Whether you’re giving up a royal stipend or just paying for your own cell phone plan, here are tips to claim your financial independence.
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Jerome Powell and Wall Street are headed for another face-off this week as the Federal Reserve seeks to slow its inflation-fighting campaign without signaling a readiness to stop. Despite 2022’s slew of interest-rate hikes from Chair Powell and colleagues, financial conditions are the loosest since last February as investors bet fading inflation will allow the … [Read more…]
Does technology always trump personal skills? Sometimes. But not all the time. Good LOs use the technology that best suits them in combination with their personal attributes to help borrowers every day. âIn space, no one can hear you scream. In cyberspace, no one can shut you up.â How âbout some IT-related stuff? Hereâs a softball: did you know that âBluetoothâ was named after Harald Bluetooth? The Bluetooth wireless specification design was named after the king in 1997, based on an analogy that the technology would unite devices the way Harald Bluetooth united the tribes of Denmark into a single kingdom. Another good use of technology is exhibited by Tim Lucas who writes, âThere are more than 5 million Native Americans in the U.S. but only about 140 approved lenders. I created a Section 184 calculator that shows the required down payment, MI costs, and more. There’s also a flowchart and a ton of info about the program.â Thank you, Tim! Hereâs some more good news: Ransomware victims are refusing to pay, impacting attackersâ profits. (Todayâs podcast can be found here and this weekâs is sponsored by Milestones. Giving homeowners an all-inclusive homeownership experience including home value and equity monitoring, home maintenance reminders and how-to articles, cloud-based document storage, one-click access to hire professionals for various projects around the home, and much more. Todayâs has an interview with Milestones CEO Dustin Gray on turning leads and transactions into forever clients.)
Survey data from Freddie Mac shows the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rate slowed its downward trajectory this week, declining three basis points from last week to 6.41%.
With home sales slowing and housing inventory increasing to 4.6 million homes or 9.6 months’ supply, many…
Housing: âPeople canât expectâ to go back to a 3% mortgage rate, expert says Yahoo Finance
When looking for new lenders, the mortgage product mix, compensation, speed and cultural fit are all factors to consider, LOs say.
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Over the past year we’ve talked quite a bit the home-buyer tax credits that were available to both first time home-buyers, and more recently to existing homeowners looking to buy a new primary residence. The bill was originally passed in February 2009 as a part of the Obama stimulus package, and was extended at the […]
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One of the core tenets of financial literacy is keeping a tidy budget. But a common question in creating a budget is how many budget categories are required?