Posts Tagged ‘refinance’
RERL-1624-Accessing Home Wealth Without Debt
Even though equity sharing has been around for a few years now, it takes some time to get the message out and educating consumers on it takes time and repetition. Today Joe chats with Mark Rogers who shares the details of what equity sharing is and how it can help consumers who are house-rich, cash-poor…
Read MoreRERL-1614-Real Estate – Death and Divorce
Death and divorce are two topics that while grim, are very real and require planning. No one really goes into a relationship planning on a divorce, but it nearly half of US marriages end in one. The only thing you can do is to plan as best you can. Today Joe discusses death and divorce…
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-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-1578-Accessing Home Wealth Without Debt
When it comes to mortgages most of us are used to the traditional mortgage with the debt and liabilities sold to us by banks. As with everything time and technology are changing everything including your mortgage program. Today Joe and Mark Rogers discuss the home equity sharing program that allows home owners to access their…
Read MoreRERL-1564-Rates are up, and it’s still a great time to buy!
Joe is tired of listening to media dramatizing the news just to get your attention. Rates are on the way up, but 5% on a 30 year loan is still historically good money. The truth is interest rates are not the only factor when it comes to whether or not you should consider buying a…
Read MoreRERL-1551-Purchase Market – Buyer Strategies
Whether you’re a realtor, lender or consumer looking to buy or sell a home, you know this is a purchase market. Rates have slowly inched up the last few years officially taking us out of a true refinance market and it’s affecting the way business is changing. Today Joe discusses the purchase market and buyer…
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…
Read MoreRERL-1536-Rainy Hake, EVP and COO of Alain Pinel Realtors
Where is the industry going? How is technology changing? What does it mean to the agent and the consumers? We have a lot of questions when it comes to disruption in real estate and the best thing is to have an expert on to tell us what is what. Alain Pinel EVP and COO Rainy…
Read MoreRERL-1533- Brandon Picone and Anthony Hoye with Merrill Lynch
Most long time listeners know that on RERL we spend a fair amount of time covering residential financing programs. This time around we are going to learn about a more unique and different program designed for investor strategies. Today Joe finds out more about custom lending from Merrill Lynch wealth advisors, Brandon Picone and Anthony…
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