VA Home Loan Refinance Options: Find Better Rates and Cash Out Home Equity
The VA home loan is hands down the best purchase in today’s mortgage market. But the VA also provides refinancing options as well. The VA offers two main refinance…
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What to Do When Your HELOC Comes Due
For millions of Americans, home equity lines of credit (HELOCs) have been a convenient, low-cost ways to finance home improvements and consolidate debt and big-ticket purchases such as…
Refinances Fuel Surge in VA Loans
Low interest rates and increased awareness of VA loan program benefits fueled a record volume of VA loans in the last two quarters of 2016, with refinancing spurring…
More Homeowners Say Hello to HELOCs
After getting a bad rap over the last decade or so, homeowners are once again saying hello to the Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC). Between 2012 and…
Mortgage Applications Closing At 18-Month High
Despite rising mortgage rates, December saw the highest percent of closed mortgage in the past 18 months. Of all mortgage applications, 73.2% of them were approved in the…
Refinancers Are Benefitting From Low September Rates
Mortgage rates have been dropping steadily over the past few months, and refinancers have been taking advantage of them. Refinances continue to grow in popularity across the country.…
How To Buy A Home From A Family Member
Buying a home from a family member can be a smart idea. You probably know the house well, and you likely have memories that attach you to the…
Rising Home Prices in 5 States Making it Easier to Refinance
Rising Home Prices Help Homeowners Eighteen consecutive months. That’s how long national home prices have risen according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). The rise in home prices…
Home Appraisal – Ins and Outs of Your Home’s Final Appraised Value
Real estate appraisers check out a home’s value – what’s inside and outside and how it all compares to similar homes sold in a neighborhood. Whether you are…
Home Buyers Outnumber Refinance Borrowers as Trend Reverses
Home purchase loans are overtaking refinances in a big way, according Ellie Mae’s Origination Insight Report for July. Purchases made up 63 percent of all mortgage transactions, taking a…