craig berry: The Handshake
- 01/09/11 10:00 AM
The other night I attended a networking event. I met roughly 20 people, shaking hands with each of them. The next day I started coming down with a cold. It occurred to me that one of the 20 individuals from the other night might have handed me more than just a business card. It got me thinking about the act of shaking someone’s hand. Have you ever really thought about the impulsive act of extending one’s hand to another, offering a light (or firm) grip, accompanied by a brief up and down movement? How did this way of greeting another become (0 comments)
By now most have heard the news about the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) making some significant changes this week that affect FHA loans. HUD released a Mortgagee Letter earlier this month detailing changes to FHA's Mortgage Insurance Premiums. According to the letter, these changes will apply to all FHA loans with case numbers assigned on or after October 4, 2010. HUD has decided to raise FHA's annual mortgage insurance premium (collected on a monthly basis) and correspondingly lower FHA's upfront mortgage insurance premium (collected on the "front" end of the loan), except for Home Equity Conversion Mortgages (HECM). The annual insurance premium, (1 comments)
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