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“We also have an ever-growing supply of short sale inventory” Love, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage Co-President

When we were blogging up a storm we used to always get nice letters to the Editor, but now we just get spam. Something we’ve referred to as RealSpam, you know, the kind that you get from Realtors and those in this industry that you really just want to delete, but the next thing you [...]

Ask Us: Refinancing And Appraisals, When The Banks Aren’t Helpful Turn To The Blogs!

Where readers ask, and we (the community) try to answer: I appreciate all the general information I get from this terrific blog. This is my first question about my own situation. I’ve been negotiating with the major bank (WellsFargo) that holds my first ($498K) and second ($14K) for a refinance from a 5.5% ARM to [...]

So How Much Does A Buyer REALLY Need To Put Down

As our regular readers know, we get every type of question under the sun, most of which we post directly to the site and let the community answer. Sometimes answers aren’t so cut and dry and there are certainly differing opinions. One very common question these days is “How much money do I need to [...]

Ask Us: Can The Bank Take My HELOC?

Where readers ask and we (the community) try to answer: Question for any mortgage experts out there. I have a large heloc line. If I don’t use the line, I am at risk that the bank will decide to take it away. If I use the line (even if I keep it in cash), can [...]

Ask Us: Your Mortgage Insurance Company Drop The Ball Too?

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Rates Rising For TIC Loans

For those that aren’t quite aware, there is this great little invention called email that allows you to send questions, comments, topics directly to us. The email is thefrontsteps@gmail.com. Go ahead, give it a try. From “Noe Guy“: This is so way off topic, that I sincerely apologize in advance, but we had a thread [...]

What a shame. . .

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