“Are you making mortgage payments your entire life?” Jack and Rebecca, both in their late 50’s, have been making mortgage payments for nearly 32 years. Why is it that they still have a mortgage with a remaining term of 26 years? The convenience of using their home as a checking account or a source …
Are home prices overvalued? “We are heading for a market crash!” This has been told to me by people that I respect and trust to analyze the market trends. I decided to spend a few hours researching the data myself to gauge the direction of the California real estate market. I started with the …
By Mark Gurich @Lowermortgage.net March 13,2018 The housing bubble and subsequent crash in 2007 was precipitated by poor lending practices. Since then, The Dodd-Frank Act, the Bureau of Real Estate and the Consumer Financial Protection Agency have restricted predatory lending practices designed to confuse consumers into purchasing a property that they can’t afford. In the …
“I should have bought a bigger house” The #1 regret home buyers listed in studies by NerdWallet and Trulia is that they wish they would have bought a bigger house. Most buyers become so fixated on a specific neighborhood that they miss better deals elsewhere. Broadening your location search can increase your chances of finding …
