This Weeks Win! 10/2/15
Client who bought a home in 2005 finally gets to drop their interest rate from 6.5% down to 3.625%, 30 year fixed. This client bought this home in north Torrance on a 0 down in 2005 for $525,000. Property values went down shortly after that, leaving them with a 5 year...
Can You Use an All Gift Downpayment?
Myth Buster of the week: You need your own savings to buy a home. Not true! Both FHA and FNMA allow for an all gift down payment. FNMA allows 5% up to $417,000. FHA allows it all the way to the max $625,500 (even on duplexes, however not on 3 and 4 units). So if your...
Why Working with a Bank Will Cost You Thousands!
How is it that a couple who is paying $2,600 a month in rent could only qualify for a $280,000 loan? They went to a bank first. True story; after being told that they couldn’t qualify to buy the home they really wanted, they came to see me. After a thorough review of...