Tag Archives: mortgage

Find out your credit score without any tricks

At Credit Karma, you can sign up for a free account to check your Transunion Credit Score, and now have truly free monitoring of your credit report without signing up for an expensive service or listening to the “freecreditreport.com” song!  … Continue reading

Posted in Resources, things we like | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Mortgage Rates for October 20, 2011

We asked Craig Smith of Mortgage Master to give us his most current interest rates and what he was seeing in the market: “Mortgage rates have risen off their recent ‘historic’ lows by as much as ½%.  For most of … Continue reading

Posted in Resources | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Rates for October 11, 2011

We asked John Coneys of Superior Home Mortgage to give us his most current interest rates and what he was seeing in the market: “So, what did last week’s economic data (jobs report) mean for the bond markets and interest … Continue reading

Posted in Resources | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Rates for August 25, 2011

We asked Matt Lynch of First Choice Loan Services to give us his most current interest rates and what he was seeing in the market: “Mortgage interest rates remain strong this week although they are slightly off of their lowest … Continue reading

Posted in Resources | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Rates for August 17, 2011

We asked Craig Smith of Mortgage Master to give us his most current interest rates and what he was seeing in the market: “WOW!  Current rates are amazing!  If buyers don’t buy right now, they may miss a “once in … Continue reading

Posted in Resources | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Rates for August 8, 2011

We asked John Coneys of Superior Home Mortgage to give us his most current interest rates and what he was seeing in the market:   “Rates on Monday the 8th fell to their recent lows at 4.25 and 0 points. … Continue reading

Posted in Resources | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

10 Commandments of Mortgage Applications

  John Coneys of Superior Mortgage sent us this light-hearted list of things NOT to do during the mortgage process.  Even in these days of complicated financing guidelines, it’s actually quite easy to follow these rules and keep everything running … Continue reading

Posted in Resources | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Spring Festivals

Last Sunday, Elfant Wissahickon Realtors participated in the annual Chestnut Hill Home and Garden Festival. Many of our agents and our colleagues were out on the Avenue meeting festival goers. We staffed one booth on the avenue with promotional materials … Continue reading

Posted in general | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The perfect time to buy?

What makes this the perfect time to buy a home? Right now it’s a new and different Buyer’s market. A Buyer’s market in the past usually meant that Buyers were able to purchase a property at a discounted price due … Continue reading

Posted in general | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

First Time Home Buyer Credit

In earlier posts I’ve talked about the “Lunch and Learns” that we have for the sales staff. A couple of times each month we’ll gather at noon, eat a nice lunch and hear from an informative guest speaker regarding various … Continue reading

Posted in general, Resources | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment