by Lorri Keeney | Apr 11, 2019 | Blog, Money Matters, News, Problem Solving, Uncategorized
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/senate-confirms-mark-calabria-as-head-of-fannie-freddie-regulator-2019-04-04 Federal Housing finance is hugely important in housing and our business. We are we are today – leading the world in home ownership – largely due to federal...
by Lorri Keeney | Apr 11, 2019 | Blog, Money Matters, News, Problem Solving, Tips, Uncategorized
Pop Quiz: 1. Other than America, how many nations have 30-year fixed-rate mortgages? A. 1 B. 10 C. 100...
by Lorri Keeney | Mar 31, 2019 | News, Newsletter, Tips
Facebook has been breaking the federal Fair Housing Act for years, HUD claimed in a lawsuit it filed against the “social network” Thursday (3/28/19). Facebook was “redlining” in two big ways, said HUD (the U.S. Department of Housing and...
by Lorri Keeney | Mar 30, 2019 | Money Matters, News, Newsletter, Tips, Tools
95 Mbps. That’s the average fixed U.S. internet connection speed today. U there? It matters. You can check yours with Speedtest. It will measure download speed, upload speed, and latency, thee three key performance metrics for connecting computers. Starting...
by Lorri Keeney | Mar 29, 2019 | Blog, Money Matters, News, Newsletter, Problem Solving, Uncategorized
Existing home sales jumped up 11.8% in February (2019). Interest rates on the basic 30-year fixed mortgage drifted down to 4.28% by the time the sales numbers came out in late March, 2019. That took mortgage costs back down to where they were in the last week of...
by Lorri Keeney | Mar 25, 2019 | Blog, Home Inspection, Licensing, Money Matters, News, Newsletter, Problem Solving
Pocket An Extra $100, on renewing. Sale starts now. It’s not really a “sale,” of course, It’s more like reality therapy. For years, the KBHI soaked inspectors for hundreds of...
