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Housing Outlook 'Significantly Brighter' Than Year Ago

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Mortgage and Lending with LoanOfficerSchool.com NMLS 291249

DailyMORTGAGE LOCK ADVISORY 

June 15, 2012, 6:45am PST

Click for Lock Advice Updated Several Times Daily

      

7 day Mortgage Interest Rate lock or Float Advice: LOCK
Mortgage Points based on 3.5% Mortgage Backed Securities are down 0.20 point.


30 Day Mortgage Interest Rate Lock or Float Advice: LOCK.

Rates could easily move higher or lower, but given the nearness to all time lows, there's generally more risk than reward regarding floating so my advice is to lock.

 

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Housing Outlook 'Significantly Brighter' Than Year Ago  by Krista Franks Brock   
According to Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies, the key to the housing market recovery is job growth. "What the for-sale market needs most is a sustained increase in employment to bring household growth back to its longterm pace," the Joint Center stated in its recent report, The State of the Nation's Housing 2012 >>Read More MReport
Tanya Van Blake-Coleman
Van Blake-Coleman Realty, St. Thomas/www.talk-to-Tanya.com - St Thomas, VI
Improving the Quality of Your Life

Outlooks are always subjective but the need for housing will always be here. As long as you are strong enough to last through the slow times when the economy falters or other variables effect the market you will be able to sustain. Keep your goals in sight and go for them!

Jun 14, 2012 11:49 PM
Bill Ladewig
LoanOfficerSchool.com - Escondido, CA
Experience Is Your Advantage

Thank you for the comment, Good advice Tanya

Jun 14, 2012 11:52 PM