Posts Tagged ‘FHA’
RERL-1709-How COVID 19 Is Affecting Real Estate And Lending – Week 2
Changes are taking place on a daily basis, if not on an hourly basis. What hasn’t changed is your access to money. Lending and real estate have been deemed essential businesses so sales, purchases and refinances are still taking place. Today Joe shares how real estate and financing have changed in just one week. Topics…
Read MoreRERL-1709-How COVID 19 Is Affecting Real Estate And Lending – Week 2
Changes are taking place on a daily basis, if not on an hourly basis. What hasn’t changed is your access to money. Lending and real estate have been deemed essential businesses so sales, purchases and refinances are still taking place. Today Joe shares how real estate and financing have changed in just one week. Topics…
Read MoreRERL-1673-Two Italian Guys Talking Real Estate – Rent Control
Rent is a big, big deal in the Bay Area where home prices are incredibly high. Starting next year statewide rent control officially takes effect and no one is quite sure what effect it will have on rent increases and home values till it expires in 2030. With so many big changes coming up its…
Read MoreRERL-1658-Two Italian Guys talking real estate – Buyers options
The market keeps ticking up and buyers are finding their options are dwindling once again. Silicon Valley continues to prove it’s a crazy place where first time home buyers are looking for homes priced around $1million instead of the sub $400,000 range the rest of the country deals with. Coming up with $200,000 for a…
Read MoreRERL-1607-Understanding Reverse Mortgages
As long as they’ve been around reverse mortgages have been plagued by myths and misconceptions. This misunderstanding is largely due to most people not understanding how they work or who they work for. In fact for the right person the reverse mortgage is actually an outstanding program! Today Joe chats with reverse mortgage expert Bill…
Read MoreRERL-1599- Two Italian Guys Talkin Real Estate – Unconventional Financing
Conventional wisdom would leave most consumers to believe financing is super conservative right now. To a certain extent most consumers would be correct, but a lot of people would be surprised at what non-QM financing will get you these days. Non-QM financing has really come to the forefront and you might be surprised to find…
Read MoreRERL-1587- Frank Fuentes – Multicultural Lending
One million Hispanics will be turning 18 this year and compared to their non-Hispanic counterparts they are getting married and forming household at a younger age. The best thing agents and lenders could do now is to begin understanding the cultural nuances of this demographic and find a way to serve them. Today Joe talks…
Read MoreRERL-1573-Two Italian Guys Talkin Real Estate – Creative Purchase Options
The last few years Joe and Mike saw hundreds of buyers lose out on offers due to the sheer insanity of the market. Today the market is less steamy and hopeful buyers finally have some options in a market that has downgraded from fantastic to normal. Even if a consumer is a little short on…
Read MoreEdit Content: RERL-1560-Creative and Alternative Financing Options
October is set up to be an interest month for real estate for a market that is shifting from a sellers market to a buyers market. Even as schools start and people settle in for the holidays, Joe is still fielding calls about bridge loans, cross-collateralization and other creative ways to finance a mortgage. Could…
Read MoreRERL-1540-Bill Benson – Discussing Reverse Mortgage
One of the most important real estate decisions you’ll make is what you do with the equity in your home. For the right person a reverse mortgage can be a great decision, especially in the Bay Area where the phrase “house rich, cash poor” gets used more times than some of us would like to…
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