preparation to buy and finance a home: Low Housing Levels = Fast-Paced Housing Market - 02/03/20 12:37 PM
 Low Housing Levels = Fast-Paced Housing Market   You don't have to look far to find headlines that report about the housing shortage that many U.S. housing markets are currently experiencing.  They're everywhere. One reads, "Housing inventory falls to a two-year low".  Another reveals,  "For-Sale Housing Inventory at Multi-Year Low".  And that's just a smallthat's available across the many media formats. This lower level of available housing comes at the same time that the markets are seeing an uptick in the number of consumers wanting to buy a home.  Lower, tempting mortgage rates have made the prospect of homeownership, step-up buying, and refinancing attractive to a growing number of prospective … (9 comments)

preparation to buy and finance a home: NOW is the Perfect Time to Review Your Credit - 02/08/19 10:31 AM
 
NOW is the Perfect Time to Review Your Credit
 
Below you'll find a weather report shared for the Chicagoland area just  recently ... 
 
Rain and thunderstorms are expected today before Chicago temperatures plunge from the mid-40's to single digits ...
 
It's well known that Chicagoland weather is notoriously fickle, but our area residents are a hardy bunch.  Most won't even blink upon reading a weather prediction like the above.  We're pretty used to the craziness ... The recent polar vortex freeze that descended upon the Chicagoland area is a good example of this.  After suffering sub-zero winter temps for days, the local weather quickly changed to an upper 40's … (8 comments)

preparation to buy and finance a home: EMBRACE and LOVE Mortgage and Home Buying Education - 05/25/17 03:57 PM
 
EMBRACE and LOVE
Mortgage and Home Buying Education
 
During a recent face-to-face mortgage application with first-time home buyers, it soon became abundantly clear to me that ...
 
The couple simply Had. No. Clue.  
As we talked together further,this also became obvious ...
 
Beyond the time we'd spent together in an earlier phone conversation (and subsequent follow-up email), they'd not given one moment of further thought or effort to their financing.  Zero.  Nadda.  Zilch.
 
However, this couple had professed to me over and over that they "really wanted to buy a house".  They said adamantly they "didn't want to rent any longer".  But they'd done absolutely nothing … (7 comments)

 
Gene Mundt, IL/WI Mortgage Originator - FHA/VA/Conv/Jumbo/Portfolio/Refi, 708.921.6331 - 40+ yrs experience (NMLS #216987, IL Lic. 031.0006220, WI Licensed. APMC NMLS #175656)

Gene Mundt, IL/WI Mortgage Originator - FHA/VA/Conv/Jumbo/Portfolio/Refi

708.921.6331 - 40+ yrs experience

New Lenox, IL

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