Posts Tagged ‘interest rates’
RERL-1641- Interest Rates Drop to a Two Year Low!
It doesn’t matter if it’s your primary residence, vacation home or rental property, anyone out there with a mortgage should be doing a mortgage review. Interest rates are the lowest they’ve been in two years dropping 30 year money below 4%! These low rates affect both conforming and jumbo loans making a huge difference for…
Read MoreRERL-1632-Two Italian Guys Talkin Real Estate – Removing Emotions From Real Estate
Looking at this market everyone can agree that it has changed a bit into what most consider to be a normal market. For most people, whether it’s their first transaction or their third, whether they’re making the move solo or with a family, a lot of emotion comes into play. Today Joe and Mike take…
Read MoreRERL-1629- John Faylor – Strategies for a Changing Market
A successful transaction begins when you are working with someone who not only understands the relationship side of this business, but also knows the business component of real estate. For a while now Joe has been talking about the flattening of the market but today it’s in the news; the market is changing! Today John…
Read MoreRERL-1621-Doug Evans – Manager for Coldwell Banker’s Top Producing Office in North America
A lot of real estate news lately has focused on market stabilization and company consolidation. While other companies may be seeing a reduction in business that simply isn’t true for one today’s guest. Today Joe is joined by Doug Evans, the managing broker for Coldwell Banker in Los Gatos which just happens to be the…
Read MoreRERL-1618-Rates Drop! Buyers & Sellers on the Move!
Rates have dropped big time on jumbo financing the last couple weeks and my drop even more. Rates are now under 4% and anyone with a rate of 4.5% or higher could save a serious chunk of change with a low to no cost refinance. This opportunity could easily vanish should the rates jump in…
Read MoreRERL-1613- Two Italian Guys Talkin Real Estate-Industry Update
For a while we have been talking about disruption and consolidation and recently it was announced that Compass has acquired Alain Pinel. The small startups you heard about a few years ago are getting bigger and starting to gobble up their older competitors. Today Joe and Mike take time to cover what is going on…
Read MoreRERL-1611-Accessing Home Wealth Without Debt
Even though we have covered this topic several times on this podcast, home equity sharing is a topic that is still relatively new to most people. Equity sharing is a great product for those of us who have witnessed the tremendous growth in home prices and are looking to take advantage of all that equity…
Read MoreRERL-1604-Accessing Home Wealth Without Debt
In the Bay Area equity can be too much of a good thing. The average home price has risen quickly and sharply all around Silicon Valley which has left long time homeowners with a lot of wealth tied up in an illiquid asset. If only there was a way you could take advantage of your…
Read MoreRERL-1602- Two Italian Guys Talkin Real Estate-Dispelling The Myths Of Real Estate
Whether you’re watching television, reading the news, surfing the internet or even listening to a podcast, there is a lot of noise out there related to real estate. As a professional lender and agent Joe and Mike often work with consumers who hold beliefs about real estate that are just simply not true. Today Joe…
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…
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