&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt; | &lt;span style="color: #001280;"&gt;Fax:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1311291791_2" style="border-bottom: 2px dotted #366388; cursor: pointer;"&gt;480-212-4976&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt; | &lt;span style="color: #001280;"&gt;Mobile:&amp;nbsp; &lt;span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1311291791_3" style="border-bottom: 2px dotted #366388; cursor: pointer;"&gt;480-695-0733&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="color: #001280; font-size: medium;"&gt; | &lt;span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1311291791_4" style="border-bottom: 2px dotted #366388; cursor: pointer;"&gt;roddennis@roddennis.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Rod Dennis (WJ Bradley Mortgage Capital, LLC)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 08:55:28 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/3632103/the-realtor-class-links-</link>
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      <title>WJ Bradley Mortgage, LLC - Rod Dennis Team - Susan Barkwell Bio</title>
      <description>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/5/3/6/7/8/ar136094147987635.jpg" height="109" alt="" width="80"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 20.0pt;"&gt;Susan Barkwell&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 20.0pt;"&gt;Operations Manager&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:Susan.Barkwell@WJBradley.com"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"&gt;Susan.Barkwell@WJBradley.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;Susan joined The Rod Dennis Team to provide the role of Team Coordinator.&amp;nbsp; She handles the coordination of many of the team&amp;rsquo;s functions beginning with a new loan application all the way through the successful close of the loan.&amp;nbsp; She enjoys creating a seamless operation for the team&amp;rsquo;s clients and her team members.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;Susan Barkwell, who received a B.S. degree in Finance from DePaul University, spent 15 years in the futures and options industry in the financial district of Chicago. She has spent the most recent 10 years in the financial planning industry at several firms in both California and Illinois. She enjoys spending time with her family and children along with being actively involved in several philanthropy organizations.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div class="agent_signature"&gt;&lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Rod Dennis&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.roddennisteam.com" target="_blank"&gt;Mortgage Loan Originator&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;NMLS# 150049,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Licensed: AZ LO0915938, CA-DOC150049&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;WJ Bradley Mortgage Capital, LLC&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Corporate NMLS&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;ID-81395&lt;br&gt;Arizona&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;BK-0903998&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Rod Dennis (WJ Bradley Mortgage Capital, LLC)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 08:28:47 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/3626491/wj-bradley-mortgage-llc-rod-dennis-team-susan-barkwell-bio</link>
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      <title>WJ Bradley Mortgage, LLC - Rod Dennis Team - Amanda Kaats Bio</title>
      <description>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 24.0pt;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/5/5/1/8/0/ar13609408008155.jpg" height="109" alt="" width="80"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 24.0pt;"&gt;Amanda Kaats&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 24.0pt;"&gt;(480)850-6500&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:Amanda.Kaats@WJBradley.com"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"&gt;Amanda.Kaats@WJBradley.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"&gt;Originally from a fruit farm in Oregon&amp;rsquo;s Columbia George, I moved south to attend Northern Arizona University and received a BS degree in advertising. After college I completed real estate school and purchased my first home at the worst possible time. I realized real estate was not my calling but became very interested in the mortgage industry. In January of 2011 I started at WJ Bradley and just over a year later joined the Rod Dennis team. I am a wife and new mother to a beautiful baby girl. Processing loans is like working through a logistics problem. Often people have hurdles to overcome. I am detail oriented, enjoy helping people and invite a challenge.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Rod Dennis&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.roddennisteam.com" target="_blank"&gt;Mortgage Loan Originator&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;NMLS# 150049,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Licensed: AZ LO0915938, CA-DOC150049&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;WJ Bradley Mortgage Capital, LLC&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Rod Dennis (WJ Bradley Mortgage Capital, LLC)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 08:28:19 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Why Buying Real Estate Can Be A Smart Financial Move</title>
      <description>&lt;h1 class="entry-title" style="color: #333333; font-family: Play, arial, serif; font-size: 30px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"&gt;Why Buying Real Estate Can Be A Smart Financial Move&lt;/h1&gt;
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&lt;span title="2013-02-15T13:45:00+00:00" class="date published time" style="background-image: ; padding: 2px 0px 2px 21px; background-position: 0% 0%;"&gt;FEBRUARY 15, 2013&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;BY&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="author vcard"&gt;&lt;span class="fn"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.roddennis.com/author/blogwriter/" title="blogWriter" class="fn n" rel="author" style="color: #2780c7; text-decoration: initial;"&gt;BLOGWRITER&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="post-comments" style="background-image: ; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 2px 0px 2px 22px; background-position: 0% 0%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.roddennis.com/2013/02/why-buying-real-estate-can-be-a-smart-financial-move/#comments" style="color: #2780c7; text-decoration: initial;"&gt;LEAVE A COMMENT&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.roddennis.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=5764&amp;amp;action=edit" title="Edit Post" class="post-edit-link" style="color: #2780c7; text-decoration: initial;"&gt;(EDIT)&lt;/a&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;&lt;img title="Owning Real Estate Can Be A Smart Financial Move" src="http://smartblogcontent.com/i/House-Money.jpg" height="250" alt="Owning Real Estate Can Be A Smart Financial Move" width="235" style="border: 1px solid black; padding: 1px; float: right; margin: 10px;"&gt;Buying Scottsdale real estate doesn&amp;rsquo;t just give you a place to live; it can also be a very smart financial move.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;This is because owning a home can be like having a forced savings account, which you are committed to for the long term.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Consistent Saving On Autopilot&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;Sometimes saving money on our own each month is difficult. It takes a lot of discipline to maintain a consistent savings plan.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;However, paying your mortgage every month means that you are paying down the principal and working toward eventually owning the property outright.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;In the early years of the mortgage, the payments will go primarily to the interest on the loan.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;But over time, the portion of your payment dedicated to principle increases, which accelerates paying off the entire mortgage.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Make Yourself Wealthy Instead Of Your Landlord&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;In the long term, owning your own home may be a much better financial arrangement than renting a home. No matter how long you pay monthly rent, you will never own the real estate that you are living in.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;When you are renting your home, it may also be possible for your landlord to increase your rent every year.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;On the other hand, paying a mortgage on your real estate means that every month you get closer to owning the home.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;In fact, most home mortgage lenders offer a fixed interest rate mortgage. This gives you a sense of control over how much you are paying every month, year to year.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;In a fixed rate mortgage, every mortgage payment pays down a portion of the principle on your mortgage loan. &amp;nbsp;In many cases this builds equity in your property and increases your net worth.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;It&amp;rsquo;s a good idea to check with a professional mortgage lender to get an idea of the most up-to-date programs available.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Real Estate May Increase In Value Over Time&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;Over the years, your home might appreciate in value. Many experts say that the average home value increase each year over longer stretches of time, although this will vary according to the area you live in, the current economy and other factors.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;Your home&amp;rsquo;s value may very well fluctuate throughout the years, but history has shown that over the long term, buying a home can be a very beneficial financial decision.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;Understanding the benefits of home ownership, including the potential financial upside of purchasing your own home, can be an excellent way to further your overall personal financial plan.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Rod Dennis&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.roddennisteam.com" target="_blank"&gt;Mortgage Loan Originator&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;NMLS# 150049,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Licensed: AZ LO0915938, CA-DOC150049&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;WJ Bradley Mortgage Capital, LLC&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Rod Dennis (WJ Bradley Mortgage Capital, LLC)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 07:29:45 -0800</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 20.0pt;"&gt;Senior Loan Officer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: 16.5pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16.0pt; color: #333333;"&gt;Successful closings, trusting relationships, and a &amp;ldquo;your best interest&amp;rdquo; approach to helping others, are why I succeed in the mortgage business. As a leader in the mortgage industry for a lot of years, I have coordinated transactions for thousands of customers, helping them to get into their dream homes, expand their investment portfolios, or increase cash flow through refinancing. In the current economic conditions, it is imperative that businesses maintain the highest integrity when, particularly when finances are involved. I am positioned to assist you with my wealth of experience and expertise. My talents encompass all manner of loan transactions, and I will manage the entire transaction from beginning to end, providing up to date communication support to you along the way. I invite you to connect with me on&amp;nbsp;Linkedin and Facebook to learn more about my philosophy, business ethics and personal life. I look forward to being your trusted mortgage professional to aid you in providing a comprehensive and high-quality experience.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: 16.5pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16.0pt; color: #333333;"&gt;Rod Dennis &amp;ndash; Mortgage Loan Originator&amp;nbsp;W.J. Bradley Mortgage Capital, LLC&amp;nbsp;Scottsdale Arizona,&amp;nbsp;shares with partners and clients an extraordinary career as a leader in the mortgage industry. He understands that a home is most people&amp;rsquo;s largest asset, so he takes the time to communicate all options with buyers to structure a strong wealth portfolio and maximize their investment. His style is upfront and honest, with an unsurpassed level of integrity. Rod has been married to Lynette for 25 years and is the proud father of Kailee and Braydon. When not advocating for his clients, he enjoys staycations with his lovely bride, as well as a good piece of grilled Pacific salmon accompanied by a nice glass of red wine.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;NMLS# 150049,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Licensed: AZ LO0915938, CA-DOC150049&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;WJ Bradley Mortgage Capital, LLC&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Corporate NMLS&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;ID-81395&lt;br&gt;Arizona&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;BK-0903998&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Rod Dennis (WJ Bradley Mortgage Capital, LLC)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 07:21:48 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Over 70% Of US Metro Market Housing Markets Improve In February</title>
      <description>&lt;h1 class="entry-title" style="color: #333333; font-family: Play, arial, serif; font-size: 30px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"&gt;Over 70% Of US Metro Market Housing Markets Improve In February&lt;/h1&gt;
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&lt;span title="2013-02-14T13:45:00+00:00" class="date published time" style="padding: 2px 0px 2px 21px; background-position: 0% 0%;"&gt;FEBRUARY 14, 2013&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;BY&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="author vcard"&gt;&lt;span class="fn"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.roddennis.com/author/blogwriter/" title="blogWriter" class="fn n" rel="author" style="color: #2780c7; text-decoration: initial;"&gt;BLOGWRITER&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="post-comments" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 2px 0px 2px 22px; background-position: 0% 0%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.roddennis.com/2013/02/improving-market-index-february-2013/#comments" style="color: #2780c7; text-decoration: initial;"&gt;LEAVE A COMMENT&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;&lt;img title="Improving Market Index" src="http://smartblogcontent.com/i/Home-Pool-Modern-220.jpg" height="147" alt="Improving Market Index" width="220" style="border: 1px solid black; padding: 1px; float: right; margin: 10px;"&gt;The National Association of Homebuilders recently released its&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.nahb.org/news_details.aspx?sectionID=2223&amp;amp;newsID=15783" target="_blank" style="color: #2780c7; text-decoration: initial;"&gt;Improving Markets Index&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;for the month of February.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;The report attempts to identify U.S. metropolitan areas in which the economy is improving, demonstrating &amp;ldquo;measurable and sustained growth&amp;rdquo;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;259 U.S. markets are qualified as &amp;ldquo;improving&amp;rdquo; this month, a 17-market jump from the month prior and includes participants from all 50 states as well as the District of Columbia.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;Experts point to improving market conditions in at least one market in all 50 states as a strong indication that the housing recovery is gaining substantial momentum.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;This increasing momentum may suggest that now may be a very good time to purchase a home.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;Compared to September 2011, when there were just 12 improving metro market areas, the widespread positive movement indicates how conditions are steadily improving nationwide.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;So what qualifies a market as &amp;ldquo;improving&amp;rdquo;? The NAHB uses strict criteria.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;First, the group gathers data from the three separate, independent sources :&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 35px; padding: 0px;"&gt;Employment growth from the Bureau of Labor Statistics&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 35px; padding: 0px;"&gt;Housing price appreciation from Freddie Mac&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 35px; padding: 0px;"&gt;Single-family housing permits growth from the U.S. Census Bureau.&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;Next, for each of the above data sets, the National Association of Homebuilders separates for local data in each U.S. major metropolitan area.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;And, lastly, armed with data, the NAHB looks for areas in which growth has occurred for all three data points for six consecutive months; and for which the most recent &amp;ldquo;bottom&amp;rdquo; is at least six months in the past.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;In this way, the Improving Market Index doesn&amp;rsquo;t just measure housing market strength &amp;mdash; it measures general economic strength.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;Of the 22 markets added to the Improving Market Index in November, the following cities were included : Chico, California; Columbus, Georgia; Fort Wayne, Indiana; Topeka, Kansas; and Wenatchee, Washington.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;Several markets dropped off the list, too, including Champaign, Illinois; Lebanon, Pennsylvania; and Amarillo, Texas.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;The complete list of 259 metropolitan areas on February&amp;rsquo;s IMI, plus breakouts of the metropolitan areas newly added and dropped is available online at http://www.nahb.org/imi.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 08:45:27 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Clever Tips for Paying Off Your Home Mortgage Faster</title>
      <description>&lt;h1 class="entry-title" style="color: #333333; font-family: Play, arial, serif; font-size: 30px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"&gt;Clever Tips for Paying Off Your Home Mortgage Faster&lt;/h1&gt;
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&lt;span title="2013-02-12T13:45:00+00:00" class="date published time" style="padding: 2px 0px 2px 21px; background-position: 0% 0%;"&gt;FEBRUARY 12, 2013&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;BY&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="author vcard"&gt;&lt;span class="fn"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.roddennis.com/author/blogwriter/" title="blogWriter" class="fn n" rel="author" style="color: #2780c7; text-decoration: initial;"&gt;BLOGWRITER&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="post-comments" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 2px 0px 2px 22px; background-position: 0% 0%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.roddennis.com/2013/02/clever-tips-for-paying-off-your-home-mortgage-faster/#comments" style="color: #2780c7; text-decoration: initial;"&gt;LEAVE A COMMENT&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;&lt;img title="Pay Off Mortgage Faster" src="http://smartblogcontent.com/i/Money-House-227.jpg" height="340" alt="Pay Off Mortgage Faster" width="227" style="border: 1px solid black; padding: 1px; float: right; margin: 10px;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;Paying off the mortgage on your Carefree home faster not only means that you&amp;rsquo;ll be able to enjoy the peace of mind that comes with completely owning your property earlier, but you may also save thousands of dollars in interest payments.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;Below are seven clever tips to help you get your mortgage payments on the fast track.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1. Save for a large down payment&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;Pay as large a down payment as you can reasonably afford. The more you can put down, then the less you&amp;rsquo;ll have to borrow from the bank.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2. Read the fine print&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;When you are choosing a mortgage, look at the fine print to find out if any restrictions apply to paying early. Some lenders will charge you for making extra or early payments.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3. Prepay early in the life of the mortgage&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;This is when the loan is the most interest-heavy. In the first five to seven years you are likely paying mostly interest. Request an amortization schedule of your mortgage to get a clear picture of how this works.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4. Be smart with unforeseen fortune&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;If you get an unexpected chunk of cash, such as a gift, prize, work bonus, inheritance, tax refund or other windfall, consider applying it straight to paying down the principal on your mortgage.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;5. Double-check your records&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;When you make extra payments, ensure that they are processed correctly. Sometimes when the lender receives a payment that is outside of the monthly cycle, they may not know what to do with it. Make a special note and keep track of the payments yourself, so you can make sure they&amp;rsquo;ve been applied to your principal.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;6. Increase your payment&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;Even increasing your payment by a small amount every month may take years off the length of your mortgage. Consider how much you can afford to pay every month rather than just the minimum payment amount.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;7. Think about a bi-weekly payment&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;You might want to switch to an accelerated bi-weekly mortgage payment rather than a monthly payment. This typically applies an extra payment each year.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;These are just a few techniques you can use to pay off your mortgage faster.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;Remember, the quicker you pay off your mortgage, the less interest you will be paying.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Rod Dennis (WJ Bradley Mortgage Capital, LLC)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 12:31:53 -0800</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;h1 class="entry-title" style="color: #333333; font-family: Play, arial, serif; font-size: 30px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"&gt;What&amp;rsquo;s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week: February 11th, 2013&lt;/h1&gt;
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&lt;span title="2013-02-11T13:45:00+00:00" class="date published time" style="background-image: ; padding: 2px 0px 2px 21px; background-position: 0% 0%;"&gt;FEBRUARY 11, 2013&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;BY&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="author vcard"&gt;&lt;span class="fn"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.roddennis.com/author/blogwriter/" title="blogWriter" class="fn n" rel="author" style="color: #2780c7; text-decoration: initial;"&gt;BLOGWRITER&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="post-comments" style="background-image: ; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 2px 0px 2px 22px; background-position: 0% 0%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.roddennis.com/2013/02/mortgage-rates-week-ahead-february-11-2013/#comments" style="color: #2780c7; text-decoration: initial;"&gt;LEAVE A COMMENT&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;&lt;img title="Homebuilder Confidence Improves" src="http://smartblogcontent.com/i/new-construction-250.jpg" height="266" alt="Homebuilder Confidence Improves" width="250" style="border: 1px solid black; padding: 1px; float: right; margin: 10px;"&gt;Mortgage rates worsened last week in response to more indications that the U.S. economy and global economic trends are improving. Global economic data was stronger than expected; which generally boosts investor confidence and leads to higher mortgage rates in AZ and across the country.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;According to Freddie Mac, the average rate for a 30-year fixed rate mortgage was 3.53 percent with borrowers paying all of their closing costs and 0.8 percent in discount points along with a full complement of closing costs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;The U.S Department of Commerce reported that Factory Orders for December improved over November; they rose from 0.0 percent in November to 1.89 percent in December, but fell short of Wall Street&amp;rsquo;s expectation of 2.5 percent.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;The ISM Services Index for January was released Tuesday and fell to 55.2 from December&amp;rsquo;s reading of 56.1 and was slightly higher than against investors&amp;rsquo; expectations of 55.0. Readings above 50 indicate expansion of the service sector of the economy. The ISM Services Index is also an indicator of future inflationary pressure.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Homebuilders Say Markets Improve For 6th Consecutive Month&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;On Wednesday, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) released its NAHB/First American Improving Markets Index (IMI), which provided good news for housing markets in all 50 states and Washington, D. C. Metro housing markets surveyed showed expansion of improving markets for the sixth consecutive month.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;259 of the 361 metro areas surveyed in the IMI showed improvement in February. By comparison, only 12 improving metro markets were reported for September of 2011.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;Increasing home prices and mortgage rates suggest that now may be the time for buying a home.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;The weekly Jobless Claims report released on Thursday indicated that 366,000 new claims were filed, which was higher than Wall Street&amp;rsquo;s estimate of 360,000 new jobless claims, but lower than the previous week&amp;rsquo;s 368,000 new jobless claims.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Falling U.S. Trade Deficit Signals Economic Uptick&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;The best economic news for last week came on Friday, when the U.S. trade deficit fell to its lowest level since January 2010. The Trade Balance Report for December shows the trade deficit at -$38.5 billion against expectations of -$46 billion and November&amp;rsquo;s deficit of -$48.7 billion. While a great boost for the economy, this is another indicator that recent low mortgage rates and home prices may soon become history.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;Economic News scheduled for this upcoming week includes U.S. Treasury Auctions set for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;Retail Sales for January will be released on Wednesday and watched closely by investors. Retail sales account for approximately 70 percent of the U.S. economy and are viewed as a strong indicator of the economy&amp;rsquo;s direction.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;Jobless Claims on Thursday, Industrial Production and Consumer Sentiment on Friday round out the week&amp;rsquo;s economic reports.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Rod Dennis (WJ Bradley Mortgage Capital, LLC)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 08:33:49 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>It is out!!!!!!!! Case-Shiller Index - Nice Gains </title>
      <description>&lt;h1 class="entry-title" style="color: #333333; font-family: Play, arial, serif; font-size: 30px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"&gt;Case-Shiller Index Shows Near 6% Home Price Gain&lt;/h1&gt;
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&lt;span title="2013-02-07T13:45:00+00:00" class="date published time" style="background-image: ; padding: 2px 0px 2px 21px; background-position: 0% 0%;"&gt;FEBRUARY 7, 2013&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;BY&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="author vcard"&gt;&lt;span class="fn"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.roddennis.com/author/blogwriter/" title="blogWriter" class="fn n" rel="author" style="color: #2780c7; text-decoration: initial;"&gt;BLOGWRITER&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="post-comments" style="background-image: ; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 2px 0px 2px 22px; background-position: 0% 0%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.roddennis.com/2013/02/case-shiller-november-2012/#comments" style="color: #2780c7; text-decoration: initial;"&gt;LEAVE A COMMENT&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;&lt;img title="Case-Shiller Index November 2012" src="http://bringtheblog.com/i/home-luxury-2.jpg" height="189" alt="Case-Shiller Index November 2012" width="220" style="border: 1px solid black; padding: 1px; float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;"&gt;Home prices continue their upward climb.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;Last week, the S&amp;amp;P/Case-Shiller Index showed home prices gaining 5.5 percent during the 12-month period ending November 2012, marking the largest one-year gain in home prices since May 2010.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;The Case-Shiller Index measures changes in home prices by tracking same-home sales throughout 20 housing markets nationwide; and the change in sales price from sale-to-sale.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;Detached, single-family residences are used in the Case-Shiller Index methodology and data is for closed purchase transactions only.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;Between November 2011 and November 2012, home values rose in 19 of the 20 Case-Shiller Index markets, with previously-hard hit areas such as Phoenix, Arizona leading the national price recovery.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;The Phoenix market gained 1.4% for the month and was up 22.8% for the previous 12 months combined.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;The top three monthly &amp;ldquo;gainers&amp;rdquo; for November 2012 were:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px;"&gt;Phoenix, Arizona : +1.4 percent&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px;"&gt;San Francisco, California : &amp;nbsp;+1.4 percent&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px;"&gt;Minneapolis, Minnesota : +1.0 Percent&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;Only New York City posted annual home value depreciation. On average, homes lost -1.2% in value there.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;It should be noted, however, that the Case-Shiller Index is an imperfect gauge of home values.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;First, as mentioned, the index tracks changes in the detached, single-family housing market only. It specifically ignores sales of condominiums, co-ops and multi-unit homes.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;Second, the Case-Shiller Index data set is limited to just 20 U.S. cities. There are more than 3,000 cities nationwide, which illustrates that the Case-Shiller sample set is limited.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;And, lastly, the home sale price data used for the Case-Shiller Index is nearly two months behind its release date, rendering its conclusions somewhat out-of-date.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;That said, the Case-Shiller Index joins the bevy of home value trackers pointing to home price growth over the last year. The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), for example, reported similar home price growth with its November 2012 House Price Index (HPI).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;Home values rose 0.6 percent between October and November 2012 nationwide, the FHFA said, and climbed 5.6 percent during the 12 months ending November 2012.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;Economists attribute increasing home prices to higher buyer demand, record-low mortgage rates and the gradual improvement of the U.S. economy.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Rod Dennis (WJ Bradley Mortgage Capital, LLC)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 07:55:01 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Tax Breaks Granted By The 2012 Fiscal Cliff Negotiations</title>
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&lt;span title="2013-02-06T13:45:00+00:00" class="date published time" style="background-image: ; padding: 2px 0px 2px 21px; background-position: 0% 0%;"&gt;FEBRUARY 6, 2013&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;BY&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="author vcard"&gt;&lt;span class="fn"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.roddennis.com/author/blogwriter/" title="blogWriter" class="fn n" rel="author" style="color: #2780c7; text-decoration: initial;"&gt;BLOGWRITER&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="post-comments" style="background-image: ; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 2px 0px 2px 22px; background-position: 0% 0%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.roddennis.com/2013/02/fiscal-cliff-taxes-2012-returns/#comments" style="color: #2780c7; text-decoration: initial;"&gt;LEAVE A COMMENT&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;&lt;img title="Taxes are due April 15, 2013" src="http://bringtheblog.com/i/calculator-pencil-taxes.jpg" height="147" alt="Taxes are due April 15, 2013" width="220" style="border: 1px solid black; padding: 1px; float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;"&gt;There was plenty of discussion and debate leading up to the New Year&amp;rsquo;s looming &amp;ldquo;fiscal cliff&amp;rdquo;. Ultimately, the event was avoided, but not before legislation was passed which may benefit homeowners in Phoenix and nationwide.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;If you have yet to file your 2012 taxes, take a minute to review the tax limitations and credit extensions, which Congress passed through the HR 8 legislation. You&amp;rsquo;ll want to ensure you&amp;rsquo;re paying the proper tax bill come April 15.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;Of course, every individual&amp;rsquo;s tax situation is unique. Review your allowable deductions and credits with your tax preparer.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Energy Updates&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;The tax credit for homeowners to receive a ten percent deduction, up to $500, for energy efficient improvements to homes is extended for 2013.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Estate Tax&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;Individual estates valued at up to five million dollars and family estates valued at up to ten million are now exempt from estate tax. After those cutoffs, the rate is 40 percent, which is up from 35 percent.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;This act was also extended through 2013. It means that debt reduced through mortgage restructuring or debt forgiven in the case of a foreclosure may not be taxable.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mortgage Insurance Premiums&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;This deduction for those making under $110,000 is extended through 2013. This deduction is also available retroactive for 2012. Mortgage insurance premiums paid as part of a conventional or FHA mortgage are eligible, as are premiums paid to the USDA.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pease Limitations&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;These limitations that reduced the value of itemized deductions are permanently repealed for most taxpayers. However, they will be re-instituted for individuals making over $250,000, and for married couples making over $300,000 and filing jointly.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;As a homeowner, you get access to special tax breaks which are unavailable to renters throughout AZ and the country. Don&amp;rsquo;t leave tax dollars on the table. Speak with your accountant to see what claims you may make.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;The deadline for filing 2012 federal tax returns is Monday, April 15, 2013.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 07:27:22 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>6 Tips For Buying An Older Home</title>
      <description>&lt;h1 class="entry-title" style="color: #333333; font-family: Play, arial, serif; font-size: 30px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"&gt;6 Tips For Buying An Older Home&lt;/h1&gt;
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&lt;span title="2013-02-05T13:45:00+00:00" class="date published time" style="background-image: ; padding: 2px 0px 2px 21px; background-position: 0% 0%;"&gt;FEBRUARY 5, 2013&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;BY&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="author vcard"&gt;&lt;span class="fn"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.roddennis.com/author/blogwriter/" title="blogWriter" class="fn n" rel="author" style="color: #2780c7; text-decoration: initial;"&gt;BLOGWRITER&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="post-comments" style="background-image: ; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 2px 0px 2px 22px; background-position: 0% 0%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.roddennis.com/2013/02/tips-for-buying-an-old-home/#comments" style="color: #2780c7; text-decoration: initial;"&gt;LEAVE A COMMENT&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;&lt;img title="Buying older homes" src="http://bringtheblog.com/i/historical-homes.jpg" height="196" alt="Buying older homes" width="220" style="border: 1px solid black; padding: 1px; float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;"&gt;Older Scottsdale homes sometimes offer more charm and character than the newer houses of today. They boast gabled roofs, crown moldings, hardwood floors and antique fixtures.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;Buying an old house is like buying a piece of local history. Its beautiful period features can give it a timeless beauty and grace that is hard to resist.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;However, buying a house from another era can be an endeavor fraught with potential problems. Older houses are not necessarily built to the same electrical or plumbing standards of today. Plus, if they have not been maintained correctly through the years, they can turn into a serious money pit or a potential hazard.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;Here are six tips to keep in mind if you are considering buying an older home:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 35px; padding: 0px;"&gt;Always hire a professional real estate inspector to take a close look at the property. A professional inspector is trained to spot structural damage or issues that might seem minor, but may cause major problems in the future.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 35px; padding: 0px;"&gt;Look for signs of moisture damage. Many old houses have problems with moisture because over the years they have settled.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 35px; padding: 0px;"&gt;If the old house you are considering has vintage wiring, such as the knob-and-tube technology that was popular around the 1920s and 1930s, plan to completely update the wiring for your safety.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 35px; padding: 0px;"&gt;You might need to add insulation. Many older homes don&amp;rsquo;t have insulation in the walls or attic, which can increase the size of your energy bill.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 35px; padding: 0px;"&gt;Be on the look out for iron pipes, which were popular up until 1940. They can become clogged with rust and may need to be replaced.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 35px; padding: 0px;"&gt;Have the house tested for asbestos, if it was built before the 1960s.&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;These are just a few things to which to pay attention out when buying an older home.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;Take time to inspect the property thoroughly. With proper attention, you can mix today&amp;rsquo;s modern technology with your home&amp;rsquo;s period features to create a combination of charm and safety.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;NMLS# 150049,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Licensed: AZ LO0915938, CA-DOC150049&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Rod Dennis (WJ Bradley Mortgage Capital, LLC)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 07:53:00 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>What&#8217;s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week : February 4, 2012</title>
      <description>&lt;h1 class="entry-title" style="color: #333333; font-family: Play, arial, serif; font-size: 30px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"&gt;What&amp;rsquo;s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week : February 4, 2012&lt;/h1&gt;
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&lt;span title="2013-02-04T13:45:00+00:00" class="date published time" style="background-image: ; padding: 2px 0px 2px 21px; background-position: 0% 0%;"&gt;FEBRUARY 4, 2013&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;BY&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="author vcard"&gt;&lt;span class="fn"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.roddennis.com/author/blogwriter/" title="blogWriter" class="fn n" rel="author" style="color: #2780c7; text-decoration: initial;"&gt;BLOGWRITER&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="post-comments" style="background-image: ; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 2px 0px 2px 22px; background-position: 0% 0%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.roddennis.com/2013/02/mortgage-rates-week-ahead-february-4-2013/#comments" style="color: #2780c7; text-decoration: initial;"&gt;LEAVE A COMMENT&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;&lt;img title="Freddie Mac Mortgage Rates" src="http://bringtheblog.com/i/freddie-mac-rates-20130131.png" height="302" alt="Freddie Mac Mortgage Rates" width="216" style="border: 4px solid #eeeeee; padding: 1px; float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;"&gt;Mortgage rates worsened last week amid evidence of an improving economy. Conforming mortgage rates climbed in AZ and nationwide, rising to a 4-month high.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;Freddie Mac has the average 30-year fixed rate mortgage rate at 3.53% for borrowers willing to pay 0.7 discount points plus a full set of closing costs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;There was plenty of news on which for rates to move last week.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;First, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) met and voted to hold the Fed Funds Rate in its current target range near 0.00 percent. The Fed also recommitted to purchasing mortgage-backed securities (MBS) and Treasury securities on the open market until such time as the national Unemployment Rate reaches 6.5%, or until inflation rates rise.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;Then, Friday, it was shown in the Non-Farm Payrolls report that the national jobless rate had climbed to 7.9 percent, a statistic Wall Street pinned to Hurricane Sandy. In addition, it was shown that 157,000 net new jobs were added to the U.S. economy in January.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;This was a slight improvement from the month prior&amp;rsquo;s revised figures, and marked the 27th consecutive month of U.S. job growth.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;Also last week, the National Association of REALTORS&amp;reg; reported the December Pending Home Sales Index to be lower than expected; largely the result of shortages of available homes in many areas.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;In addition, Durable Orders for December were more than twice what investors expected; a further indication of a strengthening U.S. economy.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;Lastly, the ISM Index for January surpassed Wall Street&amp;rsquo;s expectations. This manufacturing index is considered an indicator of future inflationary trends. An upward trend in this index suggests rising mortgage rates. While current mortgage rates remain relatively low, they can be expected to continue rising as the economy improves.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;This upcoming week will be quieter with fewer economic series scheduled for release. Factory Orders for December will be announced, as will the ISM Services Index and Jobless Claims. Mortgage rates may continue to rise.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;NMLS# 150049,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Licensed: AZ LO0915938, CA-DOC150049&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Rod Dennis (WJ Bradley Mortgage Capital, LLC)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 10:31:58 -0800</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;p style="padding: 0px 8px !important;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.realestate.com/advice/?attachment_id=71281" title="Super-Bowl-Real-Estate-Prices" style="text-decoration: none; color: #2361a1; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;img title="Super-Bowl-Real-Estate-Prices" class="aligncenter  wp-image-71281" src="http://www.realestate.com/advice/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Super-Bowl-Real-Estate-Prices1.jpg" height="1166" alt="The teams that have been to the Super Bowl the most tend to come from cities with high real estate prices" width="583" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; border-color: initial; display: block; float: none; clear: both; border-style: none; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;NMLS# 150049,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Licensed: AZ LO0915938, CA-DOC150049&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Rod Dennis (WJ Bradley Mortgage Capital, LLC)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 08:56:23 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Harp Just Got Better- HARP Product Revisions / Refinance Guidelines</title>
      <description>&lt;p class="article-title" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Product Revisions Posted to HARP Refinance Guidelines&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 11.25pt; line-height: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;As highlighted below, product revisions have been posted to HARP Refinance Guidelines.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 11.25pt; line-height: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;DU Refinance Plus and Freddie Open Access&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt;FNMA and FHLMC have announced that&amp;nbsp;loan limits have remained unchanged for 2013.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Cash Reserve Section:&amp;nbsp;Information has been added to clarify what defines a large deposit. &lt;strong&gt;Large deposits are defined as a single deposit that exceeds 25% of the total monthly qualifying income for the loan.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Credit Section:&amp;nbsp;Information has been added regarding a&amp;nbsp;new requirement for loans with LTVs greater than&amp;nbsp;125%. The revision states that the mortgage payment history must be 0x30 for last 24 months.&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Employment Tax Validation Section:&amp;nbsp;Information has been added&amp;nbsp;regarding taxpayer theft and borrowers not required to file tax returns.&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Hardest Hit Fund Section:&amp;nbsp;Information has been added regarding&amp;nbsp;Arizona eligibility.&amp;nbsp;These changes can be viewed at:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://wjbradley.createsend1.com/t/j-l-jldlujd-jhujkliyj-j/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #3ca7dd;"&gt;www.azhousing.gov&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;.&lt;span style="color: dimgray;"&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;strong&gt;NOTE: Nevada has run out of funds to continue this program.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #888888;"&gt;&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Income Section:&amp;nbsp;Information has been added regarding additional income types, as well as documentation requirements.&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Ratio Section:&amp;nbsp;In order to maintain the credit quality of our servicing portfolio for the HARP Refinance Program, WJB is implementing overlays to the maximum DTI allowed.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;The revisions are as follows:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; text-indent: 1.9pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Primary residence: 55%&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; text-indent: 1.9pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Second home:&amp;nbsp;50%&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; text-indent: 1.9pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Investment property using subject rental income to qualify:&amp;nbsp;45%&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; text-indent: 1.9pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Investment property not using subject rental income to qualify: 50%&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Verbal VOE Section: Information has been revised regarding the&amp;nbsp;requirements surrounding self-employed borrowers:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; text-indent: 1.9pt; line-height: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;The borrower&amp;rsquo;s business must be verified by a third party, such as a CPA, regulatory agency or the applicable licensing bureau, if possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; text-indent: 1.9pt; line-height: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;The borrower&amp;rsquo;s business may also be verified via a phone listing and address for the business using a telephone book, the internet or directory assistance.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div class="agent_signature"&gt;&lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Rod Dennis (WJ Bradley Mortgage Capital, LLC)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2013 07:46:57 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/3573315/harp-just-got-better-harp-product-revisions-refinance-guidelines</link>
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      <title>Why are so many people refinancing into a 20 year loan?</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage has been the mainstay of residential financing and continues to be the most popular loan product. But its 20-year sister has grown enormously popular in the last year alone -- especially among refinancers. According to the Mortgage Bankers Association, the 20-year fixed is the third most popular mortgage product, after the 30- and 15-year fixed.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; What makes the 20-year fixed so attractive? It strikes the right balance for many: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;The rate is right.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt; Interest rates for 20-year mortgages are generally lower than interest rates for 30-year loans. &lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;Payments are reasonable.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt; While your monthly payments are likely to rise if you refinance from a 30-year loan to a 20-year, today's rock-bottom rates have made shorter-term home loans much more affordable. You may be surprised at how little your payment rises.&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;Accelerating payments is still possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt; Love the 15-year rates but leery of the commitment demanded by a 15-year loan? A 20-year fixed could get you part of the way there -- and you can still make extra payments as your budget allows to pay down your principal.&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;NMLS# 150049,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Licensed: AZ LO0915938, CA-DOC150049&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Rod Dennis (WJ Bradley Mortgage Capital, LLC)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 10:03:26 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/3557831/why-are-so-many-people-refinancing-into-a-20-year-loan-</link>
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      <title>The Federal Reserve Begins A 2-Day Meeting Today</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;&lt;img title="Fed Funds Rate" src="http://bringtheblog.com/i/fed-funds-rate-201212.png" height="302" alt="Fed Funds Rate" width="216" style="border: 4px solid #eeeeee; padding: 1px; float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;"&gt;The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) begins a 2-day meeting today, its last of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/fomccalendars.htm" title="FOMC Calendar 2012" target="_blank" style="color: #2780c7; text-decoration: initial;"&gt;8 scheduled meetings&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;this year.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;The Federal Open Market Committee is a 12-person subcommittee within the Federal Reserve. It&amp;rsquo;s the group which votes upon U.S. monetary policy.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;The monetary policy action for which the FOMC is most well-known is its setting of the Fed Funds Funds.&amp;nbsp;The Fed Funds Rate is the interest rate at which banks borrow money from each other overnight.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;Since late-2008, the Fed Funds Rate has been near zero percent.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;Prime Rate, a business and consumer interest rate used in lines of credit and credit card rates, is based on the Fed Funds Rate. Prime Rate has been similarly unchanged since 2008.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;One rate which the Federal Reserve does&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;set is the 30-year fixed rate mortgage (FRM) rate.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;Like all other mortgage rates, the 30-year FRM is based on the market value of mortgage-backed bonds; securities bought and sold by investors.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;There is no correlation between the Federal Reserve&amp;rsquo;s Fed Funds Rate and the everyday homeowner&amp;rsquo;s 30-year fixed rate mortgage rate. Some months, the two rates converge. Other months, they diverge. Since 2000, they&amp;rsquo;ve been separated by as many as 5.29 percentage points.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;They&amp;rsquo;ve been as close as 0.52 percentage points.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;However, although the Federal Reserve does not set U.S. mortgage rates, that doesn&amp;rsquo;t mean that it can&amp;rsquo;t influence them. The Fed&amp;rsquo;s post-meeting press release has been known to make mortgage rates get volatile.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;If, in its post-meeting press release, the Fed notes that the U.S. economy is slowing and that new economic stimulus is warranted, mortgage rates will likely fall throughout AZ. This is because additional Fed stimulus would likely lend support to U.S. mortgage markets which would, in turn, boost demand for mortgage-backed bonds.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;Conversely, if the Fed acknowledges stronger-than-expected growth in the U.S. economy and no need for new stimulus, mortgage rates are expected to rise.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;Either way, mortgage rates&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;will&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;change Wednesday upon the FOMC&amp;rsquo;s adjournment &amp;mdash; we just don&amp;rsquo;t know in which direction.&amp;nbsp;Rate shoppers may see fluctuations of as much as 0.250 percent.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div class="agent_signature"&gt;&lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;NMLS# 150049,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Licensed: AZ LO0915938, CA-DOC150049&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Corporate NMLS&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;ID-81395&lt;br&gt;Arizona&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;BK-0903998&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Rod Dennis (WJ Bradley Mortgage Capital, LLC)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 14:37:55 -0800</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Rod Dennis (WJ Bradley Mortgage Capital, LLC)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 13:09:42 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/3538432/great-social-media-event-feedback-</link>
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      <title>What do you think about getting rid of the $1 Bill?</title>
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&lt;p class="first" id="yui_3_5_1_22_1354307875143_252" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"&gt;WASHINGTON (AP) &amp;mdash; American consumers have shown about as much appetite for the $1 coin as kids do their spinach. They may not know what's best for them either. Congressional auditors say doing away with dollar bills entirely and replacing them with dollar coins could save taxpayers some $4.4 billion over the next 30 years.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p id="yui_3_5_1_22_1354307875143_258" style="margin: 11px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"&gt;Vending machine operators have long championed the use of $1 coins because they don't jam the machines, cutting down on repair costs and lost sales. But most people don't seem to like carrying them. In the past five years, the U.S. Mint has produced 2.4 billion Presidential $1 coins. Most are stored by the Federal Reserve, and production was suspended about a year ago.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 11px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"&gt;The latest projection from the Government Accountability Office on the potential savings from switching to dollar coins entirely comes as lawmakers begin exploring new ways for the government to save money by changing the money itself.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 11px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"&gt;The Mint is preparing a report for Congress showing how changes in the metal content of coins could save money.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p id="yui_3_5_1_22_1354307875143_259" style="margin: 11px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"&gt;The last time the government made major metallurgical changes in U.S. coins was nearly 50 years ago when Congress directed the Mint to remove silver from dimes and quarters and to reduce its content in half dollar coins. Now, Congress is looking at new changes in response to rising prices for copper and nickel.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 11px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"&gt;At a House subcommittee hearing Thursday, the focus was on two approaches:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 11px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"&gt;&amp;mdash;Moving to less expensive combinations of metals like steel, aluminum and zinc.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p id="yui_3_5_1_22_1354307875143_260" style="margin: 11px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"&gt;&amp;mdash;Gradually taking dollar bills out the economy and replacing them with coins.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 11px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"&gt;The GAO's Lorelei St. James told the House Financial Services panel it would take several years for the benefits of switching from paper bills to dollar coins to catch up with the cost of making the change. Equipment would have to be bought or overhauled and more coins would have to be produced upfront to replace bills as they are taken out of circulation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 11px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"&gt;But over the years, the savings would begin to accrue, she said, largely because a $1 coin could stay in circulation for 30 years while paper bills have to be replaced every four or five years on average.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p id="yui_3_5_1_22_1354307875143_261" style="margin: 11px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"&gt;"We continue to believe that replacing the note with a coin is likely to provide a financial benefit to the government," said St. James, who added that such a change would work only if the note was completely eliminated and the public educated about the benefits of the switch.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p id="yui_3_5_1_22_1354307875143_262" style="margin: 11px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"&gt;Even the $1 coin's most ardent supporters recognize that they haven't been popular. Philip Diehl, former director of the Mint, said there was a huge demand for the Sacagawea dollar coin when production began in 2001, but as time wore on, people stayed with what they knew best.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 11px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"&gt;"We've never bitten the bullet to remove the $1 bill as every other Western economy has done," Diehl said. "If you did, it would have the same success the Canadians have had."&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p id="yui_3_5_1_22_1354307875143_263" style="margin: 11px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"&gt;Beverly Lepine, chief operating officer of the Royal Canadian Mint, said her country loves its "Loonie," the nickname for the $1 coin that includes an image of a loon on the back. The switch went over so well that the country also went to a $2 coin called the "Toonie."&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 11px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"&gt;Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Mich., affirmed that Canadians have embraced their dollar coins. "I don't know anyone who would go back to the $1 and $2 bills," he said.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 11px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"&gt;That sentiment was not shared by some of his fellow subcommittee members when it comes to the U.S. version.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p id="yui_3_5_1_22_1354307875143_264" style="margin: 11px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"&gt;Rep. Lacy Clay, D-Mo., said men don't like carrying a bunch of coins around in their pocket or in their suits. And Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., said the $1 coins have proved too hard to distinguish from quarters.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 11px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"&gt;"If the people don't want it and they don't want to use it," she said, "why in the world are we even talking about changing it?"&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 11px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"&gt;"It's really a matter of just getting used to it," said Diehl, the former Mint director.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 11px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"&gt;Several lawmakers were more intrigued with the idea of using different metal combinations in producing coins.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p id="yui_3_5_1_22_1354307875143_265" style="margin: 11px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"&gt;Rep. Steve Stivers, R-Ohio, said a penny costs more than 2 cents to make and a nickel costs more than 11 cents to make. Moving to multiplated steel for coins would save the government nearly $200 million a year, he said.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p id="yui_3_5_1_22_1354307875143_266" style="margin: 11px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"&gt;The Mint's report, which is due in mid-December, will detail the results of nearly 18 months of work exploring a variety of new metal compositions and evaluating test coins for attributes as hardness, resistance to wear, availability of raw materials and costs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p id="yui_3_5_1_22_1354307875143_267" style="margin: 11px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"&gt;Richard Peterson, the Mint's acting director, declined to give lawmakers a summary of what will be in the report, but he said "several promising alternatives" were found.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 12:41:29 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Pending Home Sales Index Leaps To Multi-Year High</title>
      <description>&lt;h1 class="entry-title" style="color: #333333; font-family: Play, arial, serif; font-size: 30px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"&gt;Pending Home Sales Index Leaps To Multi-Year High&lt;/h1&gt;
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&lt;span title="2012-11-30T13:45:00+00:00" class="date published time" style="padding: 2px 0px 2px 21px; background-position: 0% 0%;"&gt;NOVEMBER 30, 2012&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;BY&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="author vcard"&gt;&lt;span class="fn"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.roddennis.com/author/blogwriter/" title="blogWriter" class="fn n" rel="author" style="color: #2780c7; text-decoration: initial;"&gt;BLOGWRITER&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="post-comments" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 2px 0px 2px 22px; background-position: 0% 0%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.roddennis.com/2012/11/pending-home-sales-index-october-2012/#comments" style="color: #2780c7; text-decoration: initial;"&gt;LEAVE A COMMENT&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;&lt;img title="Pending Home Sales Index" src="http://bringtheblog.com/i/pending-home-sales-201210.png" height="302" alt="Pending Home Sales Index" width="216" style="border: 4px solid #eeeeee; padding: 1px; float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;"&gt;Homes were sold at a furious pace last month.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;According the&amp;nbsp;National Association of REALTORS&amp;reg; (NAR), the Pending Home Sales Index rose 5.2 percent in October, crossing the benchmark 100 reading, and&lt;a href="http://www.realtor.org/sites/default/files/reports/2012/embargoes/2012-11-phs/phs-10-2012-pending-home-sales-11-29-2012.pdf" title="Pending Home Sales Index" target="_blank" style="color: #2780c7; text-decoration: initial;"&gt;moving to 104.8&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;It&amp;rsquo;s a 5-point improvement from September&amp;rsquo;s revised figure and the highest reading April 2010 &amp;mdash; the last month of that year&amp;rsquo;s federal home buyer tax credit.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;October also marks the 18th consecutive month&amp;nbsp;during which the index showed year-to-year gains.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;As a housing market metric, the Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI) differs from most commonly-cited housing statistics because, instead of reporting on what&amp;rsquo;s already occurred, it details what&amp;rsquo;s likely to happen next.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;The PHSI is&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.realtor.org/sites/default/files/reports/2012/embargoes/2012-11-phs/phs-10-2012-pending-home-sales-11-29-2012.pdf" title="PHSI" target="_blank" style="color: #2780c7; text-decoration: initial;"&gt;a forward-looking indicator&lt;/a&gt;; a predictor of future sales. It&amp;rsquo;s based on signed real estate contracts for existing single-family homes, condominiums, and co-ops. Later, when the contract leads to a closing, the &amp;ldquo;pending&amp;rdquo; home sale is counted in NAR&amp;rsquo;s monthly Existing Home Sales report.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;Historically, 80 percent of homes under contract, and thus counted in the Pending Home Sales Index, will go to settlement within a 2-month period, and a significant share of the rest will close within months 3 and 4. The PHSI is a predictor of Existing Home Sales.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;Regionally, the Pending Home Sales Index varied in October 2012 :&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px;"&gt;Northeast Region : 79.2; +13 percent from October 2011&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px;"&gt;Midwest Region : 104.4; +20 percent from October 2011&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px;"&gt;South Region : 117.3; +17 percent from October 2011&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px;"&gt;West Region : 105.7; +1 percent from October 2011&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;A Pending Home Sales Index reading of 100 or higher denotes a &amp;ldquo;strong&amp;rdquo; housing market.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;Of course, with rising home sales comes rising home values. 2012 has been characterized by strong buyer demand amid falling housing supplies. It&amp;rsquo;s one reason why the Case-Shiller Index and the FHFA&amp;rsquo;s Home Price Index are both showing an annual increase in home prices. Plus, with mortgage rates low as we head into December, the traditional &amp;ldquo;slow season&amp;rdquo; for housing has been anything but.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;The housing market in Scottsdale is poised to end 2012 with strength. 2013 is expected to begin the same way.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 12:35:25 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Home Values in Arizona 2012.......UP.UP.UP</title>
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&lt;span title="2012-11-28T13:45:00+00:00" class="date published time" style="padding: 2px 0px 2px 21px; background-position: 0% 0%;"&gt;NOVEMBER 28, 2012&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;BY&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="author vcard"&gt;&lt;span class="fn"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.roddennis.com/author/blogwriter/" title="blogWriter" class="fn n" rel="author" style="color: #2780c7; text-decoration: initial;"&gt;BLOGWRITER&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="post-comments" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 2px 0px 2px 22px; background-position: 0% 0%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.roddennis.com/2012/11/case-shiller-index-september-2012/#comments" style="color: #2780c7; text-decoration: initial;"&gt;LEAVE A COMMENT&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;&lt;img title="Case-Shiller Index September 2012" src="http://bringtheblog.com/i/case-shiller-delta-201209.jpg" height="438" alt="Case-Shiller Index September 2012" width="450" style="border: 1px solid black; padding: 1px;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;The housing market continues to expand.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;According to the S&amp;amp;P/Case-Shiller Index, which was released earlier this week, U.S. home prices rose in September for the sixth straight month,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.standardandpoors.com/servlet/BlobServer?blobheadername3=MDT-Type&amp;amp;blobcol=urldocumentfile&amp;amp;blobtable=SPComSecureDocument&amp;amp;blobheadervalue2=inline%3B+filename%3Ddownload.pdf&amp;amp;blobheadername2=Content-Disposition&amp;amp;blobheadervalue1=application%2Fpdf&amp;amp;blobkey=id&amp;amp;blobheadername1=content-type&amp;amp;blobwhere=1245343891441&amp;amp;blobheadervalue3=abinary%3B+charset%3DUTF-8&amp;amp;blobnocache=true" title="Case-Shiller Index September 2012" target="_blank" style="color: #2780c7; text-decoration: initial;"&gt;climbing 0.3%&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;as compared to the month prior.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;On an annual basis, values are higher by 3.0%.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;The Case-Shiller Index findings are a composite reading of 20 U.S cities, 17 of which showed home price gains in September. Detroit and Washington D.C. showed slight declines, and New York City showed no change.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;Leading the recovery, though, appears to be Phoenix, Arizona. The previously hard-hit city has seen home values gain 20.4% over the last 12 months. Also noteworthy is that Atlanta, Georgia reversed 26 consecutive months of home value declines in September, posting a +0.1% annual growth rate.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;Average U.S. home prices have climbed back to&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.standardandpoors.com/servlet/BlobServer?blobheadername3=MDT-Type&amp;amp;blobcol=urldocumentfile&amp;amp;blobtable=SPComSecureDocument&amp;amp;blobheadervalue2=inline%3B+filename%3Ddownload.pdf&amp;amp;blobheadername2=Content-Disposition&amp;amp;blobheadervalue1=application%2Fpdf&amp;amp;blobkey=id&amp;amp;blobheadername1=content-type&amp;amp;blobwhere=1245343891441&amp;amp;blobheadervalue3=abinary%3B+charset%3DUTF-8&amp;amp;blobnocache=true" title="Case-Shiller Index September 2012" target="_blank" style="color: #2780c7; text-decoration: initial;"&gt;mid-2003 levels&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;On a month-over-month basis, value change by city varied. San Diego, California and Las Vegas, Nevada both posted gains of 1.4 percent from August, leading the Case-Shiller Index&amp;rsquo;s 20 tracked cities. Minneapolis, Minnesota and Phoenix showed gains of 1.1 percent.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;Los Angeles, California rounded out the Top Five, posting a 1% gain month-over-month.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;Despite the index&amp;rsquo;s strong findings, however, we should remember to temper our expectations. The Case-Shiller Index &amp;mdash; like most home value trackers &amp;mdash; is wildly flawed. Buyers in Phoenix should follow its gospel with caution.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;Here&amp;rsquo;s why.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;First, the Case-Shiller Index tracks values for single-family homes only. As a result, it doesn&amp;rsquo;t account for multi-unit homes or for condos and co-ops. This is a big deal in cities such as Chicago and New York where high-rise units are common.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;Another flaw in the Case-Shiller Index is that it&amp;rsquo;s 60 days delayed. It&amp;rsquo;s nearly December yet we&amp;rsquo;re still reviewing data from September. In housing market terms, September was a different market. Real-time data trumps data from last season.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;That said, the long-term trends as shown by the Case-Shiller Index, are overwhelmingly positive. As a&amp;nbsp;Case-Shiller Index spokesperson remarked, &amp;ldquo;It is safe to say we are now in the midst of a recovery in the housing market.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Rod Dennis (WJ Bradley Mortgage Capital, LLC)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 09:03:37 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/3535252/home-values-in-arizona-2012-up-up-up</link>
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      <title>What housing has been doing for the last two years!</title>
      <description>&lt;h1 class="entry-title" style="color: #333333; font-family: Play, arial, serif; font-size: 30px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"&gt;More Bullish Data : Housing Starts Climb 3.6%&lt;/h1&gt;
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&lt;span title="2012-11-23T13:45:00+00:00" class="date published time" style="padding: 2px 0px 2px 21px; background-position: 0% 0%;"&gt;NOVEMBER 23, 2012&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;BY&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="author vcard"&gt;&lt;span class="fn"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.roddennis.com/author/blogwriter/" title="blogWriter" class="fn n" rel="author" style="color: #2780c7; text-decoration: initial;"&gt;BLOGWRITER&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="post-comments" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 2px 0px 2px 22px; background-position: 0% 0%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.roddennis.com/2012/11/housing-starts-october-2011-2/#comments" style="color: #2780c7; text-decoration: initial;"&gt;LEAVE A COMMENT&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;p style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;&lt;img title="Housing Starts" src="http://bringtheblog.com/i/housing-starts-201210.png" height="302" alt="Housing Starts" width="216" style="border: 4px solid #eeeeee; padding: 1px; float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;"&gt;According to a joint release from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development,&lt;a href="http://www.census.gov/construction/nrc/pdf/newresconst.pdf" title="Housing Starts" target="_blank" style="color: #2780c7; text-decoration: initial;"&gt;Housing Starts rose 3.6%&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;in October 2012, climbing to a seasonally-adjusted, annualized rate of 894,000 units.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;A &amp;ldquo;housing start&amp;rdquo; is a new home on which construction has started and the report gives buyers and sellers across AZ yet one more reason to be optimistic for the 2013 housing market.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;Regionally, Housing Starts varied.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;The West and Midwest Regions posted gains between September and October 2012; and, the South and Northeast Regions posted declines. The latter was affected by the effects of Hurricane Sandy.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px;"&gt;West Region : +17.2% from the month prior&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px;"&gt;Midwest Region : +8.9%&amp;nbsp;from the month prior&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px;"&gt;South Region : -2.5%&amp;nbsp;from the month prior&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px;"&gt;Northeast Region : -6.5%&amp;nbsp;from the month prior&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;Single-family housing starts &amp;mdash; starts for homes not considered multi-unit properties or to be apartment buildings &amp;mdash; was mostly unchanged, slipping 1,000 units on a seasonally-adjusted annualized basis.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;The Housing Starts data is the third housing-related release this week that hints at a strong start for the 2013 housing market.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;Early in the week, the National Association of Homebuilders released its Housing Market Index (HMI), a measure of home builder confidence in the new construction market. The HMI posted 46 &amp;mdash; the highest reading since 2006. With mortgage rates low and buyer traffic high, builders are expecting a rash of sales between now and the New Year, and an elevated number of closing over the next six months, in general.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;The HMI is scored on a scale of 1-100. One year ago, it read 19.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;Then, the National Association of REALTORS&amp;reg; showed Existing Home Sales climbing 2.1% and home supply fell to a multi-year low. At the current sales pace, the entire U.S. home inventory would be sold in just 5.4 months.&amp;nbsp;Analysts believe that a home supply of less than 6.0 months favors home sellers.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;In unison, these three housing market reports suggest a sustained, national housing market recovery. Home prices are expected to rise into next year&amp;rsquo;s housing market.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Rod Dennis (WJ Bradley Mortgage Capital, LLC)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:01:05 -0800</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/3532535/what-housing-has-been-doing-for-the-last-two-years-</link>
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      <title>Bank Repossessions Slip For 24th Consecutive Month</title>
      <description>&lt;h1 class="entry-title" style="color: #333333; font-family: Play, arial, serif; font-size: 30px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"&gt;Bank Repossessions Slip For 24th Consecutive Month&lt;/h1&gt;
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&lt;span title="2012-11-16T13:45:00+00:00" class="date published time" style="padding: 2px 0px 2px 21px; background-position: 0% 0%;"&gt;NOVEMBER 16, 2012&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;BY&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="author vcard"&gt;&lt;span class="fn"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.roddennis.com/author/blogwriter/" title="blogWriter" class="fn n" rel="author" style="color: #2780c7; text-decoration: initial;"&gt;BLOGWRITER&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="post-comments" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 2px 0px 2px 22px; background-position: 0% 0%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.roddennis.com/2012/11/foreclosures-october-2012/#comments" style="color: #2780c7; text-decoration: initial;"&gt;LEAVE A COMMENT&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;&lt;img title="Foreclosures per household October 2012" src="http://bringtheblog.com/i/foreclosures-per-capita-201210.jpg" height="292" alt="Foreclosures per household October 2012" width="550" style="border: 1px solid black; padding: 1px;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;According to data from RealtyTrac, a national foreclosure-tracking firm, the number of foreclosure filings&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.realtytrac.com/content/foreclosure-market-report/foreclosure-activity-increased-3-percent-in-october-7474" title="RealtyTrac foreclosure report" target="_blank" style="color: #2780c7; text-decoration: initial;"&gt;increased 3 percent&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;in October as compared to September 2012, climbing to 186,455 U.S. properties.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;RealtyTrac defines a &amp;ldquo;foreclosure filing&amp;rdquo; as any foreclosure-related action including a Notice of Default, a Scheduled Auction, or a Bank Repossession. On average, 1 in every 706 U.S. homes had a foreclosure filing during the month of October.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;For the 24th consecutive month, the number of bank repossessions fell, down less than 1% from the previous month and down 21% from October 2011. Bank repossessions dropped in 37 states, plus the District of Columbia, indicating that banks are seeking alternatives to foreclosure.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;Distressed home sales, which include foreclosures and short sales, represented 23% of sales in the second quarter of 2012, down from 30% a year ago, according to the National Association of REALTORS&amp;reg;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;Florida again posted the top foreclosure rate nationwide.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;One in every 312 Florida housing units had some sort of foreclosure filing in October as foreclosure starts&amp;nbsp;moved to a 12-month high. Monthly filings increased 2% from last month.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;In Nevada, the monthly increase was larger, rising&amp;nbsp;41% month-over-month, lifting it from the fifth-highest rate in September 2012, to the second-highest in October 2012.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;Third-ranked Illinois saw a 6% increase in foreclosure filings over September 2012. California and Arizona rounded out the top five.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;Hurricane Sandy made an impact on the foreclosure market, too, with a foreclosure moratorium being put into effect in the states most affected such as New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;For Phoenix home buyers planning to venture into the home foreclosure market, there are well-priced homes for sale. However, understand that a foreclosure property is often sold &amp;ldquo;as is,&amp;rdquo; and that you may not be allowed into the property prior to the sale to inspect for damage. Home may have termites, been gutted by previous tenants or owners, or be filled with lead paint or asbestos.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"&gt;For this reason, it&amp;rsquo;s a good idea to engage an experienced real estate professional when buying foreclosure properties. Real estate agents can guide you through the foreclosure process and give advice regarding contracts and home inspections.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;NMLS# 150049,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Licensed: AZ LO0915938, CA-DOC150049&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Rod Dennis (WJ Bradley Mortgage Capital, LLC)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2012 07:31:29 -0800</pubDate>
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;NMLS# 150049,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Licensed: AZ LO0915938, CA-DOC150049&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Rod Dennis (WJ Bradley Mortgage Capital, LLC)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 13:50:21 -0800</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"&gt;Harp Loan Qualification Update:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"&gt;&lt;br&gt; Fannie Mae &amp;amp; Freddie Mac have adopted changes to&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP) and you may be eligible to take advantage of&amp;nbsp;these changes.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"&gt;In Fannie's latest release HARP 9.0 we are finding that some of the loans that received a EA-1,2,3's are now receiving an accept. &amp;nbsp;If you know your loan received an EA-1,2,3's you might want to check with us because we are finding more loans are being accepted by the new guidelines for the Harp program. We will need to run it with a new case file number. We are also seeing Freddie properties experiencing this change as well. &amp;nbsp;Good luck.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Cambria','serif';"&gt;If your&amp;nbsp;mortgage&amp;nbsp;is owned or guaranteed by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac, you may be eligible to refinance your mortgage&amp;nbsp;under&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;enhanced and expanded provisions of HARP.&lt;br&gt; You can determine whether your&amp;nbsp;mortgage&amp;nbsp;is owned by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac by checking&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;following websites:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;NMLS# 150049,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Licensed: AZ LO0915938, CA-DOC150049&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Rod Dennis (WJ Bradley Mortgage Capital, LLC)</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 13:13:48 -0800</pubDate>
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